DocArchive: Fossetts Circus
The story of Ireland's National Circus - Fossetts Circus - We examine its history, the highs and lows of working and living in a travelling circus and of course the wanderlust! (Broadcast 1975)See omn...
1 Tammi 201036min
DocArchive: Markey
Markey Robinson was born in Belfast in 1918 and died in 1999. Markey was a prolific Irish artist with a distinctive naïve expressionist style. His main passion was painting, but he also produced sculp...
1 Tammi 201039min
DocArchive: The Starry Frame
When Helen Townsend was researching her family history, she found a series of letters written to her great grandfather in Australia from his family in Co. Tyrone. The letters date from 1852 to 1892 an...
1 Tammi 201049min
DocArchive: Rumours from Monaghan
Senator Billy Fox was murdered on March 11th 1974. Five members of the Provisional IRA were sentenced to life for the killing. The story of Billy Fox is largely forgotten. This documentary attempts to...
1 Tammi 201051min
DocArchive: Do You Still Come Here Often?
Kevin Sheedy examines the fate of the strict-tempo ballroom dancer in an age of pop and Rock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 Tammi 201039min
DocArchive: The Menai Suspension Bridge
A 1976 documentary celebrating 150 years since the bridge across the Menai Strait that connects Anglesey with the mainland - and how an Irish vehicle was the first to cross it.See omnystudio.com/liste...
1 Tammi 201039min
The Curious Ear (2010): The Neighbours At 52
Weafer St. (pronounced 'wafer') in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford and Rahel–Varnhagen-Promenade in Berlin, Germany share similar geography. They are both on 52 degrees 30 minutes north of the Equator. Both ...
1 Tammi 201020min
DocArchive: The Clare Champions
1995 was the first ever Ireland hurling success for Co. Clare. This documentary tracks both the success of that year and all that went before it - the curse of Biddy Early, Ger Loughnane's training me...
1 Tammi 201041min
