DocArchive: Recruits
In 2006, we gained exclusive and first time access to record the highs and lows of a platoon of young men as they try to make it through their basic Irish army training over a period of four months.Se...
1 Tammi 201039min
DocArchive: The Ffrench Connection
This is the story of two great estates, one in Monivea, County Galway - the other in Simbirsk, Russia. It is also the story of the woman who owned those two estates - Kathleen Ffrench - and her cousin...
1 Tammi 201040min
DocArchive: The Wran The Wran The King of All Birds
Pat Feeley travels to County Cork to see how the tradition of 'the wran' was still practised in 1975. Pat Feeley travels to County Cork to see how the tradition of 'the wran' was still practised in 19...
1 Tammi 201039min
Playing with Pride
This documentary tells the incredible story of a young girl's gaelic football team from Dublin's inner city Sheriff Street, during the run-up to a Cumann na mBunscoil semi-final during the month of No...
1 Tammi 201040min
DocArchive: Over the Waves
Gay Byrne looks back on the trends and changes in fashion in the development of light music on radio since the days of 2RN (1976). Gay Byrne looks back on the trends and changes in fashion in the deve...
1 Tammi 201059min
Ports (The Curious Ear)
How do you get a bunch of teenagers to jump into freezing cold water? Well, you tell them some outrageous lies; that's what outdoor education instructor, John "Ports" Porter does. (2007) (A short Iris...
1 Tammi 201014min
DocArchive: Who Is Izzy Baia?
This radio documentary won a prestigious Prix Italia - a story giving an insight into the world of Kevin Whelan and his relationship with Brian, an autistic teenager in Galway (First broadcast 1997)Se...
1 Tammi 201042min
DocArchive: The Joe Lynch Story
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 ...
1 Tammi 201043min
