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Documentary on One Podcast

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Multi 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: Baldoyle Racecourse

July 04, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MB

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 acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Dreaming of Prawns

July 03, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.3 MB

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 acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Bring Me a Unicorn

July 03, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MB

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 acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Market Values

July 03, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MB

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 acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Come on the Banner

July 02, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MB

A history of the G.A.A in County Clare, from its origins in 1884 when Clareman Michael Cusack lit the torch that led to the founding of the organisation (Broadcast 1984).   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: By Appointment

July 02, 2009 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

George Redmond from West Cork spent his lifetime travelling around Ireland tuning pianos for the great and the good. In this documentary he explores the musical tastes of former Governor-Generals and Presidents of Ireland (Broadcast 1994).   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Documentary on One: Innocence for Sale

July 01, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB

The issue of child trafficking into prostitution in the Philippines as a result of sex tourism, and how Irish missionary priest Fr. Shay Cullen has fought to combat the problem through his organisation PREDA (Broadcast 1990).   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive (2004): The Irish at Eureka - Rebels or Riff Raff?

June 30, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MB

The Eureka affair of 1854 has been described as everything from a tax whinge to the birthplace of Australian democracy. Some 30 people died in the half-hour battle, most of them goldminers who had sworn to defend their rights and liberties. (First Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Samoza Sandinista and Beyond

June 29, 2009 12:00 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MB

Nicaragua was ruled for four decades by the Somoza dynasty. This is the story of how the people overthrew an oppressive regime in 1979 - and what happened next. (First broadcast 1983)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: The Presidency and the Presidents

June 29, 2009 12:00 - 44 minutes - 20.1 MB

Oct 2011, the 9th President of Ireland will take office. In this documentary, we travel back 52yrs to the day that Eamon De Valera was inaugurated as the 3rd President of Ireland. This is the story of the first 21yrs of Irish Presidents (Broadcast 1959)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Like Flies to a Light - FBD Milk Rás

June 28, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MB

Covering 1247 kilometers over 8 stages, the Irish FBD Milk Rás, now in it's 59th year, is one of the longest amateur stage races held annually in the world. In 1996, Roy Willoughby tracked the race as the cyclists fought it out for glory (Broadcast 1996).   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive (1991): Immigrating to Ireland – Americans

June 28, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MB

The Vietnam War caused great upheaval in America in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Bill Warren wished to avoid the draft into the defence forces, so he decided to leave with his wife Patricia and moved to Ireland. Immigration was not on Sharon Lennon’s mind when she met her husband Frank, but she left the US to join him in Belfast. (First Broadcast 1991)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: In Fond Memory

June 27, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MB

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)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Who's a Pretty Boy Then?

June 27, 2009 12:00 - 44 minutes - 20.1 MB

From pigeons to hens, we meet the people whose passion in life is keeping birds (first broadcast 1982)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: No place for the weak-hearted

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MB

Storms can develop quickly and without warning. High winds and treacherous waves are frequent along the Irish coastline. When ferries, tawlers and yachts get caught at sea or when lives are at risk, they call on the Irish lifeboat services (Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: When the bloom was on the flax

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MB

This documentary focuses on the tradition and history of flax growing and the linen industry in Ireland. The contributors include the late poet John Hewitt on the rhyming weavers of Co. Antrim. (Broadcast 1978)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: The two sides of Dolly's Brae

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MB

On the morning, of July 12th 1849, the Protestant Orange order peacefully marched thorugh Dolly's Brae, an exclusively Catholic village in Co. Down.However, on their return journey home that evening, a fight ensued. (Broadcast 1985)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: The Sligo bus

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.6 MB

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)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: The Road to Polnagollum

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.1 MB

This documentary takes an underground journey in the Polnagollum cave system beneath the Burren, Co. Clare. The system has been carved out of limestone by a series of underground rivers. What is life really like in the Irish underworld (Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: The black-tailed Godwit

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MB

A documentary in search of the black-tailed godwit, a large wading bird. Ornithologist Jim Wilson, travels to Iceland in search of the black-tailed godwit. The black-tailed godwit is a large wading bird that breeds in Iceland. (Broadcast 2001)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: The Argentina Connection

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MB

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 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Stuck for words

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.3 MB

Stammering affects 45,000 people in Ireland, 80% of which are male. In this documentary Michael Carolan allows time and space to meet at talk with stammerers about the bullying, the loneliness and their fears. (Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: On the street

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.4 MB

An impression of street life in one area of Paris from the award winning documentary maker Kaye Mortley. (Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: One May day

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.5 MB

May 17th 1974, one of the most tragic events of the Troubles took place-three no-warning car bombs exploded in Dublin City Centre at 5.30pm, and another no-warning bomb exploded in Monaghan Town at approximately 7pm. 34 people were killed. (Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Mucho Corazon

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MB

A Dutch man visiting Havana falls in love with a Cuban woman, but their path is blocked at every turn. Recorded in Amsterdam, The Hague, The Netherlands and Havana and Holguin in Cuba. This is a story of love and European Immigration (Broadcast 1998)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Love letters from the front

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.5 MB

A documentary telling a beautiful story of love and war based on a collection of letters writtern to an Irishwoman during World War I. (Broadcast 2001)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Look at the Camels

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 40 minutes - 18.1 MB

Paddy O'Gorman takes a trip to the United Arab Emirates where some 4,000 Irish people have, for whatever reason, made it their home. This is the story of some Irish people who work, rest and play in the the middle eastern sun (Broadcast 2003)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Ithaca

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 40 minutes - 18.2 MB

A documentary about the island of Ithaca in myth and reality. Ithaca is an island located in the Ionian Sea, Greece, with an area of 45 sq. miles and a little more than three thousand inhabitants. (Broadcast 1999)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Down with jazz - Anti jazz campaign of the 1930's

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MB

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 1997)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Dossers Priest

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.2 MB

The everyday life of Father John Cusack, an Irish priest from County Cavan who looks after London's down and outs in the 1980s.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Death by drowning

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MB

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)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: D Day 60 years on - The forgotten heros

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 40 minutes - 18.2 MB

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)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Classmates of Pinochet

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.1 MB

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)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Chanter bag and bellows: Family notes

June 26, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 18.9 MB

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)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Beacon on the Sands (1990)

June 25, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MB

Bill Long travels to the Kish Lighthouse off the coast of Dublin, on the occasion of it's 25th anniversary (Broadcast 1990).   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: The Story of Knock

June 25, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MB

It was the brainchild of Monsignor James Horan - Knock Airport. This is the story of how an idea became reality, despite the objections from those who thought the idea was a crazy one, and what the airport has brought to the West (Broadcast 1985)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: A century of learning in Kerry

June 24, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MB

A story that documents over 100 years of eduction whilst traceing the evolution of the VEC in Kerry from its origins in Technical Instruction (Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Constant present

June 24, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.4 MB

More than one-in-eight people in Ireland suffer from a condition that causes frustration, withdrawal, anger and suffering and yet it is hidden, invisible. In Constant Present, Michael Carolan talks to people with chronic pain. (Broadcast 2003)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Children on the Veranda

June 24, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB

The story of Rosemary Conry, who as a little girl spent 3 years lying bound and strapped to a bed, a victim of the TB epidemic that was then rife in Ireland. (First Broadcast 2009) The story of Rosemary Conry, who as a little girl spent 3 years lying bound and strapped to a bed, a victim of the TB epidemic that was then rife in Ireland. (First Broadcast 2009)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Battle of the Somme

June 24, 2009 12:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MB

Lasting from July 1st to Novemeber 18th 1916, The Battle of the Somme was to become one of the defining moments of the First World War. The first day of battle alone saw the British Forces sustain some 60,000 casualties, including Irishmen (Broadcast 1989)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: In search of Paddy Finucane

June 24, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.6 MB

The story of Brendan "Paddy" Finucane - the Dublin born RAF wing commander pilot. By 21, Finucane was the youngest Wing Commander at war, a highly decorated WW2 RAF pilot, the scourge of the German Air Force and a hero in the Britain (Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Primrose and blue

June 24, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.5 MB

Primrose and Blue tells the story of John Scally as he vivdly recalls memories of his childhood in 1960's Roscommon in Ireland. This is a window into the Ireland gone by - into a different time in an almost different country (Broadcast 1995)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Early house

June 23, 2009 12:00 - 42 minutes - 19.3 MB

A documentary that goes to bed and wakes up in one of Dublin's early opening pubs - The Cobblestone. Ireland is 'famed' for its drinking culture - but why would anyone want to go drinking at 7am? (Broadcast 1999)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: To the stonebreakers yard

June 23, 2009 12:00 - 37 minutes - 16.8 MB

A documentary about Kilmainham Gaol and its place in Irish history. Built in 1792, Kilmainham Gaol is Ireland's most famous disused prison. It held, throughout the years, many famous Nationalists and Republicans (Broadcast 1999)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: The Arctic Fox

June 23, 2009 12:00 - 39 minutes - 18.5 MB

In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, ecologist and lecturer Eanna Ni Lamhna looks at the life of the Arctic Fox. Turning white in winter to blend in with the white background of snow is a very successful adaptation (Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Kingfisher - King of Fishers

June 23, 2009 12:00 - 39 minutes - 18.6 MB

In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, Dr Richard Collins explores the mysterious world of the kingfisher. Some creatures are so ridiculously beautiful that they just don't belong in the real world. (Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Gibraltar

June 23, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.6 MB

A documentary about a journey to Gibraltar - the southern border of Europe and the plight of refugees passing through there. (Broadcast 2002)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Peader O'Donnell

June 23, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.5 MB

A documentary with Peadar O'Donnell on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Peadar O'Donnell (1893-1986) was an Irish novelist and political activist and a major figure in the history of the Irish. (Broadcast 1983)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: No surrender

June 23, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MB

Lorelei Harris goes marching with the York Road No Surrender Band on the 12th July and speaks with band members. (Broadcast 1997)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DocArchive: Wolf - Spirit of the Wild

June 23, 2009 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.3 MB

In this documentary from the Mooney Goes Wild team, naturalist and author, Eric Dempsey fulfils a lifelong ambition when he comes face to face with one of the world's most elusive creatures, the Wolf. (Broadcast 2004)   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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