DocArchive (1997): My Generation
Music in the 1960s was the form of articulation of a generation that was changing things and was quite aware that it was changing things. Flower power was short lived in Ireland but it had a profound ...
27 Juni 199741min
DocArchive (1997): Time Piece
Mary Mulvihill explores the concept of time. Along the way, Mary visits Dunsink Observatory, Timpiece Antique Clocks and the Institute of Horology where she meets those who are passionate about time -...
5 Juni 199739min
DocArchive (1997) All the Tired Horses
In 1996, following campaigns by animal rights groups and local communities, new licensing laws were introduced to protect the welfare of horses. An estimated 3,000 urban horses were living on Dublin e...
21 Feb 199741min
DocArchive (1997): House, pianos and cups of tea.
Since its foundation in 1988, the Dublin International Piano Competition has grown in stature and now ranks among the most important piano competitions in the world. Previous winners acknowledge the r...
30 Jan 199730min
DocArchive (1996): Goodnight Ballivor, I'll Sleep in Trim
Goodnight Ballivor, I'll Sleep in Trim is an expression known to many across Ireland but for Radio Producer John Quinn, it is his memoir of a childhood in the Meath village of Ballivor. This documenta...
30 Okt 199642min
DocArchive (1996): In For The Feis
Since the first Feis Ceoil of 1897, students and musicians from across Ireland and beyond have entered the annual music Feis Ceoil competition. James Joyce won the Bronze Medal in the Tenor Competitio...
20 Aug 199642min
DocArchive (1996): Cricket: The Season
The season has kicked off in Knockbrack Cricket Club, members welcome their rivals, dressed head to toe in white, to join them in a game which still observes the old formalities of a colonial past. Th...
4 Juli 199636min
DocArchive (1996): Children at the top of the stairs
The Victorian house that loomed in the suburbs of Clontarf was the Children's Orthopaedic Hospital. With most of the children bedridden, they amused themselves with shadow plays, fairy tales and their...
4 Apr 199641min
