DocArchive (2001): This Island Nation
With the breakout of World War II, the Irish Merchant fleet became a vital part saving the nation from food shortages and Lemass said that we couldn’t have preserved our neutrality without it. The mil...
21 Jan 200943min
DocArchive (1976): Violent Export
Violent Export is a radio documentary by Kevin O'Connor that delves in to the thoughts of the people living in Britain during the times of the London bombings. Kevin speaks to both Irish and British p...
21 Jan 200937min
DocArchive (2007): Missing In Athlone
This story looks at events in 2005, when Gardaí from the Garda National Immigration Bureau drove from Dublin to Athlone, Co. Westmeath with orders to pick up six children and two adults for immediate ...
21 Jan 200940min
DocArchive (2003): Death in Kerry
A radio documentary that tells the story of John B. Keane's "The Field", and how a dispute between two farmers over bog land in mountainous rural Kerry during the 1950s culminated in Richard Harris's ...
20 Jan 200940min
DocArchive (1976): Drop of the Craythur
A bilingual documentary on Poitín, the Irish alcohol traditionally and illegally distilled from malted barley or potatoes in rural Ireland for centuries. One of the strongest alcoholic beverages in th...
19 Jan 200939min
DocArchive (1979): Incidents in Colooney Street - Limerick Jews in 1904
Pat Feeley tells the story of the pogrom against Jewish people in Limerick City. In 1904, a Catholic priest named Fr John Creagh instigated an economic boycott against the small Jewish community that ...
19 Jan 200944min
DocArchive (1976): Rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that attacks the brain. It's usually transmitted by a bite from an infected animal. For humans, it can be fatal unless an antidote is given. We examine the virus, its beginni...
17 Jan 200938min
DocArchive (1975): No.4 Checkout Please
In the mid 1970's one of the largest social changes in Ireland was born - Supermarkets! After centuries of corner shop shopping, changes were afoot. Here the pros and cons, reactions and of course the...
16 Jan 200942min
