Documentaries on KCLR

'The first thing I had to do was go out and buy a skirt’, so says Loretta Kenny after her first day in the Carlow Sugar Factory when she came to realise that women didn’t wear trousers there when she started in 1979. ‘ It was just jaw-dropping to walk into the factory to see the massive machinery in 100-foot high ceiling, big vessels big moving machines and you wouldn’t think that passing the road...

In December 1925 Bishop Foley came to the window of the old town hall and announced to the many excited people gathered there that the sugar factory was coming to Carlow. Thus began an important era in Carlow’s history and the first programme in KCLR’s 7 part series ‘Oh Sugar, Sugar’ looks at the set-up of the factory, its expansion and contraction and gives an overview of the industry which was t...

“The Burning Of Woodstock” was first broadcast on KCLR on October 17th, 2022 and was supported by the Decade Of The Centenaries Grant 2022. The play was written and directed by Gillian Grattan and was performed by Aoibhín Murphy, Delia Lowry, Declan Taylor and Brendan Corcoran. Sound design, production and editing by Martin Bridgeman. Special thanks to Eddie Cody, Davy O’Dwyer, Theresa Hayes and S...

A radio documentary that records some of the events that took place in Carlow to commemorate the Easter Rising of 1916 and tells the story of some of the main Carlow people who took part in that day.

Programme 8 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow features interviews with people who have, over the years, cared for and maintained the River in condition

Programme 7 in the Follow Me Up the Barrow series features some of the flora and fauna living in and around the River

Programme 6 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow looks at the various ways people use the river for recreation

Programme 5 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow features interviews with fishermen and explores the various fish that make the river their home.

Follow Me Up the Barrow tells the stories and experiences of the river by people that know it best… the fishermen, the old boatmen, the lock-keepers, rowers, canoeists and river ‘guardians’. Through the accounts of their experiences a unique, informative and historical picture of the Barrow is compiled through this radio series. Programme 4 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow explores the histor...

Follow Me Up the Barrow tells the stories and experiences of the river by people that know it best… the fishermen, the old boatmen, the lock-keepers, rowers, canoeists and river ‘guardians’. Through the accounts of their experiences a unique, informative and historical picture of the Barrow is compiled through this radio series. Programme 3 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow features interviews...

Follow Me Up the Barrow tells the stories and experiences of the river by people that know it best… the fishermen, the old boatmen, the lock-keepers, rowers, canoeists and river ‘guardians’. Through the accounts of their experiences a unique, informative and historical picture of the Barrow is compiled through this radio series. Programme 2 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow features interviews...

Follow Me Up the Barrow tells the stories and experiences of the river by people that know it best… the fishermen, the old boatmen, the lock-keepers, rowers, canoeists and river ‘guardians’. Through the accounts of their experiences a unique, informative and historical picture of the Barrow is compiled through this radio series. Programme 1 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow which looks at the...

As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes through the Sound & Vision scheme. The one certainty of life is death. In this the last program in the series ‘As We Like It’, we explore the last stage in Shakespeare’s seven stages of man through interviews with Hospice Nurse, Marga...

As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes through the Sound & Vision scheme. Old age! What is old age? Do we respect our elders? These and other philosophical questions are discussed in this episode of ‘As We Like It’. With contributions from Aisling Brett, manager of Dalton...

As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes through the Sound & Vision scheme. Our ‘As We Like It’ series moves on to the next phase, Middle Age or Justice. In this program we hear from Martin O’Carroll partner with Poe Kiely Hogan Solicitors Kilkenny, Shem Caulfield, Thomastow...

As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes through the Sound & Vision scheme. The Soldier phase of life is the working phase, the time for earning and focusing on what profession makes you happy. In this program we hear from Gemma Lawlor, Guidance Counsellor with Tyndall Colle...

As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes through the Sound & Vision scheme. Love! What is love? We grapple this and other questions in this the third stage of life – Lover. We hear from Dr Noel Kavanagh, lecturer in Philosophy at Carlow College, the staff involved in wedding...

As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes through the Sound & Vision scheme. In the second program in our ‘As We Like It’ series we feature the second stage ‘Schoolboy’. Sit back and relax while you listen to people’s memories of school, current school experiences, teacher’s...

As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes through the Sound & Vision scheme. The first stage of life – Infancy. In this program we explore the miracle of birth and the development of the infant We hear from Professor Ray O’Sullivan Consultant Obstetrician at St Luke’s Hospita...

Rambling houses are great for preserving stories and songs from times past. In Part 2 of ‘Civil War and the Oral Tradition’, presenter Dave Barron explores their importance with Eddie McDonald, who hosts rambling sessions at his home in Clonmore.  It’s in places like this that songs from the Civil War are heard. In particular, the songs and poetry that tell the story of the shooting at Sheen where...

Songs contain the emotions and perceptions of people at a particular time, whereas the history books tell of the facts. In the absence of many songs about the Irish Civil War, presenter Dave Barron looks to America and the songs written by the Irish who participated on both sides of the American Civil War.  There he finds emotions and thoughts that are reflected in what little songs and poetry he...

It’s 2015 and Bridge Street in Callan, Co Kilkenny is full of nothing only empty shops.  Dirt from passing traffic has caked to the windows, the shop fronts are rotting, and the once colourful street that bustled with activity and economic vibrancy has lapsed into a ghostly monument to a dim past.   But from decay and ruin will come new life and creativity.  A street theatre event will aim to imme...

Part 4 of 4. Former Kilkenny captain and five-time All-Ireland senior hurling winner with the Cats, Michael Fennelly takes a walk back through one of the biggest games in Kilkenny's coloured hurling history - the 1967 All-Ireland senior hurling championship final, the day the black and amber tide turned as Kilkenny overcame Tipperary in what would prove to be a watershed moment for the county. 

Part 3 of 4. Former Kilkenny captain and five-time All-Ireland senior hurling winner with the Cats, Michael Fennelly takes a walk back through one of the biggest game in Kilkenny's coloured hurling history - the 1967 All-Ireland senior hurling championship final, the day the black and amber tide turned as Kilkenny overcame Tipperary in what would prove to be a watershed moment for the county. 

Part 2 of 4. Former Kilkenny captain and five-time All-Ireland senior hurling winner with the Cats, Michael Fennelly takes a walk back through one of the biggest games in Kilkenny's coloured hurling history - the 1967 All-Ireland senior hurling championship final, the day the black and amber tide turned as Kilkenny overcame Tipperary in what would prove to be a watershed moment for the county.