DocArchive: Poet and Preacher
Belfast born William Robert Rodgers, known as Bertie, is best known as a poet - even though he was an essayist, a book reviewer, a BBC radio broadcaster and script writer, a lecturer and teacher as we...
4 Okt 200949min
DocArchive: The Irish Post
“If it’s Irish in Britain, we’ve got it covered” - a profile of The Irish Post newspaper established in 1970 to report on news affecting the Irish diaspora in Britain (Broadcast 1978).See omnystudio.c...
3 Okt 200948min
DocArchive: A tale of Seán and Mick
This is the life and times of Seán O'Casey and his family through the memories and thoughts of their neighbours. O'Casey was an Irish dramatist and memoirist and the first Irish playwright of note to ...
3 Okt 200948min
DocArchive: The Boys of Wexford
A different look at the events of 1916, this account tells the little known story of how Enniscorthy had its own uprising days before the rising in Dublin. Those who were just young men at the time lo...
2 Okt 200929min
DocArchive: Tartan Skirts and Tins of Salmon
In 1970’s Ireland, the most popular items to shoplift were tartan skirts and tins of salmon! A look at the rise in shoplifting from the perspective of the shop owner, and how it became part of 'retail...
2 Okt 200945min
DocArchive: Gael Linn
For 50 years Gael-Linn has been to the fore in promoting Irish language and culture projects including music, film and language courses. This documentary is a celebration of 50 years of Gael Linn. (Br...
1 Okt 200943min
DocArchive: All Those Wasted Years - Saol Amú
A bilingual documentary about drug addiction that ravages Dublin and its surrounds. (Broadcast 2003)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1 Okt 200943min
DocArchive: Confession
A documentary about confession as a cultural phenomenon in modern Ireland. Catholics believe that confession is an outward sign of absolution - the inward grace is the reconciliation of the penitent t...
1 Okt 200942min
