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The Seventh Summit
Episode 1
2014 saw Mount Everest's darkest year yet. In April, Irishman Paul Devaney was approaching Base Camp as the biggest tragedy to hit the legendary moun…
12 years, 2 months ago
The Grandfather Canoe
Episode 1
Two hundred years after a revered and sacred canoe disappeared from the banks of the St John River in Canada, it turned up in a building in Galway.
Se…
12 years, 2 months ago
Info Lady
Episode 1
Why is a woman cycling around Bangladeshi villages with a laptop on her bike? Because she’s an “Info Lady”. A Bangladeshi innovation that's changing …
12 years, 2 months ago
Never Knocked Down
Episode 1
Legendary boxing trainer Angelo Dundee said the two best chins in boxing belonged to Muhammad Ali and a Connemara man, Sean Mannion. Originally from …
12 years, 2 months ago
They Had No Choice - The Irish Horse at War
Episode 1
The horse has been at the heart of Irish life for centuries, but its role, significance and relationship with humans was irrevocably changed during W…
12 years, 2 months ago
A Solemn Undertaking
Episode 1
Somewhere in Ireland today, a grieving person is picking up the phone to call a Funeral Director, but have you ever wondered what it is like to be th…
12 years, 3 months ago
The Beach Boys of Rossnowlagh
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The four brothers who discovered surfing in the 1960s - when nobody in Ireland even knew what it was - and have kept on riding the waves for almost f…
12 years, 3 months ago
Dead People Don't Matter
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On the night of Sep 18 1988 Anne Gillepsie and her mother Annie were shot dead in the car park of Sligo General Hospital by John Gallagher, Anne's es…
12 years, 4 months ago
Keeping the Door Open
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Levis Pub in Ballydehob, Cork has been in the hands of one family for over 100 years. The next generation have taken on the challenge of keeping the …
12 years, 4 months ago
The Irishwoman Who Shot Mussolini
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Four people tried to assassinate Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Only one person ever came close - her name was Violet Gibson and she was …
12 years, 4 months ago