Documentaries

The Days of Trees - Abuse survivor Tomás Hardiman on his extraordinary journey

Brendan O'Connor talks to director Alan Gilsenan and producer Tomás Hardiman about their powerful ne...

Traveller singer Thomas McCarthy returns in new RTÉ documentary

Thomas McCarthy is one of Ireland's best known traditional Traveller singers. As we left Thomas, he ...

Charle Bird's last story - inside the new documentary Ransom '79

Filmmaker Colm Quinn introduces his new feature documentary Ransom '79, which tells the story of leg...

Birdsong - watch a preview of the stunning new documentary

Often joined by his partner Alba, he travels to some of the country’s most beautiful and remote loca...

The bird whisperer - how we made the new documentary Birdsong

When I first met ornithologist Seán Ronayne, he was wandering through Killarney National Park at daw...

Louis Lentin's legacy - an Irish documentary pioneer remembered

Ar Dover Fein ( 2001) Migrant stories His feature documentary Ar Dover Fein ( 2001) examined the pli...

Notes from Sheepland - meet the artist turned flock star

For Notes from Sheepland, a new Reel Art/Arts Council film coming to Irish cinemas this month, filmm...

Bishop Casey's secrets - inside the controversial documentary

And yet, that sanction and the reason for it was never publicly disclosed by the Church in Bishop Ca...

Louis Lentin's legacy - an Irish documentary pioneer remembered

Ar Dover Fein ( 2001) Migrant stories His feature documentary Ar Dover Fein ( 2001) examined the pli...

Never forget: Ross Kileen's tale of memory, family, love and loss

Filmmaker Ross Kileen introduces his new documentary Don't Forget to Remember, which follows the Iri...