DocArchive (2005): Leaving Belmullet

DocArchive (2005): Leaving Belmullet

The story of migrant workers from North Mayo and their travel to Scotland to pick potatoes during the 20th century. We hear about the history and tragic deaths of some of the immigrants. It had been prophesised that the first and last trains to Achill would carry the bodies of dead people. (First Broadcast 2005)

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DocArchive (1975): College of Art

DocArchive (1975): College of Art

NCAD was a scene of heated controversy and disturbance in the late sixties and seventies. This documentary meets the man who stepped in to the role of Director following that time. Welsh man Jonah Jon...

1 Touko 43min

DocArchive (1976): 80 Years of Cinema in Ireland: Silent Films

DocArchive (1976): 80 Years of Cinema in Ireland: Silent Films

A complete history of silent films in Ireland from one of the first moving pictures documenting Queen Victoria's visit in 1900, through to the pioneering feature films of Sidney Olcott, to the importe...

1 Touko 43min

DocArchive(1976): 80 Years of Cinema in Ireland: Sound Films

DocArchive(1976): 80 Years of Cinema in Ireland: Sound Films

Sonny Boy, one of the most successful theme songs ever written, introduced the "talkie" picture to Ireland. It was sung by Al Jolson in The Singing Fool, the film has screened at the opening of the Ca...

1 Touko 43min

DocArchive(1974): Leave Your Hat At The Sound

DocArchive(1974): Leave Your Hat At The Sound

Achill - the largest island in Ireland, an inspiration to writers and artists for its wild Atlantic shorelines and its wide open spaces - and a place where men once raced up mountains to win a wife. (...

1 Touko 44min

Pirate Predator: Trailer

Pirate Predator: Trailer

Publishing weekly from May 12th 2026, Pirate Predator is a new series from RTÉ telling the definitive story of Eamon Cooke, a man of many faces who, on one hand, became a cult like figure - filling a ...

29 Huhti 4min

Jamaica Daly

Jamaica Daly

Meg Daly uncovers her family’s hidden history of slavery in Jamaica. In this programme, we hear from local Jamaicans who helped Meg in her search for her ancestry and their family connections with sla...

30 Tammi 51min

Ireland's Fit-up Family

Ireland's Fit-up Family

Stories from an Irish entertainment family which travelled the roads of the country over several decades. Stories like the man who died on stage; the man who refused to die on stage and the lack of vi...

21 Tammi 44min

The Longest Game

The Longest Game

In 1986, a Limerick man called Terry Madigan came up with a plan to raise money for his local GAA club and community that everyone thought was crazy. Terry wanted to create a world record for the long...

9 Tammi 41min

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