Documentary on One Podcast
1,856 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 68 ratingsMulti award winning documentaries from Ireland telling real life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 340 national and international awards. Producer of podcast series 'GunPlot' and 'The Nobody Zone'. Immerse yourself in a world of sound, story and character.
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DocArchive: Talking to Bricks - A Portrait of Norman Porter
December 09, 2009 12:00 - 40 minutes - 17.7 MBA radio documentary about Norman Porter, Unionist and winner of the Ewart-Biggs Award (Broadcast 1997) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive (1959): To Boston and Back
December 08, 2009 12:00 - 48 minutes - 43.9 MBBack in the days when air fares were unattainably high - America literally seemed like a million miles away. And so in 1959, Norris Davidson headed off on a journey of a lifetime - an adventure - to Boston and back in just 3 days. (1959). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: A & E - Accident and Emergency
December 08, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MBAn exciting 'fly on the wall' documentary about the accident and emergency department of the Mater hospital, Dublin (Broadcast 2001) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Retreat of O'Suilleabhain Beara
December 08, 2009 12:00 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MBThe story of the epic historical march of O'Suilleabhain Beara from West Cork to Leitrim through the counties of Limerick, Tipperary, Offaly, Galway, Roscommon and Sligo in 1603 (Broadcast 1980) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Ripples in the Teacup
December 08, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MBFrom a different era - an insight into the changing role of women in the Japanese workforce (Broadcast 1992) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Vanished and the Banished
December 08, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBNorthern Ireland was plagued by civil unrest from the late 1960s until the Good Friday agreement of 1998. During a period which became known as the troubles, many people either vanished or were forced into exile. This is their story (Broadcast 1996) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: All Things Bright and Beautiful
December 07, 2009 12:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBThe story of the acclaimed 19th-century hymn writer, Mrs Cecil Frances Alexander (Broadcast 1995) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: St. Patrick's Purgatory Lough Derg Pilgrimage
December 07, 2009 12:00 - 37 minutes - 16.4 MBIn this documentary we hear the sounds and words that tell the story of the Lough Derg Pilgrimage, Co Donegal (Broadcast 1991) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: A Butcher's Tale
December 07, 2009 12:00 - 38 minutes - 16.8 MBA radio documentary telling the story of the changing world of Eugene Kierans, Master Butcher (Broadcast 1989) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Flying for the Silver Screen
December 07, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.5 MBA radio documentary about the Irish Air Corps officers who flew for films shot in Ireland during the 1960s (Broadcast 1997) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Bulls Wool Coats and Nail Boots
December 07, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBFifty years of the Forsa Cosanta Aitiuil, or FCA, is commerated in this documentary (Broadcast 1996) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Glen and Me - Lifeline and Death Row Prisoner
December 07, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.4 MBIn this radio documentary Hilary Huges shares her experience of letter-writing and visits to Glen, a prisoner on death row (Broadcast 1997) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Voices from a Vanishing World
December 07, 2009 12:00 - 39 minutes - 17.6 MBJim Fahy recalls some memorable encounters with people from big houses in the west of Ireland (Broadcast 1991) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Scenes from a Return Journey
December 07, 2009 12:00 - 39 minutes - 17.3 MBIn this radio documentary, writer Anne Kennedy takes a glimpse at the past, present and future through encounters in a Californian summer (Broadcast 1992) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: On the Earth Below
December 07, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.3 MBA radio documentary on the life of Irish folk singer songwriter Liam Weldon, presented and produced by Julian Vignoles (Broadcast 1994) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: The Story of Woodbrook (David Thompson's Book)
December 07, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 19.4 MBA radio documentary inspired by the novel 'Woodbrook' by David Thompson (Broadcast 1986) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Neccessitys Child
December 06, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBThis documentary tells the story of inventors and their inventions in Ireland in the early 1980's. Made and broadcast in an era of huge emigration and unemployment, it's a story of challenge, creativeness and sheer stuborness sometimes (Broadcast 1983) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Shamrock Bar - The Irish in Moscow
December 06, 2009 12:00 - 39 minutes - 17.9 MBMoscow might not be the most obvious spot for an Irish pub - especially back in the early 1990's. This is the story of Moscow's transition to a market economy and the Irish involvement in the city at that time. (Broadcast 1993) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: In the Shadow of Death
December 06, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MBCountess Mary de Galway O'Kelly was born Mary Cummins in Dublin in April 1905. She was teaching in Brussels during the German invasion of May 1940 and soon became involved with the Belgian resistance in World War II. (Broadcast 1993) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: The Burning of Bridget Cleary - Witch Burning 1895
December 06, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.2 MBA grisly story about the torture and murder of Bridget Cleary in Tipperary in 1895, whose husband believed her to be a witch or possessed by the fairies (Broadcast 1995). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Unwritten Ireland
December 06, 2009 12:00 - 48 minutes - 22 MBThe rich oral history of Ireland could have been lost had the Irish Folklore Commission not preserved them for generations to come. From 1935-1971 they collected a treasure trove of photos, music and stories from all over Ireland (First broadcast 1974) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Orange The Purple and The Blue
December 06, 2009 12:00 - 39 minutes - 17.9 MBProinsias O'Conluain delves into the world of the Orange Order, its history and its role into the future (Broadcast 1973) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange
December 06, 2009 12:00 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MBThe Boyne Valley Mounds at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth in Co. Meath in Ireland were built around 3200BC - making them older than Stonehenge in England and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. This documentary tells the story of them (Broadcast 1982) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: A Question of Faith
December 06, 2009 12:00 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MBThis is the story of a family's reaction to the news that their daughter has chosen to become a Catholic nun. In entering a convent, she has chosen to enter into an enclosed order - virtually shutting herself off from the outside world. (Broadcast 1993) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: To End It All
December 05, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBIreland has one of the highest rates of suicide in Western Europe. It’s one of the major issues affecting Irish society but why is this and what can be done? (Broadcast 1979) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: After the Plays are Over
December 05, 2009 12:00 - 58 minutes - 53.1 MBA look at the 13th Dublin Theatre Festival with Sean MacReamoinn. The two week event showcased the Irish premiere of Muderous Angels by Conor Cruise O'Brien. (First Broadcast 1971) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Gordon Bennett Race
December 05, 2009 12:00 - 49 minutes - 22.4 MBThe Gordon Bennett Cup Race was the biggest annual motor race in the world in the early 1900s. Automobile clubs around the world competed. In 1903, in unusual circumstances, it became the first ever international motor race held in Ireland (Broadcast 1974) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: With the Irish in the Middle East
December 04, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 19.6 MB30,000 Irish soldiers have been deployed since 1978 as peacekeepers for the UN in the Lebanon attempting to keep the peace in one of the most volatile regions on the planet. (Broadcast 1978) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: The Last Cattle Drive
December 04, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBA 75 year old man re-enacts and remembers a time when cattle were herding through the streets and lanes of Dublin. (2006) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Mengistu's shadow
December 04, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBFrom 1990 through to 1995, Ethopia journeyed from dictatorship to democracy. Helen Shaw visited Ethopia in 1990 when the country was under the dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariamand. 5 years later she returns to see how life has changed (Broadcast 1995) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Church and State
December 03, 2009 12:00 - 39 minutes - 17.8 MBIn 1978, Karol Wojtyla, a Pole was elected Pope John Paul II despite the fact that that at the time his homeland was under communist rule and an aesthetic state. (Broadcast 1978) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Every man an Einstein
December 03, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MBIn 1978, John Skehan set out to capture how the young people of Ireland view the scientific future of the world. Did anyone predict that the world would be such a difference place by 2010? (Broadcast 1978) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Flight of the Enola Gay
December 03, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MBThe 'Enola Gay' was the bomber plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945. This documentary meets the navigator of that deadly journey - Theodore 'Dutch' Van Kirk. 50 yrs, has he any doubts on their catastophic actions? (Broadcast 1995) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: The Summer of the Moving Statues (2007)
December 03, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBA look back at the summer of 1985, when Ireland was in the grip of the phenomenon of 'moving statues'. Eyewitnesses give there accounts of what they saw in Ballinspittle, Co,Cork and Carns, Co. Sligo. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Fish Culture
December 02, 2009 12:00 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBAs an island nation and for time immemorial, fishing has been part and parcel of Irish life. As times changed and needs changed, fishing and fishermen have changed too. The 'iasc' as we call them are hugely important for many communities (Broadcast 1985) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive (2003):The Thebes Road Movie
December 01, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBIn ‘The Thebes Road Movie’, Documentary-Maker Kaye Mortley makes a journey across Europe, to Thebes in Greece. Kaye tells the story of her transcontinental travel and the varieties of mystery she encounters along the way. (First Broadcast 2003) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: The Swallow From Egg to Africa
November 30, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.5 MBEric Dempsey looks at the amazing journey of the swallow, which sees in the space of five months, the bird go from being an egg to arriving in Africa. (Broadcast 2004) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: If You Don't Want A Catholic
November 30, 2009 12:00 - 27 minutes - 12.1 MBA radio documentary that tells the story of a Belfast woman’s pilgrimage to see her idols Glasgow Rangers playing Celtic (Broadcast 1993) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Georgie
November 30, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.3 MBA radio documentary about the death of Georgie Moore at West Kensington Station in London in 1972, as told by his sister Peggy (Broadcast 1994) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Rock Of Ages
November 30, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MBJohn Quinn experiences the magic and mystery of Skellig Rock, the monastic settlement off the south-west coast of Kerry (Broadcast 2003) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Satellite to Nenagh
November 30, 2009 12:00 - 39 minutes - 17.5 MBIn this radio documentary, Ronan Kelly takes us behind the scenes of RTÉ's coverage of the 1992 General Election. (Broadcast 1994) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Shame on the Titanic
November 30, 2009 12:00 - 38 minutes - 17.3 MBA dramatised radio documentary on Bruce Ismay, owner of the Titanic who found refuge in Connemara. (Broadcast 1987) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Sonny's Story
November 30, 2009 12:00 - 59 minutes - 26.3 MBRadio documentary on songwriter and musician Sonny Condell. Presented by Dave Fanning, produced by Julian Vignoles. (Broadcast 1982) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: No Meadows in Manhattan
November 30, 2009 12:00 - 37 minutes - 16.8 MBAn award winning documentary by the writer Brian Leyden, inspired by a short story of rural decline, produced by Julian Vignoles. (Broadcast 1991) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Soviet Voices
November 30, 2009 12:00 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBIn 1973, Sean MacReamoinn travelled to the Soviet Union to view everyday life. He looked at places of cultural significance, thriving communities, religion, sports, hard working conditions, peoples rights and a state coming to terms with its warfare past See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Tommy's Story
November 30, 2009 12:00 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MBTommy Walsh talks of the last days of his wife Jo who died from cancer in November 1993 and recalls happier, earlier years. (Broadcast 1995) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Invisible Prince
November 29, 2009 12:00 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MBFrom Huguenot nobility Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu was a 19th century Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of his period and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. (Broadcast 1973) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Simple Simon lives here
November 28, 2009 12:00 - 51 minutes - 23.3 MBThis doc traces the birth of the Simon Community in Ireland. We meet the people whose vision helped shape a community for the homeless of Ireland. In the early '70s Simon offices were opening up all over - Cork, Dublin, Galway, Belfast (Broadcast 1973) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Disaster at Whiddy
November 28, 2009 12:00 - 44 minutes - 20.3 MBThe French oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded in West Cork, at the offshore jetty of the Whiddy Island Oil Terminal in January 1979. 50 people lost their lives. This is the story of that disaster - broadcast just 10 days after the explosion. (Broadcast 1979) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: When the trees were green
November 28, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.1 MBA dramatised account of an 8yr who was first diagnosed with appendicitis, then rediagnosed with cancer - and given just weeks to live. It turned out that both diagnoses were wrong - and that's only the start of the story (Broadcast 1979) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.