DocArchive: Special Olympics
In this radio documentary Richard Collins tells the history of the games from inception in 1968 to the present day and interviews Eunice Kennedy Shriver founder of the Special olympics (Broadcast 2003...
24 Aug 200942min
DocArchive: Saint Anne
Shrines all over the world are named for the mother of Mary - this documentary looks at the devotion to St. Anne from the holy land to France to Canada.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...
23 Aug 200958min
DocArchive: The Limerick Soviet
The Limerick Soviet was a self-declared soviet that operated for twelve days in Limerick in April 1919. (Originally Broadcast in 1974)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
22 Aug 200947min
DocArchive: Blackbird on the Boyne
A portrait of Francis Ledwidge drawn from writings and reminiscences of his contemporaries. A war poet, he would go on to be known to some as "poet of the blackbirds" before dying under tragic ciumsta...
21 Aug 200944min
DocArchive: Every Inch an Irishman
A portrait of the composer and conductor Charles Villiers Stanford. (Originally broadcast 1974)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
21 Aug 200958min
DocArchive: Ninette De Valois
A look at the life of dancer Dame Ninette De Valois. Born in Blessington, Co.Wicklow in 1898 she would subsequently move to England and become known as the 'Godmother of English Ballet'. (Broadcast 19...
20 Aug 200959min
DocArchive: Rare Ben Johnson
Benjamin Jonson was a 17th century English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor best known for his satirical plays. A man with an insatiable appetite for controversy, in this drama/documentary, we lo...
20 Aug 200949min
Comrade Pavlik
The story of how an unhappy, troublemaking child was made into a hero for Soviet children.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
19 Aug 200914min
