RTÉ Radio 1: Documentary on One
The main weekly documentary slot on RTÉ Radio 1 and the largest arena for radio documentaries in Ireland.
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DocArchive: Who's a Pretty Boy Then?
From pigeons to hens, we meet the people whose passion ...
From pigeons to hens, we meet the people whose passion in life is keeping birds (first broadcast 1982)
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DocArchive: In Fond Memory
May 2011, Queen Elizabeth II, whilst on a visit to ...
May 2011, Queen Elizabeth II, whilst on a visit to the Islandbridge War Memorial Gardens, bows her head to honour the 49,400 Irish soldiers who died in WW1. Opened in 1988, this is the story of the garden and the soldiers they honour (Broadcast 1989)
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DocArchive: Dossers Priest
The everyday life of Father John Cusack, an Irish priest ...
The everyday life of Father John Cusack, an Irish priest from County Cavan who looks after London's down and outs in the 1980s.
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DocArchive: The Argentina Connection
In the early 1800s a large migration of Irish farmers ...
In the early 1800s a large migration of Irish farmers settled on the Pampas of Argentina. Joe Murray travells to Argentina and discovers his cousins and many other Argentinos who trace their connections to families still farming in Ireland (Broadcast 200
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DocArchive: The Sligo bus
The North Sligo rural transport scheme initiative is helping those ...
The North Sligo rural transport scheme initiative is helping those living in isolation to get out and about, go shopping and visit their relatives. Kay Sheehy takes the bus herself and meets those availing of the service. (Broadcast 2005)
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DocArchive: Chanter bag and bellows: Family notes
This documentary explores the rich musical history of an extraordinary ...
This documentary explores the rich musical history of an extraordinary Belfast family, the McPeakes, from humble beginnings when Francis Joseph McPeake, born in 1885 became the first piper in Belfast for 116 years (Broadcast 2004)
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DocArchive: Classmates of Pinochet
A documentary about Chile during the period of the military ...
A documentary about Chile during the period of the military junta. Producer, Jan Diego Spoerer, lived for many years as a refugee in Chile. He came from a prominent Chilean family and went to the same school as Pinochet. (Broadcast 2004)
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DocArchive: D Day 60 years on - The forgotten heros
To mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Derek Davis visits ...
To mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Derek Davis visits the Normandy Beaches where the Allies stormed ashore on June 6th 1944. He talks with some of the survivors, the Irish, who were part of the massive seaborne assault. (Broadcast 2004)
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DocArchive: Death by drowning
Every year countless lives are lost around the coast of ...
Every year countless lives are lost around the coast of Ireland. This is a story about fishing families who have lost their loved ones to the treacherous waters off the Irish Coast.(Broadcast 2002)
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DocArchive: Down with jazz - Anti jazz campaign of the 1930's
January 1st 1934, Fr. Conifrey led a march through Mohill, ...
January 1st 1934, Fr. Conifrey led a march through Mohill, County Leitrim, in which demonstrators shouted "down with jazz" and "out with paganism" and called on the government to close the dance halls and ban all foreign dances in Ireland. (Broadcast 199
