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Documentary On One: Nan Delaney, was born in Portlaoise in 1916. From childhood, her lungs were weak and, when she was an adult, she was admitted to Peamount Sanatorium. She left behind six children who all kept in touch with her by post...

Documentary On One • 02 Aug 19

Tess Murray, the subject of this week's Documentary On One, Thomas & Tess

The tale of Thomas & Tess: Documentary On One

Tess Murray never forgot her first love. She was a young teacher, engaged to Thomas McEver, a chemist who had moved to Dunmore Co. Galway as the Irish War of Independence was drawing to a close in the spring of 1921. But fate took a tragic turn one night...

Documentary On One • 30 Jul 19

John J. Hanley, the 'Baron of Broadway' holds up an Irish flag in London, where he tried to buy the Northern Ireland from the British.

Meet The Baron Of Broadway - Documentary On One

In the early 1900's, John J Hanley, a young Limerick man left for New York to later gentrify his persona to the 'Baron of Broadway'. He became hugely rich and focused on Irish reunification... So he tried to purchase Northern Ireland.

Documentary On One • 19 Jul 19

Former Ireland soccer international (and movie star) Kevin O'Callaghan features in this week's Documentary On One

Guns, goals, cigarettes and samba - Documentary On One

The Irish soccer team's 1982 tour of South America during the Falklands War was a farcical episode in Irish sport: 4 games, 3 defeats, 2 cancellations. But how did half the squad end up being detained by armed police?

Documentary On One • 12 Jul 19

Cormac Breatnach, the subject of this week's Documentary On One

The Whistleblower makes peace with his past - Documentary On One

In March 1976, the Dublin to Cork mail train was robbed in County Kildare. £200,000 pounds was taken, never to be recovered. Within days, five men had been arrested and sent to jail for 12 years - but this was a crime they had not committed...

Documentary On One • 05 Jul 19

The RTÉ Drama On One team with the cast of their award-winning production of Hecuba

RTÉ at the NYC Radio Awards: hear a quartet of prize-winners

RTÉ has once again been honoured with the prestigious Broadcaster of the Year award at the 2019 New York Festivals International Radio Awards...

Radio • 01 Jul 19

Ed Randolph, the subject of this week's Documentary On One

An American basketball player in Ireland - Documentary on One

This week's Documentary On One docmaker Philip Gallagher writes for Culture about the story of one of Ireland's sporting imports...

Documentary On One • 28 Jun 19

Inside stories from Irish prisons - Documentary On One

Author Carlo Gébler, son of award-winning Irish writer Edna O'Brien, spent three decades teaching creative writing within the Northern Ireland prison system.

RTÉ Radio 1 • 24 Jun 19

Documentary on One: The Case of Majella Moynihan

In February 1985 an unnamed Bangharda, as she would have been called then, was being threatened with dismissal from An Garda Síochana, for having pre-marital sex with another Recruit Garda, and for having given birth to a baby outside wedlock.

Documentary On One • 17 Jun 19

An Irish Serial Killer? - Doc on One goes to print

The Secret Serial Killer: The True Story of Kieran Kelly details three years of investigations into claims that Irish-man Kieran Kelly, a two- time convicted killer, had in fact murdered many more people – 31 to be exact.

Documentary On One • 19 Feb 20

Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane McIroy and Rory Harrison - all four defendants in the Belfast rape trial were found not guilty on all charges.

Notes On A Belfast Rape Trial - Documentary On One

The so-called 'Belfast Rape Trial' led to widespread media coverage, social media comment and street protests. The nine-week case - from January to March 2018 - ended with the jury finding all four men who stood trial not guilty on all charges.

Documentary On One • 23 Nov 18

Sub-postmistress Helen Cooke, the subject of this week's Documentary On One, The Battle of Baltinglass

The Battle of Baltinglass - Documentary On One

The rural village of Baltinglass, County Wicklow was a quiet community where people tended to mind their own business until 1950, when they took on the Irish Government...

Documentary On One • 16 Nov 18

David Atkinson, the maker - and the subject - of this week's Documentary On One

My J1 summer - Documentary On One

In this week's Documentary On One, entitled New York - 1, David – 0, David Atkinson, a cocky, 22-year old from Wexford goes to New York expecting the roads to be paved with gold and opportunity on every corner - but the roads are paved over...

Documentary On One • 10 Nov 18

P.S. Gilmore: Ireland's First Superstar - Documentary On One

Producer Tim Desmond writes about this weekend's Documentary On One, Ireland's First Superstar, exploring the life of a hugely popular Irish entertainer - you may not know the name P.S. Gilmore, but you'll recognise the music...

Documentary On One • 02 Nov 18

Michael Roe and James Roe Jnr, the subjects of Chasing Roe

Two generations of Irish race car drivers - Documentary On One

In the 1980's, Kildare man Michael Roe was amongst the quickest drivers in the world. Destined to become a global household name, the biggest teams in Formula 1 scrambled for his signature. However, a critical decision sent Michael down a different road.

Documentary On One • 24 Oct 18

Howard Branch, the subject of this week's RTÉ Documentary On One

Finding Private Branch - Documentary On One

Dick Tynan turned his back on the family butchery business in Dublin and travelled to America. He joined the army and whilst there he met Howard Branch, a young African American private and they bonded. It was a bond that was to be cruelly broken...

Documentary On One • 28 Sep 18

The hours that changed my life forever - Documentary On One

In March 2015, Laura Molloy went to her campus doctor. She had been feeling unwell. The next few hours would change her life forever. She writes for Culture about her new Documentary On One production, The Announcement.

Documentary On One • 07 Sep 18

Mick Meaney, the subject of this weekend's Documentary On One

The Irishman buried alive in Kilburn - Documentary On One

To the watching world in 1968, Mick Meaney was the ordinary Irish labourer with the extraordinary dream of breaking the world record for time spent buried alive underground. But for how long and at what cost?

Documentary On One • 31 Aug 18

The Listowel men who defied the church - Documentary On One

Conor Keane, son of John B. Keane, is the man behind this weekend's Documentary On One production, In Shame, Love, In Shame

Documentary On One • 17 Aug 18

Listen: The Pope's Prisoners - Documentary On One

In 1979, to celebrate the momentous occasion of Pope John Paul coming to Ireland, the Department of Justice decided to grant early release to 76 prisoners - a Papal Amnesty.

Documentary On One • 15 Aug 18

Patsy Dan Rodgers - remembering The Last King Of Ireland

Writer and documentary maker Kieran Devaney has been friends with Patsy Dan Rodgers, the King of Tory Island, for many years. This led to Kieran producing this weekend's Documentary On One, The Last King of Ireland.

Documentary On One • 22 Oct 18

Riverchapel Ladies On Tour: Pauline (left), Imelda (middle) and Bernie (right)

Riverchapel Ladies On Tour - Documentary On One

Documentary maker Nathan Walsh writes about his Documentary On One production, Riverchapel Ladies On Tour - listen to it in full above.

Documentary On One • 20 Jul 18

Johnny Cash at the Crystal Ballroom, Dublin in 1963

Johnny Cash's Lost Tour Of Ireland - Documentary On One

This week's Documentary On One, Johnny Cash's Lost Tour Of Ireland came from a listener, David Shortall sharing a recording his father Enda had for safe keeping.

Documentary On One • 16 Jul 18

The blonde haired, blue-eyed Roma child known as 'Maria', the subject of this week's Documentary On One

The Roma child with blonde hair & blue eyes - Documentary On One

In October, 2013, a four year old blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl named Maria was discovered peeping out from underneath a blanket on a Roma camp in Greece.

Documentary On One • 07 Jul 18

Orla Higgins' new documentary White Noise wonders: can we solve the mystery of tinnitus?

Living with tinnitus - Documentary On One

What happens when sounds exist only inside your head? How do you cope with an internal soundtrack from which you can't escape, without it driving you over the edge?

Documentary On One • 29 Jun 18