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 Maj 43min
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 Maj 43min
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 Maj 43min
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 Maj 44min
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 Jan 51min
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 Jan 44min
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 Jan 41min
