Documentary on One - RTÉ Documentaries

A radio documentary presented by the late Gerry Ryan on the heroes, villains and victims of the Irish "New Wave" rock scene of the early 1980s. (Broadcast 1981)

A celebration of the first day of an Irish summer in song, word and music. (Broadcast 2002)

John McHugh was born in 1911 in the U.K. to Irish parents.  This biography traces his career in music as an operatic tenor.  One of the first singers to broadcast on television, he became a household name in the 1950’s.  While in his nineties, he traces his life, success and struggles in music throughout the years.  (First Broadcast 2002)

In 1978 the deaths of 909 Americans in a forced group suicide and the murder of five people including a congressman in Guyana focussed the world’s attention on the cult of the People’s Temple and their shadowy leader the Reverend Jim Jones (Broadcast 1983)

Georgiana Domsa is eight. She came to Ireland when she was three, to join her father George and her mother Georgette, who had already set up home in Dublin. This is the story of a day in the life of a Romanian family living in Dublin (Broadcast 2005) Georgiana Domsa is eight. She came to Ireland when she was three, to join her father George and her mother Georgette, who had already set up home in Dublin. This is the story of a day in the life of a Romanian family living in Dublin (Broadcast 2005)

Betty Purcell explores the stories of the medical practitioners and patients of St. Brendan's Hospital in Grangegorman, Dublin. (Broadcast 1984)

The poet Michael Coady tells the story of his Great Grandfather who emigrated from Oven Lane in Carrick on Suir over a hundred years ago. (First broadcast 2001)

An enclosed order of Carmelite nuns in Tallow, Waterford have to raise four hundred thousand pounds to build a new monastry. A task many people thought would be impossible. (Broadcast 1997)

The story of Gerald O'Donovan(1871-1942), priest, novelist and a leader of the Irish revival, through the Gaelic League, the co-operative movement, and the literary revival (1988). The story of Gerald O'Donovan(1871-1942), priest, novelist and a leader of the Irish revival, through the Gaelic League, the co-operative movement, and the literary revival (1988).

The story of children in Irish workhouses in the 19th century. This documentary looks at the conditions and lives of those children at that time and the government assisted emigration of young girls from those workhouses all the way over to Australia. (First Broadcast 2003)

The late Dr Aidan MacCarthy (1914-1995) from Castletownbere, Co. Cork recounts his extraordinary experiences from Dunkirk to Nagasaki as an RAF medical officer during World War II (Broadcast 1995).

The interesting history behind the Irish Sugar Company, and the many characters who have passed through its doors through the years. (Broadcast 1984)

Parental separation from the point of view of the children involved - their experiences, their feelings, and their hopes for the future (Broadcast 1979).

A documentary by Dick Warner on an incident packed bus trip from London to Kathmandu. The five thousand mile journey includes stops in Greece, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Broadcast in 1979)

The story of a famed Galway barber - Chick Gillen of Dominick Street. We hear from both Chick and his clientele as they talk their way through the world of hair and life. (2000) A look at the everyday life of barber Chick Gillen of Dominick Street, Galway and his clientele. (2000)