Documentary on One Podcast

Mary Gurr had been a promising footballer but she died an alcholic and homeless. Here, the Gurr family describe the helplessness of watching a cherished family member slowly die on the streets of the Dublin city. (2006) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2007 World Draughts Championships in Buncrana, Co. Donegal. Among those there: a man paid by his government to teach draughts to children and a man who was blown up in Scotland. (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Easter Monday 1916 Patrick Pearse stood on the steps of the GPO and read the Proclamation. John Cunningham questions how our view of Pearse has evolved from the adulation of the early years to his relevance today (Broadcast 2005). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The previous time Belfast soccer club Linfield FC travelled to the home of Derry City FC, was January 25th 1969. The two sides found themselves on opposite ends of the social spectrum in a time of civil unrest - 26yrs on, they met again. (2005) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Dodder Valley Partnership in Tallaght, Dublin, organises volunteers to work in the local Social Welfare Office. They 'signpost': they give out leaflets on local services like deals at sports centres for the unemployed. (First Broadcast 2009) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This story charts the changes that occurred in the tiny rural farming community of Tynagh in the west of Ireland from the 1960s when it became the location of one of the most important mines in Europe. The mines changed the way of life forever. This story charts the changes that occurred in the tiny rural farming community of Tynagh in the west of Ireland from the 1960s when it became the location...

Emma Fogarty lives with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a painful genetic skin disorder which causes her skin layers to separate and blister at the slightest touch. This is a glimpse into the world of Emma and her family - the world of Dystrophic EB. (2007) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The September 11th attacks changed the world forever. 2,976 victims and 19 hijackers died in the attack. Cork woman, Ruth Clifford McCourt and her 4yr old daughter Juliana were passengers on the hijacked United Airlines flight 175. (Broadcast 2002) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A radio documentary recorded on the day that George Best was laid to rest in Belfast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cellist Richard Groocock lost his young son to suicide. Kevin, a promising trombone player, was 20 when he took his life. This story explores whether music can still be played and enjoyed in a family whose core has been shattered. (2007) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Three unusual stories from the Netherlands: A restaurant with beds...a museum where they lock you in a shipping container...and students whose homes are containers. (2007) (A short Irish radio documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marking the centenary of his birth, this programme is based primarily in Patrick Kavanagh's birthplace of Iniskeen and in other towns in South Monaghan featuring events as the inauguration of the National Kavanagh Day and the Raglan Road Festival. (2004) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 members of the travelling community in Tallagh have died in 18 months through death by suicide. This documentary goes behind the statistics to look at the human stories of those most affected. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of the man who, anonymously, hid Lotto scratchcards in books in Waterford Library and why. Followed by the story of 13 college students from Leeds who blew a grant they'd been given for an exhibition on a sun holiday instead. Or did they? (First Broadcast 2009) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first sports broadcasting on Irish radio was on 9th January 1926 when the Irish rugby team due to play France was listed on air. This archive documentary from 1976 takes a look at the art of sport broadcasting over the previous fifty years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The story of the annual visit of a family from America and England to their homeplace in Ballyjamesduff in County Cavan. It's a story of enduring friendship among a family and their neighbours. (2006) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stone cutters, quarry men and the long tradition of masonry families in Barnacullia, Co Dublin, where granite has been its life blood for the past 200 years (first broadcast 1976). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The legend of Oisín and Saint Patrick is retold in this dramatisation from 1976. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This documentary tells the story of a girl's gaelic football team from Dublin's Sheriff Street during the run-up to a Cumann na mBunscoil semi-final during the month of November in 2005. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael O Kane follows the events which unfold around a weekend trip to Belgium to commemorate and retrace the steps of 3 men who fought in World War I, around the farmland of Ypres, between May 1917 and April 1918. (Broadcast 2010) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A documentary on Irish man, Ned Murphy, believed to be the last survivor of the Irish Brigade which fought for Franco in the Spanish Civil War. This is Ned's story, told in his own words and those of his family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Twenty years after the extraordinary event of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Martin Duffy, an Irish writer and film-maker living in Berlin, meets Irish people who have been living in West Berlin since its days as a walled-in city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Lough Swilly Bus offers a network of services to some of the most remote parts of Donegal. Departing Derry City, the route travels along the old railway route of the Lough Swilly Railway Company. This is the story of the people who use the Swilly bus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A documentary with Tommy McKearney, a 1980's Provisional IRA prisoner - and John Nixon - a then member of the INLA - A story of two men's experience of their years on the blanket and the inevitability of hunger strike. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look at the career of one of Irelands best loved entertainers - Joe Lynch. Focusing at his years with Radio Eireann and with the Abbey, and his cross channel work in the 1970s which established him in an international career. (1976) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.