Documentary On One - Rté Documentaries

Blessington is a beautiful town in West Wicklow full of history and culture. It’s a busy town, where important things happen. Norris Davidson lives close to this rural community and spent the year of 1960 meeting the local people, documenting their lives, and learning about the town and its history. (First Broadcast 1961)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Irish Fairs are where you meet and trade. But from the late 1700s until the 1940s, hiring fairs also took place - a fair where farmer and labourer arranged work - an employment exchange! This is the story of the one in Strabane Co. Tyrone (Broadcast 1995)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dubarry’s shoe factory in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway was set up in 1937. Shoemakers were brought in from Leicester in the U.K. to work at the new factory. The widow of a shoemaker who moved to Ireland to work in Dubarry’s recalls the difficulties of immigration. She was careful to not discuss politics or religion with locals. (First Broadcast 1991)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In July 1980, Joseph Brennan, the Fianna Fail TD in Donegal, died - triggering a by-election. Four candidates battled it out. Clement Coughlan of Fianna Fail won - but his tenure was cut short. In 1983, he was killed in a traffic accident (Broadcast 1980)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hard won battle for the right to fish on Lough Neagh, which belonged to a succession of aristocratic families, until they were bought out by a local co-operative in 1972 (Broadcast 1978).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish Nationalist who led the fight for Irish Home Rule in the late 1800's. This documentary pieces together first hand accounts of Parnell and his life. Parnell was an Anglo Irish protestant born in Wicklow (Broadcast 1962)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1904, Fr. John Creagh gave two sermons that expressed unfounded hostility towards Limerick's Jewish community. This led to boycott and intimidation, forcing the them out of the city within a year (Broadcast 1998).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The land where ice and fire dominates the way of life - a perspective on Iceland as seen by those who go to visit, and the side of life as experienced by those who live there (Broadcast 1978).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of 23 yr old Wexford man, Michael Murphy who lost his life in the Indian Ocean tsunami. Michael's mother, Theresa, his sister Anne Maria and his two brothers Paul and Kevin, speak publicly for the first time. (2005) The story of 23 yr old Wexford man, Michael Murphy who lost his life in the Indian Ocean tsunami. Michael's mother, Theresa, his sister Anne Maria and his two brothers Paul and Kevin, speak publicly for the first time. (2005)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A first hand look at the world famous nature trail in Clinton Valley, New Zealand (Broadcast 1975).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The mystery behind the ancient art of water divining, used for thousands of years for locating well, springs and other water sources (Broadcast 1978).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1979, 24-year-old Maura O'Halloran began her study of Zen in Japan and became a Buddhist monk. Her life was tragically cut short, and today she is revered as a Buddhist saint (Broadcast 1997).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A profile of the Society of St. Vincent De Paul in Ireland, the largest, voluntary, charitable organisation in the country, who aim to tackle poverty through the provision of practical assistance to those in need (Broadcast 1997).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A journey by John Skehan across America in 1976. This documentary includes impressions of Washington, a visit to FBI Headquarters, St. Louis Missouri, Wisconsin black on black farmers, Milwaukee's Catholic history and American Catholics. (First Broadcast 1976)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lasting between the 1st of July and the 18th of November 1916, The Battle of the Somme was to become one of the defining moments of the First World War. Recollections of the great watershed battle of World War I including extracts from a hitherto unpublished diary written on the front. (First Broadcast 1989)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Vietnam War was fought from 1955 to 1975 with a death toll exceeding 2 million soldiers and civilians. This is an essay in music and voice on the American experience of that war - centred around the War Memorial Wall in Washington DC (Broadcast 1988)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For most of the 20th century, Baldoyle was famed for its racecourse, a seaside track in County Dublin that witnessed many stars in its history, both on the Flat and over Jumps (Broadcast 1979).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Susannah G is a fishing trawler based in Dunmore East, Waterford. The skipper, Denis Harding, has 4 in crew. Heading for 'The smalls', a fishing ground 55 miles off the Irish coast, would this turn out to be just another typical trip at sea? (2006)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stock markets and money markets - what are they for, and who runs them? While we struggle for the bare necessities, are the people in the markets making millions? Sean Moncrieff takes a look at the workings of the Irish Stock Market (Broadcast 1994).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001), pioneering aviator, writer, and spouse of Charles Lindbergh, as told through her letters and diaries (Broadcast 1998).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.