Documentary On One - Rté Documentaries

Pádraic Dolan visits the Gaeltacht area of Connemara to ask the people living there about their own unique attitudes to life. (Broadcast 1975)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1984, Ray McSharry (Fianna Fail) and Mary Banotti (Fine Gael) became members of the European Parliament (MEP). For both this was unchartered territory - both stepping into the unknown. This documentary joins them on their journey (Broadcast 1984)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dreaming Of Fat Men won the 1995 Prix Italia for Radio documentaries. In the documentary, 5 very fat women meet to feast and discuss their relationship with food, which is both funny and sad. (1995)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"I Am What I Would Be" is an unlikely title for a documentary on trees, but that is exactly what John Quinn - offers the listener - a lyrical evocation of the beauty and wonder of trees. (First Broadcast 1997)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A radio documentary presented by the late Gerry Ryan on the heroes, villains and victims of the Irish "New Wave" rock scene of the early 1980s. (Broadcast 1981)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A celebration of the first day of an Irish summer in song, word and music. (Broadcast 2002)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A radio documentary presented by the late Gerry Ryan on the rise of The Beatles from skiffle boom to rock in the late '50's in Liverpool (Broadcast 1980)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John McHugh was born in 1911 in the U.K. to Irish parents. This biography traces his career in music as an operatic tenor. One of the first singers to broadcast on television, he became a household name in the 1950’s. While in his nineties, he traces his life, success and struggles in music throughout the years. (First Broadcast 2003)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1978 the deaths of 909 Americans in a forced group suicide and the murder of five people including a congressman in Guyana focussed the world’s attention on the cult of the People’s Temple and their shadowy leader the Reverend Jim Jones (Broadcast 1983)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Betty Purcell explores the stories of the medical practitioners and patients of St. Brendan's Hospital in Grangegorman, Dublin. (Broadcast 1984)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An enclosed order of Carmelite nuns in Tallow, Waterford have to raise four hundred thousand pounds to build a new monastry. A task many people thought would be impossible. (Broadcast 1997)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The poet Michael Coady tells the story of his Great Grandfather who emigrated from Oven Lane in Carrick on Suir over a hundred years ago. (First broadcast 2001)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgiana Domsa is eight. She came to Ireland when she was three, to join her father George and her mother Georgette, who had already set up home in Dublin. This is the story of a day in the life of a Romanian family living in Dublin (Broadcast 2005) Georgiana Domsa is eight. She came to Ireland when she was three, to join her father George and her mother Georgette, who had already set up home in Dublin. This is the story of a day in the life of a Romanian family living in Dublin (Broadcast 2005)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A documentary by Dick Warner on an incident packed bus trip from London to Kathmandu. The five thousand mile journey includes stops in Greece, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Broadcast in 1979)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The interesting history behind the Irish Sugar Company, and the many characters who have passed through its doors through the years. (Broadcast 1984)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The late Dr Aidan MacCarthy (1914-1995) from Castletownbere, Co. Cork recounts his extraordinary experiences from Dunkirk to Nagasaki as an RAF medical officer during World War II (Broadcast 1995).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of children in Irish workhouses in the 19th century. This documentary looks at the conditions and lives of those children at that time and the government assisted emigration of young girls from those workhouses all the way over to Australia (1982)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Parental separation from the point of view of the children involved - their experiences, their feelings, and their hopes for the future (Broadcast 1979).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of Gerald O'Donovan(1871-1942), priest, novelist and a leader of the Irish revival, through the Gaelic League, the co-operative movement, and the literary revival (1988). The story of Gerald O'Donovan(1871-1942), priest, novelist and a leader of the Irish revival, through the Gaelic League, the co-operative movement, and the literary revival (1988).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fr. Niall O'Brien gives us an insight into what life is like in Bacolod prison, located in the Philippines.We hear of how life in this prison is a far cry from that in Ireland, and the role that the church plays within the prison walls. (Broadcast 1984)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.