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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From Carrick-on-Suir to the Côte d'Azur
October 02, 2015 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBJournalist Shane Stokes follows cyclist Sam Bennett on his first tour de France. Sam grew up in Tipperary and has battled injury, self doubt and the weight of expectation to perform at the highest level in sport. We hear the stories of those battles as the peloton makes its way to Paris during the summer of 2015. (First Broadcast 2015) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Saudi Dreams of a Camper Van
September 25, 2015 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.6 MBAn Irish nurse in Saudi Arabia records her life on her phone. At first, it’s the differences in the Middle East but the phone becomes an audio diary of her unravelling life back in Mayo and Kerry. She and her partner struggle to maintain their strained relationship by Skype. Themes: Emigration, Happiness, Relationship, Romance, Travel, Women. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
After The Shock
August 14, 2015 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBApril 2015, earthquakes in the Asian country of Nepal result in over 8,500 deaths. Half a million homes lost. Tim Desmond travels to see the destruction and poverty first hand. Meeting families who lost relatives, livelihoods and farms, Tim examines how a country copes with disaster. Can new technology help improve things? (First Broadcast 2015) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Johnny Jameson
July 30, 2015 12:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBJohnny Jameson is a Meath born DJ living in London who entertains Irish emigrants with music and one-liners. He's also a man with an incredible past which includes working with Johnny Cash, Diana Ross, The Monkees and the Miami Showband - as well as meeting Nixon, Springsteen and Bon Jovi! (Broadcast 2015) Themes: America, Music, Community See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Fine Gaeilgeoir
July 24, 2015 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBIn July 2014, Donegal TD, Joe McHugh became Minister of State with responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs. Only problem? Last time Joe spoke Irish was in school. He had to learn the language fast. We follow him over the last 12 months as he faces criticism, a public deadline and gets to grips with a language politics forced upon him (Broadcast 2015). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Seamus Darby and the Goal That Made Champions
July 16, 2015 23:01 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBSéamus Darby was the Offaly hero who scored a late goal in the All-Ireland football final of 1982 depriving Kerry of their historic 5-in-a-row. He tells the story of how one of the most famous goals in GAA history impacted on his life and family and a journey which took him from Ireland to the UK and back to Tipperary where he now lives. (2015) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Secret Chicken Society
July 16, 2015 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBAll around Ireland people keep show chickens - and with each one comes a dream - to become a National Champion - This is a glimpse inside the wonderful world of Irish show chickens. The up's and down's, in's and out's and along the way tells a humorous and lively story of people who love they're chickens. (2012) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Band of Gold
July 10, 2015 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBWith over 25,000 weddings taking place every year in Ireland, it’s a very competitive industry for wedding bands. We follow bands from Dublin, Cork and Limerick whose full time job it is to give newlyweds in love a night they’ll never forget – and keep the dance floor moving, despite all the different tastes in music! (First Broadcast 2015) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Living Outside The Box
June 26, 2015 12:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBRachel Breslin is desperate to find a way around the spiralling rents that are being charged for Dublin property.And she thinks she has hit on the perfect solution - acting as a guardian for properties that need to be protected from robbers and squatters. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Seven Years And Nine Months
June 12, 2015 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBAfter seven years of trying to have a baby, Dublin couple Rachel and Daniel have decided to try to complete their family through the emotionally turbulent and expensive surrogacy route. We follow them as they go to America and find a surrogate mother, a donor egg and hopefully, a baby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
And A Bit Off The Top
June 05, 2015 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBGalway barber, Michael 'Chick' Gillen of Dominick Street is known as one of Galway's most famous characters. A man with a larger than life personality, an accomplished boxing trainer and barber. Two decades ago, we spent time with both Chick and his clientele as they talk their through the world of hair and life. (2000) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
With These Hands
May 29, 2015 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBThis multi award winning documentary is about Tralee man, Eric Roche - a world class virtuosic guitarist - and his younger brother Bryan. Considered by many as Ireland's greatest ever guitarists, this is a story of love, music, life and brotherhood. (2009) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In Tom Crean's Footsteps
May 22, 2015 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBIn 1916, Tom Crean was part of one of the greatest stories ever told when he joined Ernest Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic. 100 years later, in October 2016, his Granddaughter Aileen, travelled thousands of miles to try and retrace her grandfathers footsteps. (2017) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mairead's First Communion
May 15, 2015 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBWhat do you do when you're not practising Catholics but your daughter wants to make her First Communion? daughter Mairead is excited about making her First Communion with all her school friends. Mam Anne, is an Australian immigrant to Ireland and wants to understand why the celebration of First Communion is so popular in Ireland. (2014) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: River of Dreams
April 09, 2015 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBAn evocation of the River Sullane in West Cork through the music of Peadar Ó Riada. The River Sullane runs from the mountains between County Cork and County Kerry. Peadar and Julian Vignoles trace the route of the river from its source to the sea. (1994) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive (1991): What Will We Do When The Taxpayer Goes
March 26, 2015 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBIreland has a long link with Africa after allocated millions of euro in foreign-aid over the past decades. Rodney Rice travels to one region that is being developed with help from the Irish Government, professionals and trades people. We hear from those living and working in Tanzania, who speak of the challenges and benefits of foreign-aid. (1991) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: Sowing The Seeds, Horace Plunkett & Co-op movement
March 24, 2015 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBSir Curzon Horace Plunkett was an Anglo-Irish man who set up the agricultural co-operation in Ireland. This Co-Op encouraged farmers to process and market their own produce, to standards suitable for the British market. This enabled farmers to establish themselves. (1994) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Searching for Answers - Gold Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals
March 20, 2015 12:00 - 39 minutes - 18.2 MBIn 1975 and 1976 two fishing trawlers sank at the exact same spot off the coast of Donegal with the loss of 11 lives. Over 35 years later, Helena Gallagher, a daughter of one of the men who drowned, goes ‘Searching for Answers’. (2011) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Come on Brigids
March 13, 2015 12:00 - 41 minutes - 18.6 MBDamien O'Reilly charts the progress of the St. Brigid’s Senior Football team through the 2004 AIB club campaign, through the eyes of a supporter and includes interviews with players and supporters and footage from training sessions and matches.(2004) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive (1978): Incorporating The Skibbereen Eagle
March 12, 2015 12:00 - 42 minutesWe recall the story of the Irish provincial newspaper which became embroiled in international relations for its editorial; “keeping an eye on Russia”. The Skibbereen Eagle was quoted across Europe & in the House of Commons for it's clear editorial message to Russia. Editors & staff speak about the newspaper & it's successor The Southern Star (1978)
The Caretaker - Bronze Award Winner at 2011 New York Festivals
March 06, 2015 12:00 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBThis is a classic who dunnit story? When Islamic manuscripts came up for private sale around Europe in 1991 - that questions began to arise. Those questions led a path back to the Chester Beatty library in Dublin and to an insider theft. (2011) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Valentines Bones
February 13, 2015 12:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBIrish comedian Maeve Higgins looks for people who write to Saint Valentine in Whitefriar Church Dublin. She meets people who are looking for love, asking for help, telling him their most intimate hopes and fears - all written into a public book on display See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive (1980): Creel The Scrubber And The Knife
February 11, 2015 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MB‘Once you got landed you where as healthy as a trout’ is the memory of life on board for one Donegal fisherman. Skilled workers and fishermen speak of their experience of working in the fishing industry and why hundreds from Burtonport in County Donegal left for Scotland and the Shetlands to catch and gut Herring. (1980) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Boys of Foley Street
February 06, 2015 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBThis award winning documentary begins in 1975 when Pat Kenny recorded with a group of young men from inner city Dublin. Pat returned again in 1988 and then in 2008, Ciaran Cassidy revisited them to find out how their lives turned out. (2008) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Siege at Jadotville
January 23, 2015 12:00 - 41 minutes - 19.5 MBAn award winning documentary telling the story of a company of Irish troops who in 1961 came under siege at the isolated post of Jadotville, Congo and were forced to surrender to authorities in the province of Katanga. (2010) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Bells of St.Mels
December 24, 2014 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBChristmas morning 2009, a devastating fire destroys St. Mel's Cathedral in the heart of Longford town. 5yrs later, on December 24th 2014, after one of Europe's biggest restoration projects, the Cathedral opens its doors again, just in time for Christmas. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Outsiders - Our Teenage Life Behind Bars
December 19, 2014 12:00 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MBA unique view inside the Irish direct provision system through the eyes of two 13yr old girls, asylum seekers awaiting their fate from the state. Living in mobile homes on an industrial park near Athlone, they've recorded their lives over the past 4 months See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Diary of a Bad Year: A War Correspondents Dilemma
December 12, 2014 12:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBKelly McEvers was a war correspondent in the Middle East during the Arab uprisings. Colleagues and friends were being kidnapped. Some were killed. It made her question why otherwise intelligent people risk their lives to report on war? (from Transom.org) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Bridge
December 12, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutes - 15.8 MBThis is the story of Joan Bullock and Betty Leonard - two women from either side of the Cavan/Fermanagh border (divide between north and south Ireland), who were deeply affected by a series of brutal murders that took place on the border in 1972. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
DocArchive: To Boston and Back
December 08, 2014 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.
A Humanist Milestone
December 05, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBCelebrating the milestones of life the non-religious way, Humanist ceremonies are currently seeing a boom as Ireland's secular population grows. What does it take to become a Humanist celebrant? What are Humanist ceremonies are all about? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Boyle For Congress
November 28, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBAoife Kavanagh steps inside the political campaign of Brendan Boyle as he attempts to become the only American State Congressman with an Irish born parent. It’s a ‘David and Goliath’ battle – but Brendan has a secret weapon – his Dongeal born father Frank See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Small Lives and Great Reputations
November 22, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBOn the 25th anniversary of his release from prison, Paddy Armstrong of the Guildford Four visits London and Guildford with his wife. Wrongfully convicted and having spent 15 years in prison, Paddy reunites with the solicitor and MP who fought his case. (2014) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Con Carey and the Twelve Apostles
November 14, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBThe only man in Kerry to be buried twice they say. Con Carey was a bachelor labourer who died on his way home from the pub in 1978. His story is still spoken of. Why? Because of what happened him after death and of the 12 locals involved - the 12 apostles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Walking The Line
November 06, 2014 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBThe story of a family of 'the disappeared' – the Megraw’s, whose brother Brendan was murdered and buried in secret by the IRA and the man, Geoff Knupfer, whose job it is to find the body after thirty six years. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Saved
October 31, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBJohn Purcell sells caravans and saves souls. The caravans are apt because John is from a Traveller family. The saving souls is more difficult because John has never read The Bible; he is illiterate. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Palm Oil Republic
October 27, 2014 12:00 - 41 minutes - 42.8 MBThe rise in global demand for Palm oil is putting pressure on agricultural land and rural communities across the developing world. Palm oil is in half of all products we buy in the supermarkets. Tim Desmond went to Honduras to investigate this business See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Bombs, Balls & Beyoncé
October 24, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBA football team and its billionaire owner - some bling and lots of politics: Before the world knew of Maidan Square in Kiev, we knew of Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk soccer teams - football has nothing to do with politics? In Ukraine it does - lots. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Fantastic Beasts and the People who Love Them
October 10, 2014 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBHave you ever wondered about Ireland's mystery animals? Have you ever actually gone in search of one? Referred to by experts as Cryptozoology, Shane Dunphy goes ‘monster hunting’ in the wilds of Connemara and encounters a little more than he bargained for See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Lost Orphans
October 03, 2014 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBIn 1945 two Irish boys arrived in Dublin by boat. Their journey began in a Philippine jungle during World War II. Work had taken their family from Meath to Manilla. When the Japanese invaded, Irish neutrality didn’t save them all. They had to escape. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Power Light and Heat
October 03, 2014 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBThe story of how Ireland became electric - a little later than most other countries. (1977) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Brady Bunch
September 18, 2014 12:00 - 37 minutes - 16.5 MBOliver Brady passed away on Sept 15th last. Listen back to a documentary we made on Oliver - which takes you down a long and winding road to a small village in County Monaghan to meet the 'small man' competing in the 'Sport of Kings'. (Broadcast 2010) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Clouds In Harry's Coffee
September 12, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutesDuring World War II, 32 Irishmen spent 5 years in captivity at the Farge Concentration labour camp. They became known as "Hitler’s Irish slaves". In April 2014, we joined the last survivor of that group, as he travelled back to Germany for one final visit
Thirty Years Later
September 05, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBMichael de Courcy died in 1984 following a football accident aged 29. Now dead longer than he was alive, his family and friends explore the influence his life had on them thirty years later. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Seventh Summit
August 29, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutes2014 was Mount Everest darkest year. In April of this year, Irishman Paul Devaney was approaching Base Camp as the biggest tragedy to hit the legendary mountain struck.
The Grandfather Canoe
August 22, 2014 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBTwo hundred years after a revered and sacred canoe disappeared from the banks of the St John River in Canada, it turned up in a building in Galway. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Info Lady
August 15, 2014 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBWhy is a woman cycling around Bangladeshi villages with a laptop on her bike? Because she’s an “Info Lady”. A Bangladeshi innovation that's changing lives. Why is a woman cycling around Bangladeshi villages with a laptop on her bike? Because she’s an “Info Lady”. A Bangladeshi innovation that's changing lives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Never Knocked Down
August 15, 2014 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBLegendary boxing trainer Angelo Dundee said the two best chins in boxing belonged to Muhammad Ali and a Connemara man, Sean Mannion. Originally from Rosmuc, in County Galway, Sean was never knocked down in 57 professional bouts, including a world title fight. (2014) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
They Had No Choice - The Irish Horse at War
August 08, 2014 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBThe horse has been at the heart of Irish life for centuries, but its role, significance and relationship with humans was irrevocably changed during WWI when over 65,000 Irish horses were brought to the front. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A Song For Kathleen
July 25, 2014 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBThe story of 87-year-old Kathleen Tierney who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, but finds her spirit lifted and her health improve when she joins ‘The Forget Me Nots’ - a choir welcoming those affected by dementia and memory loss. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.