Documentary On One - Rté Documentaries

A boarding school memoir in which time past and time present are stitched together in an intimate portrait of convent boarding school life in the 1950s and 60s (Broadcast 1998).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A portrait of 72 year old horse breaker from Limerick, Davy Hogan, who was known far and wide in equestrian circles for his 'sixth sense' for training and taming horses (Broadcast 1978).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mary Rose Doorly investigates how stress affects ordinary Irish people. What happens when our nerves get frayed? Can stress actually be good for us, in the right measures? (Broadcast 1984)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Known as Ireland’s master storyteller, Eamon Kelly (1914-2001) described the art of the Seanachaí as the oldest one-man-show-on earth, holding his audience spellbound in intimacy of the firelight in the homes of rural Ireland (Broadcast 1980).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

During the Second World War, over 3.5 million British people were evacuated from their homes and relocated as part of Operation Pied Piper, which was set up to save civilians, particularly children. Reg Hale was one of those evacuated as a child. Reg now lives in Dublin and relives his journey and experience of that time. (First Broadcast 1996)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A story which follows Jimmy Kinihan, who left Castleknock College in the early 60s to become a monk…. Five more of his classmates also entered the religious life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One in eleven Irish women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. This award winning documentary hears the stories of Irish women in their thirties, forties and fifties who are recovering from the disease. This is straight talking (2008)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Opened 1848, Arbour Hill Prison in Dublin was a military prison during much of it's lifetime. Many of the 1916 leaders are buried in the military cemetary at the prison. Today, this prison the national centre for male sex offenders (Broadcast 1984)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Helen Shaw weaves together the life & work of Irish of one of Ireland’s most esteemed and prominent poets, Eavan Boland. A strong and intelligent woman, her poetry is honest and speaks to the ordinary people. Listen as Eavan recites her own poems and visits some old haunts. (First Broadcast 1996)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An award winning documentary about the experience of three generations of asylum seekers It uses the metaphor of the famous 19th century painting, The Raft of the Medusa which depicts shipwrecked survivors clinging to a raft adrift at sea (Broadcast 2002)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Journalist Robert Fisk examines the civil war in Lebanon. By visiting its capital city Beirut, he looks back through war reports of his, how life has developed during the Lebanese civil war and how life might develop into the future. (First Broadcast 1996)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 4 May 1945, two days before the World War II came to an end, American troops took control of Salzburg, Austria. Former G.I. soldier Norman Smyth returns to Salzburg 40 years after its liberation to reflect back on war and his actions (Broadcast 1985).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The most intense and difficult experience that most of us will ever know is the journey through the process of grieving after the death of a loved one. In this documentary people speak of their experience of death and the grieving process. (Broadcast 2000)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A documentary about one of the last functioning Irish ballrooms – the Charlestown Ballroom in County Mayo which had its final night in 1997.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What are the connections between Belfast and Cork city? Alf MacCarthy traces the similarities between the capital of Northern Ireland and the people’s republic. By speaking to the people of the two cities, he looks at the social comparisons and uses their memories to paint a picture of growing up in these unique places. (First Broadcast 2002)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each year, Easter marks a key moment in Ireland's history. The 1916 Easter Rising was an armed rising by Irish Republicans against English rule. 98yrs on, listen back to eyewitness accounts of that rising from this documentary first broadcast in 1960.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each year the town of Appleby is filled with the sound of hooves and the sight of bow top caravans as it plays host to one of the biggest and oldest horse fairs in Europe (Broadcast 1978)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Skehan takes a look at the world of dogs. (Broadcast 1984) John Skehan takes a look at the world of dogs. (Broadcast 1984)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Finn, an American, a French man, and a Greek tell of their experience as immigrants to Ireland in the early 1980's (Broadcast 1981).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some of Ireland’s finest building such as the Custom House & the Four Courts were designed by architect James Gandon, who worked in a classical, Palladian style in the late 1700s (Broadcast 1984).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.