Documentary on One - RTÉ Documentaries

In 1916, a GAA match between Kerry and Louth footballers took place on a pitch named Croke Park, at a prisoner of war camp in Frongoch, Wales. 100 years on, three relations of men who played in that 1916 match retrace their forbearer’s footsteps. In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, Frongoch became home to 1,800 Irish volunteer prisoners. (2016)  

Sir Roger Casement was an unlikely rebel – he was gentry and imperialist. Good Friday1916, he came to Kerry by German submarine for the Rising. But that journey to rebellion actually began in Congo. There the fate of Congolese culture under the Belgians led him to question the fate of Ireland under the British. (2016)

The Battle of Mount Street Bridge was the most successful rebel engagement in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising. A detailed investigation leads to a modern re-imagining of the infamous battle that took place in a quiet Dublin suburb during the Easter rebellion. This documentary challenges long held views of the event. (First Broadcast 2016)

In February 2013 St. Brendan’s Mental Hospital at Grangegorman, Dublin finally closed after 199 years.  When artist Alan Counihan heard about the personal possessions that people with mental health problems left in psychiatric institutions, he took some of these items home to investigate them.  (First Broadcast 2015)  

Longford/Westmeath was a controversial constituency in General Election 2016. Why? For two reasons. The count took a full six days – and before the election was even called, gender quota caused uproar. Behind the scenes, what were the politics at play from a woman’s perspective? We follow two female candidates as they battle their way to the Dail._

In 1985, Kerry club Castleisland Desmonds won their first and only men’s Senior Football All Ireland club title. 30 years on, clubman Dan Kearney examines the David and Goliath journey that his local team embarked on - and tells a story that encapsulates everything about club GAA - and a legacy that his small town is proud to have. (Broadcast 2015)

Michael Kealy tells the story of Grace, a Drogheda woman who emigrated to America in the mid-1990s in search of a new life. However, in 2011, whilst homeless on the streets of New York, she froze to death in the alcove of a church. A few days afterwards, Grace`s friend Emmanuel wrote a story about her for the New York Times. (First Broadcast 2015)

12 Miles tells the story of Guillermo Rigondeux and his Irish manager, Gary Hyde. Gary was a boxing manager from Cork, who risked over 20 years in prison to smuggle amateur Olympic and world champion boxers out of Fidel Castro’s Cuba. (First Broadcast 2015)

Since 2011, Joanie Madden (Cherish the Ladies) has organised a Caribbean cruise with a difference – over seven days she brings together dozens of Irish musicians, dancers and storytellers from all over the world - and hundreds of passengers return year after year to hear the best of Irish traditional music and song.

In 1990 the Republic of Ireland soccer team played in their first ever world cup finals. RTE Sports, John Kenny re-lives the games at Italia 90 where a country began to believe in itself and perhaps laid the foundations for the Celtic Tiger that was to follow.

An Irish surgeon's medical adventures in Africa involving Coca Cola gas, home-made fuses and a hotline to the Electricity Supply company. Emer Horgan gets to see at first-hand the impact of the teamwork involved in surgical development in Tanzania.

In 1945, women laundry workers went on strike for a second week’s holiday. The strike took place in the summer of 1945; it involved over 1,500 workers, affected 14 laundries in Dublin city and lasted over 13 weeks. This is their story. (1995)

In 1945, women laundry workers went on strike for a second week’s holiday. The strike took place in the summer of 1945; it involved over 1,500 workers, affected 14 laundries in Dublin city and lasted over 13 weeks. This is their story. (1995)

Dublin Zoo was opened in 1831 by the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland and lies in the heart of Dublin’s Phoenix Park. John Shkehan speaks to the people who work there about the husbandry, breeding and care of wild animals in captivity. (1981)

Dublin Zoo was opened in 1831 by the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland and lies in the heart of Dublin’s Phoenix Park. John Shkehan speaks to the people who work there about the husbandry, breeding and care of wild animals in captivity. (1981)