DocArchive: The Reunion
A story which follows Jimmy Kinihan, who left Castleknock College in the early 60s to become a monk…. Five more of his classmates also entered the religious life.See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...
23 Apr 200940min
DocArchive (1996): Thank You Mr Hitler
During the Second World War, over 3.5 million British people were evacuated from their homes and relocated as part of Operation Pied Piper, which was set up to save civilians, particularly children. R...
23 Apr 200941min
DocArchive: The Man Behind the Stories
Known as Ireland’s master storyteller, Eamon Kelly (1914-2001) described the art of the Seanachaí as the oldest one-man-show-on earth, holding his audience spellbound in intimacy of the firelight in t...
23 Apr 200942min
DocArchive: It Really Gets on my Nerves
Mary Rose Doorly investigates how stress affects ordinary Irish people. What happens when our nerves get frayed? Can stress actually be good for us, in the right measures? (Broadcast 1984)See omnystud...
23 Apr 200943min
DocArchive: Horse Handler Horse Healer
A portrait of 72 year old horse breaker from Limerick, Davy Hogan, who was known far and wide in equestrian circles for his 'sixth sense' for training and taming horses (Broadcast 1978).See omnystudio...
23 Apr 200940min
DocArchive: On the Raft, All at Sea
An award winning documentary about the experience of three generations of asylum seekers It uses the metaphor of the famous 19th century painting, The Raft of the Medusa which depicts shipwrecked surv...
22 Apr 200943min
DocArchive (1996): A Woman's Voice, Eavan Boland
Helen Shaw weaves together the life & work of Irish of one of Ireland’s most esteemed and prominent poets, Eavan Boland. A strong and intelligent woman, her poetry is honest and speaks to the ordinary...
22 Apr 200943min
DocArchive: There's No Robbers Here
Opened 1848, Arbour Hill Prison in Dublin was a military prison during much of it's lifetime. Many of the 1916 leaders are buried in the military cemetary at the prison. Today, this prison the nationa...
22 Apr 200942min
