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DocArchive (1978): Ashington Miners Radio Ballad on English Miners
DocArchive (1978): Ashington Miners Radio Ballad on English Miners
Life in darkness, miners speak of life below ground dealing with explosives, accidents on the job, workplace strikes and... Read more
19 Nov 2016
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38mins
Ranked #2
DocArchive (1991): Opera at Wexford 40 Years of Wexford Festival
DocArchive (1991): Opera at Wexford 40 Years of Wexford Festival
This documentary looks to the history of the Wexford Festival Opera since its formation in 1951. From the outset the Fes... Read more
3 Dec 2016
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41mins
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DocArchive (1979): Whiskey With An E Doc On The Ball of Malt
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Irish whiskey was once the most popular spirit in the world with distilleries located across Ireland. Presenter Al Byrne... Read more
12 Nov 2016
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38mins
Ranked #4
The Nobody Zone: Episode 1 - "It Plays On Your Mind"
The Nobody Zone: Episode 1 - "It Plays On Your Mind"
A homeless Irishman is arrested on Clapham Common in London for stealing a wedding ring, only to murder another man in h... Read more
1 Dec 2020
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Ranked #5
A Very Irish Coup
A Very Irish Coup
On a wet October Saturday over forty years ago a greyhound finished a race at Mullingar race track. The event was to tur... Read more
28 Aug 2020
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Ranked #6
In Shame, Love, In Shame
In Shame, Love, In Shame
In 1946, in an unprecedented act of defiance against the local clergy, a group of Listowel men from Co. Kerry forced ope... Read more
16 Aug 2018
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Ranked #7
Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes
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In October, 2013, a four year old blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl named Maria was discovered peeping out from underneath a... Read more
24 Mar 2023
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Ranked #8
White Noise
White Noise
What happens when sounds only exist inside your head? How do you cope with an internal soundtrack from which you can’t e... Read more
29 Jun 2018
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Ranked #9
Sisters
Sisters
Beginning in 1888, hundreds of Irish teenagers were sent to a convent in Texas that was dedicated to educating emancipat... Read more
22 Jun 2018
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38mins
Ranked #10
Prince At The Castle
Prince At The Castle
On a Summer morning in 2011, a group arrived at Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin to work on a concert by Prince. They were n... Read more
15 Jun 2018
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Ranked #11
Richard Hayes, Nazi Codebreaker
Richard Hayes, Nazi Codebreaker
If you were battling Nazi Germany which individual would you chose to take on the role? A soldier? Perhaps a great state... Read more
1 Jun 2018
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Ranked #12
A Talent For Life - The Fergus O'Farrell Story
A Talent For Life - The Fergus O'Farrell Story
Fergus O'Farrell was the Irish singer-songwriter behind the cult band Interferecnce, who died in Februrary 2016. His son... Read more
25 May 2018
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38mins
Ranked #13
The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye
The award-winning tender and loving story of a husband, Matt, and his wife, Mai, whose lives have changed entirely since... Read more
11 May 2018
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Ranked #14
More Irish than the Irish Themselves
More Irish than the Irish Themselves
In the last 100 years, we Irish have struggled with our native language. Now in 2011, less than 5% of us speak it on a d... Read more
4 May 2018
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39mins