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DocArchive: Markey
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Markey Robinson was born in Belfast in 1918 and died in 1999. Markey was a prolific Irish artist with a distinctive naïve expressionist style. His ma…
16 years, 9 months ago
DocArchive: Fossetts Circus
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The story of Ireland's National Circus - Fossetts Circus - We examine its history, the highs and lows of working and living in a travelling circus an…
16 years, 9 months ago
DocArchive: Mary and Manor Street
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Mary Gurr had been a promising footballer but she died an alcholic and homeless. Here, the Gurr family describe the helplessness of watching a cheris…
16 years, 9 months ago
World Draughts (The Curious Ear)
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The 2007 World Draughts Championships in Buncrana, Co. Donegal. Among those there: a man paid by his government to teach draughts to children and a m…
16 years, 9 months ago
DocArchive: The Strange Thing I Am
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On Easter Monday 1916 Patrick Pearse stood on the steps of the GPO and read the Proclamation. John Cunningham questions how our view of Pearse has ev…
16 years, 9 months ago
DocArchive: The Blues and the Candy Stripes
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The previous time Belfast soccer club Linfield FC travelled to the home of Derry City FC, was January 25th 1969. The two sides found themselves on op…
16 years, 9 months ago
DocArchive: Stories from the Underground
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This story charts the changes that occurred in the tiny rural farming community of Tynagh in the west of Ireland from the 1960s when it became the lo…
16 years, 9 months ago
The Curious Ear (2009): Dole Volunteers
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The Dodder Valley Partnership in Tallaght, Dublin, organises volunteers to work in the local Social Welfare Office. They 'signpost': they give out le…
16 years, 9 months ago
DocArchive: Ruth's Coin
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The September 11th attacks changed the world forever. 2,976 victims and 19 hijackers died in the attack. Cork woman, Ruth Clifford McCourt and her 4y…
16 years, 9 months ago
DocArchive: There's Only One George Best
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A radio documentary recorded on the day that George Best was laid to rest in Belfast
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16 years, 9 months ago