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Documentary on One Podcast

Multi award winning documentaries from Ireland and beyond telling real life stories. With over 1,800 documentaries on offer, the Documentary On One Podcast has the largest archive of documentaries available in the world, dating as far back as 1954, right up to the present day. Winner of over 400 national and international awards. Producer of podcast series ‘The Real Carrie Jade’, ‘Runaway Joe’, ‘Finding Samantha’, ‘Tiger Roll’, ‘GunPlot’ and ‘The Nobody Zone’. Immerse yourself in a world of sound, story and character.

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DocArchive (1976): Boss Croker of Glencairn Jan 24, 2009

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Richard Croker (1843-1922) was a politician in America born in the village of Blackrock, Cork. At the helm of Democratic Party politics, he became extremely wealthy receiving bribe money from brothels, saloons and gambling dens (First Broadcast 1976)

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DocArchive (2007): Piano Lessons, Sliding Scales Jan 23, 2009

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Girls who want to learn to play the piano. Girls who do not want to learn to play the piano. Some of these girls are heard in this piece. It is the voice of the Maiden reaching back through time, traversing space, telling of the Music of her childhood. Presented and produced by Kaye Mortley (First Broadcast 2007)

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DocArchive (1981): Burning the Bones of the Earth Jan 23, 2009

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This documentary is based on an unpublished memoir and tells the story of the life and work of a lime burner- seen through the eyes of Matty McCaulife from Kerry and ‘the limeburner of Churchhill’ - an imaginary village between Macroom and Charleville in Cork. (First Broadcast 1981)

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DocArchive (1981): Knock Three Times And Ask For Joe Jan 22, 2009

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America attempted a nationwide ban on the sale of alcohol to try to transform a basic habit of millions of people. Prohibition was introduced from 1920 -1933. This documentary tells the story of speakeasies, moonshine and the crime families and gangsters that ran the underground sale of liquor in Chicago and other cities. (First Broadcast 1981)

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DocArchive (1972): It Sprang From Uibh Laoire Jan 22, 2009

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An exploration of the literary history of Uibh Laoire - the lakeland between Macroom and Gougane Barra in West Cork. It's been written about by literary figures: O'Connor, Ó Faoiláin and Corkery.It is the country of "The Tailor and Ansty" and the cradle of the Irish language revival at the beginning of the last century. (First Broadcast 1972)

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DocArchive (2009): A Piece of Cloth Jan 22, 2009

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A documentary about Muslim women wearing the hijab in Ireland. This programme hears the story of Shekinah Egan, a young girl from Gorey who found herself at the centre of a controversy around the wearing of the Muslim headscarf to her local school. (First Broadcast 2009)

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DocArchive (2007): Missing In Athlone Jan 21, 2009

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This story looks at events in 2005, when Gardaí from the Garda National Immigration Bureau drove from Dublin to Athlone, Co. Westmeath with orders to pick up six children and two adults for immediate deportation to Africa. (First Broadcast 2007)

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DocArchive (1976): Violent Export Jan 21, 2009

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Violent Export is a radio documentary by Kevin O'Connor that delves in to the thoughts of the people living in Britain during the times of the London bombings. Kevin speaks to both Irish and British people and asks their thoughts on the violence. (First Broadcast 1976)

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DocArchive (2001): This Island Nation Jan 21, 2009

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With the breakout of World War II, the Irish Merchant fleet became a vital part saving the nation from food shortages and Lemass said that we couldn’t have preserved our neutrality without it. The military men who served with the Merchant Navy Fleet talk about their time at sea. (First Broadcast 2001)

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DocArchive (2003): Death in Kerry Jan 20, 2009

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A radio documentary that tells the story of John B. Keane's "The Field", and how a dispute between two farmers over bog land in mountainous rural Kerry during the 1950s culminated in Richard Harris's nomination for an Oscar in 1991 .(First Broadcast 2003)

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