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May 22, 2012
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DocArchive: When You're Old and Grey
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The Nazareth Home is a retirement home that caters for senior citizens in Malahide. It’s a friendly and close community that lives side by side as they grow old and grey together. (Broadcast 1980)
May 21, 2012
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Elvis and the Most Miserable Woman in Meath
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Whatever the weather, the Irish summer starts with the first country fairs. Last week, the Dunderry Country Fair took place in Co. Meath. Animals, fairground rides, stalls and one laugh after another. (Short audio documentary RTE Radio Ireland)
May 18, 2012
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Letter to Ann
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In 1984, Irish women wrote letters to Ann. She was a schoolgirl who had died giving birth in Granard, Co. Longford. The letters were read The Gay Byrne Show. 12 years after Ann's death, Lorelei Harris, a producer on the show, revisited the story.
May 17, 2012
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Two Boxes
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One story is unbelievable, the other poignant: Two boxes, belonging to an English lord, Morpeth and an Irish orphan, Barbara McDonough. Two different boxes but both serving the same purpose - remembering. (Short Irish documentary from RTE Radio, Ireland.)
May 16, 2012
7:00
DocArchive: What's Another Inch.
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Plastic surgery is a now a billion dollar industry but is this a symptom of a society that has lost the run of itself and its obsession with beauty and perfection? (Broadcast 1980)
May 15, 2012
7:00
DocArchive: Rose - A Day in The Life
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Rose Aherne is many things to many people. A general legend around the Camden Street area. She is a practical joker, cleaning lady and the star of this charming documentary. (Broadcast 1987)
May 14, 2012
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DocArchive: On the Street Where they Sell
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For generations, especially on market days, Irish towns the breadth and length of the country would be taken over by street traders or hawkers as they were known who would set up their stalls to bargain with locals. (Broadcast 1977)
May 11, 2012
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The Secret Chicken Society
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All around Ireland people keep show chickens - and with each one comes a dream - to become a National Champion. This is a glimpse inside the wonderful world of Irish show chickens - and their keepers - in the run up to the 2012 National Poultry Competition
May 10, 2012
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Litter Pickers
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The Celtic Tiger wasn't all about making money and looking after No.1. There were some Irish people who made it their business to go around picking up other people's litter, as this report by Ronan Kelly from 2009 shows. (Short audio RTE Radio, Ireland)
May 09, 2012
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DocArchive: This Man Had Kept a School
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A bilingual documentary on Scoil Eanna - the boy’s school founded by 1916 leader Padraig Pearse. The school would prove to be a success but would never escape the shadow of its founder, its financial woes, relocations and police raids. (Broadcast 1979)

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