Documentary On One - Rté Documentaries

A celebration for Samuel Beckett's 80th Birthday, recorded at the international Samuel Beckett Conference in Paris in April 1986. (First Broadcast 1986)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jack Lynch was a TD for 33 years and served for two terms as Taoiseach but each week he held a clinic for his constituents in Cork to deal with their queries. (Broadcast 1978)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Between 1932 and 1939, Dr Adolf Mahr, a Nazi Archaeologist occasionally based in Dublin, and his Jewish friend, philanthropist Albert Bender, exchange dozens of letters - and some of these survived - detailing an extraordinary era (First Broadcast 2001)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An insight into the character behind soon to be Commander-in-Chief of the UN Observer Corps, Bill Callaghan (Broadcast 1986).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the story of the 50 years of news on Irish radio. This documentary traces the development from a single news editor in 1926 who took news from foreign stations to today's complex news gathering and assessment operations. (First Broadcast 1976)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A documentary on people's views of our woods and forests - the importance of woods in our economy, on trees found in Ireland, a look at the national tree register documenting some of the finest collection of trees in Britain and Ireland. (First Broadcast 1984)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alice was 13 years old when she was trafficked by an 'aunt' from Ghana, through Togo and by boat to Gabon in Central Africa as we go on a journey from Ireland to West Africa along the child trafficking routes (Broadcast 2006).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A fly on the wall account that follows a weekend shift of a crew of The Dublin Fire Brigade Ambulance Service (Broadcast 1985).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a documentary about the Irish National Archives and its destruction in 1922. The archives holds the records of the modern Irish State which document its historical evolution and the creation of our national identity. (First Broadcast 1991)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joe Duffy recalls the Antarctic expedition of Ernest Shackleton from Kildare and Tom Crean from Kerry, and talks to their relatives, friends and admirers, and those re-creating their Odyssey (First Broadcast 1996)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Cassidy ran a very special pub – The Corner Bar in Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. It contained an extensive folk museum. Pat had a great love of history and storytelling and in this documentary he explains why he opened the museum and describes some of the items displayed in it. (First Broadcast 1978)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Shannon – Ireland’s largest river is the centre of booming boating holiday industry which attracts thousands of tourists who get the opportunity to chart their way through the waterways on a break they will never to forget. (Broadcast 1980)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dubliner Alf McKenzie was born in 1897 and offers a unique perspective on the 21st century. It’s a life that takes in the 1916 rising, depression era Chicago, the Blitz in London and India under British rule. (Broadcast 1980)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look at the ambush of the County Clare town of Ennistymon in September 1920. (Broadcast 1985)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every Saturday afternoon, Dublin teenagers crowd into the back room of Walton's music shop in Georges Street, Dublin to play the musical instruments. However, staff in the shop are so fed up listening to the song Falling Slowly that they have banned customers from playing the song while trying out the instruments. (First Broadcast 2009)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Aer Lingus celebrates its 75th birthday in May 2011, we travel back 54yrs to hear a story which told of its more youthful 21st birthday! Different times, a different era, different planes and different challenges but the same Aer Lingus (Broadcast 1957)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The joy that heralds the arrival of a Hijra is a regular part of India's special occasions. The sight of their masculine features wrapped in a female sari surprises many. Even more surprising is that homosexuality is still illegal in India. (2005)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A insight into the effects of unemployment in the town of Cobh back in 1985.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

About the moments and memories that make people happy. We hear how happiness is defined, the importance of a happy youth, happiness within convent life, Maureen Potter on keeping audiences happy and the idea that happiness changes with age.(First Broadcast 1981)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The British government sent army troops into Northern Ireland during the summer of 1969. Eleven years on - this documentary talks to disenchanted British soldiers stationed in Derry on their ‘Tour of Duty’. (Broadcast 1980)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.