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I Could Have Danced All Night
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One of the last great characters of Co Clare, for decades Michael Tierney could be seen walking the streets of Ennis delivering newspapers on his dai…
16 years, 2 months ago
The Release
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In the aftermath of homicide, what happens to those left behind? And what happens when the families of victim and perpetrator are separated by only a…
16 years, 2 months ago
The Curious Ear (2010): Bus Stories
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RTE producer, Kintilla Heussaff, recorded a day-in the-life of a No. 16 bus in Dublin in 1990. It was for a documentary as part of a training course.…
16 years, 2 months ago
One Evening in July
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A radio documentary about how a swim on a summer's evening at Dublin's Forty Foot changed one man's life forever.
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16 years, 2 months ago
The Curious Ear (2010): Better than Harry Potter
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The remarkable story of the MacMillan family from Mayo, the magical relationship of Theresa and Ron MacMillan and their International Magic shop in L…
16 years, 2 months ago
The Curious Ear (2010): Carlow's Rowdy Pensioners
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A community of OAPs in Carlow waking the neighbours for the Bealtaine Festival by playing music and singing. (First Broadcast 2010)
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16 years, 2 months ago
The Curious Ear (2010): Lough Neagh Speaks
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Dr. Tom Lawrence, of DCU, spent 6 months recording over and under Lough Neagh waves in Co. Antrim. Spooky sci-fi sounds from the deep, including fish…
16 years, 2 months ago
One Hundred Years of Names
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Every personal name has a story. Behind the top 100 Irish baby names list is a fascinating portrait of a changing country.This fascinating and beauti…
16 years, 2 months ago
Double D and a C
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This is a glimpse into the lives of three women still mourning their husbands deaths - but they refuse to live their lives as widows, and together, s…
16 years, 3 months ago
The Curious Ear (2010): Shoes Fit For Dancing
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An excerpt from student Natalia McCarthy's documentary; on 87-year old Michael Yeates who has run a shoe repair shop in Clontarf, Dublin for the past…
16 years, 3 months ago