http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/ Running at about forty minutes every week, the Documentary on One is the biggest arena in Ireland to which listeners can tune in to hear radio documentaries. Documentary on One productions are radio stories about real life. Copyright © RTÉ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:49:59 +0100 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:49:59 +0100 RTE Radio 1 Programmes http://www.rte.ie/images/logo_rss_goog.gif http://www.rte.ie Imagine being the daughter of one of the world's most experimental and famous writers - Lucia Joyce was the daughter of James Joyce. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:15:58 +0100 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-lucia-james-joyce-bloomsday.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-lucia-james-joyce-bloomsday.html Invasions, battles, romance - centuries of history brought to life in 15 huge embroidered panels telling the epic story of the founding of New Ross, Co. Wexford in 1207. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:51:20 +0100 Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-ros-tapestry-thread-tale-wexford.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-ros-tapestry-thread-tale-wexford.html A story of co-parenting, of a parenting contract and a modern day family - Brian Kelly is from Cork, Phoenix, the mother of his child is Chinese - and their daughter, Ever Elizabeth Jade Kelly, is Australian Fri, 31 May 2013 09:01:02 +0100 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-ever-co-parenting-co-parents-net-irish-chinese-gay-australia.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-ever-co-parenting-co-parents-net-irish-chinese-gay-australia.html This is a documentary about travelling theatre, about a childhood trauma, about a place on the border, and about a 70-something man's search for his father. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:17:12 +0100 Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-shane-connaughton-undiscovered-country.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-shane-connaughton-undiscovered-country.html A 'documentary novel' by Chris Brookes about war brides – women, including Chris's own mother, who married allied servicemen during World War II. Mon, 20 May 2013 20:54:16 +0100 Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-podcast-documentary-songs-mother-taught-war-brides.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-podcast-documentary-songs-mother-taught-war-brides.html A London taxi tour around the stories of the Irish in London, including the more recently-arrived. Fri, 10 May 2013 14:41:41 +0100 Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-over-there-green-cab-london.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-over-there-green-cab-london.html Jump off at any stop on the Transport for London network and you’ll find an Irish story. Fri, 03 May 2013 11:21:56 +0100 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-over-there-green-line-irish-emigrants-london-uk.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-over-there-green-line-irish-emigrants-london-uk.html 'Hark' takes our modern ears on a sound-rich journey through the acoustic world of Elizabethan England. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:41:57 +0100 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-hark-elizabethan-england-sounds.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-hark-elizabethan-england-sounds.html Martin McKenna’s career began in a hay barn in Limerick and ended up with three best-selling books about dog behaviour in Australia - he could not read or write but he would become known as 'The Dogman'. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:40:08 +0100 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-dogman-martin-mckenna-dogs-australia.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-dogman-martin-mckenna-dogs-australia.html One day three people in different parts of the world went online, the meet in a chat room, they talk with each other, it will change their lives forever. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:50:48 +0100 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-echo-chamber-jihad-jane.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-echo-chamber-jihad-jane.html Victoria Geelan – the music and stories of a young Northern Irish jazz singer who is neither fully Catholic nor Protestant; and neither blind nor partially-sighted. Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:18:50 +0100 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-neither-nor-victoria-geelan-singer.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-neither-nor-victoria-geelan-singer.html Writer Eugene O’Brien takes a trip on a canal boat through the heart of the midlands, experiencing his home county in a different – and much slower – way than usual. Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:56:03 +0000 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-two-miles-hour-barge-canal.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-two-miles-hour-barge-canal.html This Tipperary man's songs and poems were spread throughout convict Australia by his fellow prisoners - Today a new generation of musicians regard him as giving Australia a tradition akin to the Mississippi blues. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:19:24 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/podcast-radio-documentary-frank-macnamara-the-poet-convict-australia.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/podcast-radio-documentary-frank-macnamara-the-poet-convict-australia.html Being young, African and Irish - where is home now - where will it be in years to come? Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:33:27 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-athy-hood-african-irish.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-athy-hood-african-irish.html A playful deconstruction of Queen's pop classic, Bohemian Rhapsody. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:35:03 +0000 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-rhapsody-bohemia-bohemian-queen-freddie-mercury.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-rhapsody-bohemia-bohemian-queen-freddie-mercury.html Seventy years ago this week, in one of the biggest tragedies in Ireland's history, 35 orphans died in a fire at a Cavan orphanage. Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:08:14 +0000 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-orphans-fire-cavan-saint-josephs-industrial-school.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-orphans-fire-cavan-saint-josephs-industrial-school.html The remarkable story of Fergus O’Farrell - Irish singer-songwriter behind the cult band Interference, and song “Gold” featured in the soundtrack and Broadway adaptation of the movie Once. Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:38:08 +0000 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-fergus-ofarrell-interference-muscular-dystrophy.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-fergus-ofarrell-interference-muscular-dystrophy.html How a forgotten Irish kidnapping irrecoverably changed the lives of 3 generations of one family - Thomas Niedermayer was taken from his Belfast home in 1973 - 40yrs later, his grandchildren tell the family story Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:08:23 +0000 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-knock-on-the-door-thomas-niedermayer-suicide-kidnapping-ira-joe-duffy.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-knock-on-the-door-thomas-niedermayer-suicide-kidnapping-ira-joe-duffy.html Would you go along at 60mph, your backside millimetres from the road surface? This 13-year old girl would: Nicole aims to be a F1 driver; but first, she has to win go-kart races. At the moment, she's Number Two. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:58:04 +0000 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-dads-lads-nicole-go-karting-ireland.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-dads-lads-nicole-go-karting-ireland.html Take a look inside the world of Paul Staines, aka Guido Fawkes, the number 1 Political Blogger in Britain and Ireland - Incidentally, Paul is also an Irish Citizen Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:20:05 +0000 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-guido-fawkes-paul-staines-order-order.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-guido-fawkes-paul-staines-order-order.html Henrietta Moraes was known as the Queen of Soho - she was muse to artists including Francis Bacon who's portrait of her sold for 25 million euros- but she lived a tragic and decadent life. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:02:36 +0100 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-portrait-of-henrietta-moraes-francis-bacon-lucien-freud-marianne-faithfull-roundwood-house-laois.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-portrait-of-henrietta-moraes-francis-bacon-lucien-freud-marianne-faithfull-roundwood-house-laois.html A portrait of an elderly jazz man and his long battle with schizophrenia - Vern has multiple voices that speak to him - and he talks right back to them Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:42:13 +0000 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-schizophrenia-vern-nash-voices-in-head.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-schizophrenia-vern-nash-voices-in-head.html An Irish woman living homeless in the United States - The remarkable story of an Irish nurse who emigrated to America and ended up living on the streets there. Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:27:27 +0000 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-dee-merriman.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-dee-merriman.html An Irishman learns about Japan from other Irish there: a fake Catholic priest, a teacher on TV and a Roscommon Sumo wrestler. Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:54:09 +0000 Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-ganbatte-irish-japan.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-ganbatte-irish-japan.html On Christmas Day 1945 American Serviceman Frank Hayostek stuffed a note into a bottle and tossed it from his troop carrier, eight months later it was found on a beach near Dingle in County Kerry by Breda O'Sullivan. Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:49:39 +0000 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-message-in-a-bottle-frank-hayostek-breda-osullivan.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-message-in-a-bottle-frank-hayostek-breda-osullivan.html The sound of Christmas from inside Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:49:43 +0000 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-mountjoy-prison-christmas.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-mountjoy-prison-christmas.html A glimpse into the Ireland of today - The extraordinary and desperate story of a standoff between teachers, subcontractors and parents in a County Limerick primary school. Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:39:57 +0000 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-kilfinane-national-school.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-kilfinane-national-school.html Eoghan Clonan is ten and like many ten-year-olds he wants a dog but the dog Eoghan wants is very different to the average mutt. Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:29:56 +0000 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-eoghan-clonan-superdog.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-eoghan-clonan-superdog.html A story of famine, enforced emigration, New York tenements, politics, and how a kid from the slums of the 'Five Points' got to name a street in Manhattan after his mother's homeplace - Kenmare. Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:59:34 +0000 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-kenmare-street-lansdown-estate-kenmare-big-tim-sullivan.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-kenmare-street-lansdown-estate-kenmare-big-tim-sullivan.html As GAA clubs around Ireland are being devastated by emigration, over in Malmö, Sweden, the Stockholm Gaels are attempting to defend their Scandinavian GAA Championship title. Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:12:44 +0000 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/a-silver-lining-gaa-abroad-stockholm-gaels.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/a-silver-lining-gaa-abroad-stockholm-gaels.html This 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 - In 2008, Ciaran Cassidy finds out how these boys lives ended up. Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:14:18 +0000 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/foleyst.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/foleyst.html To mark Armistice Day 2012 - A story of love and war - based on a collection of letters written by Eric Appleby from the trenchs of WW1 to Phyllis, an Irishwoman, who waited and waited for Eric to return Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:23:44 +0000 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-love-letters-from-the-front-armistice-day.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-love-letters-from-the-front-armistice-day.html When life has been hard, there is a place to go when you don't have a home - Dublin's Sundial House gives a chance to men and women who have lived for long periods of time on the streets Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:24:09 +0000 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-sundial-house-dublin-wet-hostel.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-sundial-house-dublin-wet-hostel.html Everybody got behind the Irish Paralympic team this summer but we also had good reason to be cheering for another team - Vietnam. Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:04:04 +0000 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-vietnam-ireland-paralympic-games-london-2012.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-vietnam-ireland-paralympic-games-london-2012.html Kiliwa is a community living with the aftermath of violence and child abduction by Joseph Kony’s Lord's Resistance Army - Della Kilroy records stories of survival in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:44:45 +0000 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-congo-joseph-kony-children-lra.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-congo-joseph-kony-children-lra.html Three musicians make live music part of the healthcare experience, but for one, a tragic accident shows just how fragile life can be. Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:08:36 +0100 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-if-music-be-the-food-of-life-play-on-music-network-healthcare.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-podcast-if-music-be-the-food-of-life-play-on-music-network-healthcare.html In September 1980, twenty young religious men entered the Marist Fathers seminary in Dublin – since then, seventeen have left and, of these, three are no longer believers. Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:17:00 +0000 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-from-belief-to-unbelief-joe-armstrong-catholic-priesthood.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-from-belief-to-unbelief-joe-armstrong-catholic-priesthood.html A profile of master hoaxer Campbell McComas Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:22:58 +0100 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-hoaxer-campbell-mccomas.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-hoaxer-campbell-mccomas.html One of the most provocative and colourful public figures to hit the Irish airwaves in recent decades. Even those who clashed with her had a grudging admiration for her tenacity. Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:12:45 +0100 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-minebeanuichribin.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-minebeanuichribin.html How Ambrose Gordon - a man who claims to have more girlfriends than Rod Stewart ran a profitable but illegal pirating business in London during the eighties. The videos were of the GAA Show 'the Sunday Game.' Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:42:17 +0000 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-sexflightsandvideotapes.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-sexflightsandvideotapes.html "Will you come into the field, Bridie?" and more Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:17:50 +0100 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentarypodcastabackwardsglanceattheballroomofromance.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentarypodcastabackwardsglanceattheballroomofromance.html Last April 42yr old Cathy Durkin went public to campaign for access to the cancer drug Ipilimumab or ‘Ippy’ - This documentary tracks Cathy's life from then until the end of her life. Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:49:58 +0100 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-fighting-on-all-fronts-cathy-durkin-cancer-ippy.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-fighting-on-all-fronts-cathy-durkin-cancer-ippy.html On a small island off the west coast of Ireland, three 13 year old boys are getting ready for the biggest challenge of their lives - going to secondary school. Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:49:10 +0100 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-a-farther-education-inishturk.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-a-farther-education-inishturk.html All around Ireland houses lie deserted - Zoë Comyns brings her family back to the cottage they own in Leitrim, where they lived when she was born, to sift through everything they left behind 35 years ago. Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:21:13 +0100 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-seen-from-a-distance.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-seen-from-a-distance.html A love story that begins in Iran, then moves to Pakistan, then to Canada - and finally to Limerick - A remarkable tale of love, revolution, persecution and separation. Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:21:01 +0100 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-bahai-iran-a-love-that-slowly-grows.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-bahai-iran-a-love-that-slowly-grows.html Every Wednesday a group of Dublin pensioners meet to enjoy life - Music is supplied by an inhouse band (all aged 80yrs+) - They dance, they eat, they drink tea - And all the while they reflect on lives lived and how life is now Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:20:53 +0100 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-friends-of-the-elderly-wednesday-club.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-friends-of-the-elderly-wednesday-club.html By day, Feargus Callagy fits fireplaces; by night, he dreams of diving deep underwater on a single breath of air – Feargus is a freediver, and he’s on a mission to get more Irish people into the ocean. Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:17:29 +0000 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-fire-and-water-freedive-ireland-feargus-callagy.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-fire-and-water-freedive-ireland-feargus-callagy.html The so-called ‘Animal Gangs’ from the 1930's and 40's are a staple of Dublin folklore, remembered by some as Robin Hood figures who protected the poor, or as brutal thugs whose nickname reflected their savagery. Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:51:34 +0100 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-animal-gangs-inner-city-dublin-folklore.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-animal-gangs-inner-city-dublin-folklore.html The story of North Clare man Senator Martin Conway who, with just 16 per cent sight, recently became the first visually impaired Oireachtas member. Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:00:05 +0100 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-fine-gael-senator-martin-conway-visually-impaired-blind-ambition.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-fine-gael-senator-martin-conway-visually-impaired-blind-ambition.html In March the music died in the Olympia Theatre Dublin, the glitter ball stopped spinning and the last high-heel echo drifted through the empty spaces - the Alternative Miss Ireland beauty pageant was no more. Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:27:37 +0100 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcact-miss-alternative-ireland-olympia-theatre-dublin.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcact-miss-alternative-ireland-olympia-theatre-dublin.html South African freedom fighter Kader Asmal lived in exile in Dublin for nearly thirty years - he was the driving force behind the Irish Anti-Apartheid movement, and fought for freedom and democracy in South Africa. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:49:37 +0100 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-kader-asmal-south-africa-dublin-anti-apartheid.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-kader-asmal-south-africa-dublin-anti-apartheid.html As the numbers decline in followers of the traditional faiths, we explore the recent arrival of many diverse religions along the border counties of Ireland. Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:02:06 +0100 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-border-beliefs-religion-cavan.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-border-beliefs-religion-cavan.html On the third Tuesday of every month, twelve women near Macroom in mid Cork, meet to discuss a book - and they've been doing this for almost forty years. Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:19:05 +0100 Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-oldest-book-club-ireland-cork.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-oldest-book-club-ireland-cork.html Ber O'Sullivan was lying on the couch at home in Kerry when she let out a roar! She'd been chosen to appear on the National Lottery RTÉ game show, 'Winning Streak'. Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:29:48 +0100 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-ber-big-wheel-lottery-winning-streak.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-ber-big-wheel-lottery-winning-streak.html John Kenny (RTÉ Sport) looks back to Euro '88 - to a time when the Republic of Ireland played in their first ever major football tournament - The entire country came to a standstill and celebrated like never before. Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:31:23 +0100 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-european-championships-republic-of-ireland-1988.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-european-championships-republic-of-ireland-1988.html A story about the unexpected places life takes you - Grace Harper was born healthy in 2004, but within a year, her life and the lives of her family had changed dramatically, as they learned to accept and manage her disability. Mon, 28 May 2012 09:09:26 +0100 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcact-central-remedial-clinic-disability-welcome-to-holland.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcact-central-remedial-clinic-disability-welcome-to-holland.html All 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. Thu, 31 May 2012 11:01:40 +0100 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-the-secret-chicken-society-cochin-chickens-poultry-fanciers-national-show.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-the-secret-chicken-society-cochin-chickens-poultry-fanciers-national-show.html A humorous and momentous trip down memory lane - to May 2002 when Roy Keane, Mick McCarthy and the Saipan saga enveloped the nation. 10yrs on, are we still going on about it? Of course we are! Fri, 04 May 2012 09:50:31 +0100 Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-saipan-you-can-stick-your-world-cup.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-saipan-you-can-stick-your-world-cup.html 20 years after the release of Ireland's best selling home-grown album 'A Woman's Heart', Kiara Murphy explores the effect this one album had on three generations of Irish women. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:39:47 +0100 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-womans-heart.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-womans-heart.html In the deep night a phone box rings - It could be Margate in England, the Florida Everglades or a tiny town in New Zealand - But who will pick up? And will this complete stranger share their life under the cloak of darkness? Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:27:25 +0100 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/nightlines-dont-hang-up-public-telephones.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/nightlines-dont-hang-up-public-telephones.html 15 retired teachers from Ireland embark on a trip of a lifetime, as they travel to West Africa to bring over 500 years of teaching experience into the classrooms of The Gambia. Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:51:54 +0000 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/old_school_new_school_gambia_ireland_volunteers_education.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/old_school_new_school_gambia_ireland_volunteers_education.html Laherdane in Mayo has an eternal tie with the Titanic - she stole 11 locals in 1912 - Scourged by generations of emigration, then and now, the locals are commemorating the Titanic centenary big this year - VERY BIG Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:57:12 +0100 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-titanic-lahardane-mayo-unsinkable.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-titanic-lahardane-mayo-unsinkable.html When you book into a hotel, do you ever think about what goes on behind the scenes? This is the story of a day in the life of one Irish hotel - the Central Hotel in Dublin - now in its 125th year. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:15:32 +0100 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-central-hotel-dublin-ireland.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-central-hotel-dublin-ireland.html 13 yr old Coby Baker lives in Wicklow - Coby is an Irish Jew - His family have been in Ireland since the 1880's - Now, like his relations before him, it's Coby's turn to go to Jerusalem to make his Bar Mitzvah. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:28:56 +0100 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-bar-mitzvah-jews-ireland-israel-jerusalem.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-bar-mitzvah-jews-ireland-israel-jerusalem.html Irishman Les Dougan works in Australia - His job? A call taker working in the emergency services - we hear him trying to calm callers and resuscitate patients over the phone - An intense and confronting documentary. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:09:28 +0000 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-emergency-operator-ambulance-000-melbourne-irish.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-emergency-operator-ambulance-000-melbourne-irish.html Pearse Hutchinson, translator, poet, broadcaster, writer and member of Aosdána passed away on Jan 14th 2012 - A co-editor and founder of the literary journal Cyphers, he received the Butler Award for Irish writing in 1969 (Broadcast 2000) Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:25:58 +0000 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-pearse-hutchinson.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-pearse-hutchinson.html What makes someone move to a rock in the ocean? Cape Clear Island, the most southerly inhabited part of Ireland, is home to Chuck and Nell Kruger, a couple who retired early and moved there over 20 years ago. Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:59:57 +0000 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-chuck-nell-kruger-cape-clear-island-international-storytelling-festival.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-chuck-nell-kruger-cape-clear-island-international-storytelling-festival.html The story of an unsung hero - Irishman Carson Harte still battles the Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge Regime as he helps get the wounded back on their feet in the most mined country in the world, Cambodia. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:56:03 +0100 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-camodia-trust-halo-carson-harte.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-camodia-trust-halo-carson-harte.html A rare insight into life of southern Irishmen in the British army, exploring their experiences in one of the most dangerous places on earth - Follow them, fighting the Taliban on the battlefield in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:27:24 +0100 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/podcast-documentary-royal-irish-british-army-afghanistan-republic-war-on-terror-taliban.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/podcast-documentary-royal-irish-british-army-afghanistan-republic-war-on-terror-taliban.html In the 1950's an Australian cabaret band called 'The Continentals', were hugely popular at weddings and parties - 36 years on, aged in their 70's and 80's, the band has re-formed. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:45:56 +0000 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-continentals-australia-ireland-music-feelgood.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-podcast-continentals-australia-ireland-music-feelgood.html After a picnic in the woods, a walk on the beach and an historic change in Irish legislation in 2011, Rita Ann and Mitzie could become 'civil' partners and have their dream 'wedding'. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:24:02 +0000 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-rita-ann-and-mitzie-got-married-civil-partnership-lesbian-gay-marriage-ireland.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-rita-ann-and-mitzie-got-married-civil-partnership-lesbian-gay-marriage-ireland.html A beautifully simple tale of life - The story of a generation told through letters stretching over 50 years between two cousins in Dublin and America from 1917 to 1971. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:48:17 +0000 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-my-dear-cousin.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-my-dear-cousin.html For 4 decades in Newfoundland, Major General Hugh Tudor scrupulously avoided publicity whilst living a careful quiet life in the shadows - But he lived in fear - He was once the boss of the infamous Black and Tans. Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:12:45 +0100 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-major-general-hugh-tudor-black-and-tans-newfoundland-ireland.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-major-general-hugh-tudor-black-and-tans-newfoundland-ireland.html Shane Dunphy goes in search of the truth behind the sinking of the St Patrick, a cross channel ferry on the Rosslare-Fishguard route targeted by the German Air Force during WWII. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:44:44 +0000 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-saint-patrick-ferry-rosslare-fishguard-ww2-german.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-saint-patrick-ferry-rosslare-fishguard-ww2-german.html Hot, dry and dusty – the environment in Turkana in northern Kenya is harsh and unforgiving - And now, after 5 years of persistent drought, the lives of the nomadic Turkana people are under severe threat. Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:39:33 +0000 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-turkana-kenya-medical-missionaries-of-mary.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-turkana-kenya-medical-missionaries-of-mary.html An Exclusive - Recorded over the last year, this is the incredible story which began last Christmas Eve just as Santa arrived into Ireland and Blitzen, one of his reindeers got badly injured. Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:16:24 +0000 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/the-reindeer-santa-claus-left-behind-wexford.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/the-reindeer-santa-claus-left-behind-wexford.html An award winning story about Matt and May - Both well into retirement, May has alzheimers - This is a tale of love, loss, life and a solemn promise Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:51:56 +0000 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/long_goodbye.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/long_goodbye.html A journey into sound and how it plays such an influential, yet often undervalued role in our lives - We explore the many ways sound interacts with us, and how we interact with it. Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:09:01 +0000 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/sound-matters-hearing-psychacoustics-human-echolocation-pre-cognitive-synesthesia.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/sound-matters-hearing-psychacoustics-human-echolocation-pre-cognitive-synesthesia.html The complex and emotional journey of one couple's final attempt at having a baby - Their last chance rests with yet another, but this time final, IVF attempt. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:31:06 +0100 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-this-is-it-kiddo-ivf-fertility.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-this-is-it-kiddo-ivf-fertility.html Three Rivers, One Summer celebrates the lives of documentary-maker Ger Philpott's parents Tadhg and Mary Philpott, who died in the past year within three months of each other. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:46:46 +0100 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-three-rivers-one-summer.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-three-rivers-one-summer.html A personal story from rural Canada, about a community under threat in an increasingly urbanized world and a tender story about the meaning of home. Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:05:35 +0000 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-last-summer-in-grand-bruit-canada.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-last-summer-in-grand-bruit-canada.html This is a powerful journey through a 36 year relationship - A husband writes a personal and honest letter to his late wife reflecting on the life they lived and the memories shared. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:12:21 +0000 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-john-quinn-letter-to-olive.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-john-quinn-letter-to-olive.html The realities of a life suspended on the kidney transplant list and what happens in between... Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:55:47 +0000 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-wanted-kidney-regina-hennelly-transplant-list-ireland.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-wanted-kidney-regina-hennelly-transplant-list-ireland.html 8 yr old Oisín has Prader Willi Syndrome - This is the moving story of his birth, his life, his family and the people who love him. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:58:29 +0100 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-oisins-story-prader-willi.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-oisins-story-prader-willi.html A radio agony aunt, her listeners and a play about their secret and tragic lives - For nearly two decades 'Dear Frankie' counselled the nation through their lives. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:15:11 +0100 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-dear-frankie-byrne.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-dear-frankie-byrne.html A fantastically entertaining journey through the life of a man who's appeared as an Elvis tribute act all over the world, but that's only part of the story of Mark Leen, Ireland's 'Emerald Elvis'. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:59:29 +0100 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-emerald-elvis-mark-leen.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-emerald-elvis-mark-leen.html An award winning international love story that will make you laugh out loud - A loud New Yorker meets a nice Serbian girl at a party in Amsterdam and they fall in improbable love. Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:41:30 +0100 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-international-love-brookly-banja-luka.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-international-love-brookly-banja-luka.html The Sam Maguire trophy is Gaelic football's Holy Grail - We follow a fan's journey through the championship of 2011 - a campaign that threw up more twists and turns than a Hitchcock thriller. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:17:05 +0100 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/gaa-football-championship-fan-roscommon.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/gaa-football-championship-fan-roscommon.html The story of just how little looks count - of an Irish woman who gets mixed up in an identity fraud that leads to huge sums of money being internationally laundered. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:01:47 +0000 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-stolen-identity-ireland-holland-passport.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-stolen-identity-ireland-holland-passport.html This is a story of life and death - of a man, his partner and his family. Maurice Sullivan left his home in Galway for Malaysia in August 2010, never to return... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:30:30 +0000 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-maurice-sullivan-attack-malaysia-dog.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-maurice-sullivan-attack-malaysia-dog.html A powerfully honest and brave story - Living with depression doesn't just affect the person who has it - everyone around them lives with it too: This is the story of one family's life with their Dad's depression. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:50:33 +0100 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-family-living-with-depression.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-family-living-with-depression.html On the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks - We remember the 1st official victim - This is the amazing story of the life and death of Father Mychal Judge. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:35:59 +0100 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-fr-mychal-judge-9-11.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-fr-mychal-judge-9-11.html The story of 31 year old Joe Hunter one of the firefighters who died in New York on 9/11 ten years ago. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:17:09 +0100 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-still-waiting-for-joe-9-11-new-york.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-still-waiting-for-joe-9-11-new-york.html An exclusive interview with William Bulger, who speaks about his political career and his brother - notorious gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:43:27 +0100 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-logan-way-william-james-whitey-bulger.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-logan-way-william-james-whitey-bulger.html your dinner's nearly ready! The adventure of two Dublin children in August 1985 who chanced a free ride on the DART and ended up in New York Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:43:00 +0100 Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-dont-go-far.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-dont-go-far.html A sonic portrait of Skellig Michael in the company of world-renowned sound recordist, Chris Watson. Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:24:54 +0100 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-skelligs-calling-michael.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-skelligs-calling-michael.html Brian Desmond Hurst was the most prolific Irish film director of the 20th century - Allan Smith delves into his family history to find out more about his great great uncle Brian's adventures in Hollywood. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:49:36 +0100 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-irishman-chained-to-the-truth-brian-desmond-hurst.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-irishman-chained-to-the-truth-brian-desmond-hurst.html Their uniform is a bikini; their workplace is the boxing ring - Big smiles and small clothes - Niall Fallon meets five 'Ring Girls' who are usually seen, but not heard. Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:05:21 +0100 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-ring-girls-boxing.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-ring-girls-boxing.html The untold story of Charlie Chaplin and his connection with Waterville, Co Kerry and Ireland - a relationship that lasted nigh on two decades. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:22:30 +0000 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-kerry-and-the-trramp-charlie-chaplin-waterville.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-kerry-and-the-trramp-charlie-chaplin-waterville.html A fabulously witty and charming journey into Cork City's labyrinth that is the English Market - A story that weaves it way through two centuries - overcoming fires, famine, rebellion and war. Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:54:13 +0100 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-corks-hidden-village-english-market.html http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/radio-documentary-corks-hidden-village-english-market.html