KCLR Documentaries

50 Shades of Carlow Kilkenny

Fifty Shades of Carlow and Kilkenny is an innovative series that features ‘’blow ins’ to Carlow and Kilkenny.
A Life More Ordinary

‘A Life More Ordinary’ is a do …
A Portrait of …….

‘A Portrait of……’ is a ser …
Aon Richie Eile

A radio documentary about Carl …
As We Like It

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Be Not Afraid

“BE NOT Afraid” is a new six-p …
Beside the Nore

‘Beside the Nore’ is a four pa …
Bridge Street Will Be

A trip through the creative pr …
Cake

Radio drama Cake is set during …
Carlow Hops to Luxembourg

A documentary that traces the …
Carlow Little Theatre – ‘The Rest of the Story’ Radio Play

“The Rest of the Story” is a w …
Civil War and the Oral Tradition – Part 1

Civil War and the Oral Traditi …
Civil War and the Oral Tradition – Part 2

Rambling houses are great for …
Comma Chameleon

Comma Chameleon is a radio series that will brings you into the world of learning, giving an insight into the constraints of poor literacy and the subsequent empowerment and confidence that comes through the acquisition of knowledge.
Cow

Made with the support of the B …
Daffodil

Approaching middle age, café o …
Diversity Matters

‘Diversity Matters’, is a five …
Down & Dirty on the Farm

‘Down & Dirty on the Farm’, is …
Follow Me Up The Barrow

Follow Me Up the Barrow tells the stories and experiences of the river by people that know it best… the fishermen, the old boatmen, the lock-keepers, rowers, canoeists and river ‘guardians’. Through the accounts of their experiences a unique, informative and historical picture of the Barrow is compiled through this radio series.
For Barbara

For Barbara is a personal story of love and loss in a time when there was no legal recognition of gay relationships in Ireland.
Full Circle – Volume 1

The Clontarf Cowboy, Philip Do …
Full Circle – Volume 2

The Clontarf Cowboy, Philip Do …
Grey Matters

Grey Matters a programme serie …
In 1916

A radio documentary that recor …
It’s Not Raining Blood

After two years job hunting, J …
Kevin Gets The Wrong End Of The Stick

Join Kevin as he takes his first puck of the ball, trains with the under 16s, grapples with injury and finally plays in his first hurling match.
L & F.I – Lost & Found Investigates

A turtle walks into a garda station in Carlow where does he come from?, who owns him? – Lost & Found Investigates. A suitcase falls off a bus, who is the owner? L & F.I, standing for Lost & Found Investigates, is a series of 10 programmes that feature the personal stories behind the items that made it to KCLR’s well-loved Locator List.
Let’s Go to the Big House

Let’s Go to the Big House, the …
Mad About Danoli

‘Danoli’,otherwise known as ‘The People’s Champion’ was a race horse who, in the 1990s won the hearts and minds of the Irish people with his bravery and speed on the track winning at every major race course including Cheltenham and Aintree. The story of how he was bought, the highs and lows of his career, his retirement and death will be told for the first time in this documentary by, amongst others, his owner Dan O’Neill and trainer Tom Foley.
Make Way For The King

‘Make Way For The King’ is a s …
Moments with Monuments

Moments with Monuments – a pro …
My Home Place

‘My Home Place’ – a series of …
My Local Area

My Local Area is a series of 2 …
Oh Sugar, Sugar

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Ordinary Amazingness

A programme series featuring o …
Peak Experiences

‘Peak Experiences’ is a series …
Rarefied Reptila

An insight into the comings an …
Rocks and Some Rolls

Rocks and Some Rolls is a radio series that showcases the history of the marble industry in Kilkenny, investigates the quarrying of limestone, the buildings that made from it, the artists that use it and the Dunmore Cave that results from it.
September 3, 1967: The Black & Amber Tide Turns

2017 is the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 All Ireland Hurling final. That final, which saw Kilkenny come through in a hard fought battle against arch rivals Tipperary, stands out in the minds of players, experts and lovers of the game as a unique, seminal final in the history of hurling in Kilkenny. Kilkenny had not beaten Tipperary in an All-Ireland Hurling Final for 45 years.
Shattered Bonds

‘Shattered Bonds’ is a three p …
Smells Like Carlow Kilkenny

Smells Like Carlow Kilkenny fe …
Talamh an Éisc – Newfoundland Irish Connections

Sue Nunn visits Newfoundland a …
The Burning Of Woodstock – A Radio Drama

“The Burning Of Woodstock” was first broadcast on KCLR on October 17th, 2022 and was supported by the Decade Of The Centenaries Grant 2022. The play was written and directed by Gillian Grattan and was performed by Aoibhín Murphy, Delia Lowry, Declan Taylor and Brendan Corcoran.
The Bus

The Bus is a three part radio …
The Cat in the Box

The Cat in the Box’ is a drama …
The Diary

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The Educators

The Educators – a programme se …
The Historyman

The History Man has lots of st …
The Historyman Carlow

A series of 51 stories written …
The KCAT Series

This series of 10 programmes will bring the uniquely inclusive teaching at KCAT, (Kilkenny Collective for Arts Talent) to the listeners of KCLR and raise public awareness about the importance of everyone, regardless of ability, working together, for the benefit of society and the Irish arts and drama scene.
The Letters in the Post

‘The Letters in the Post’ a ra …
The Mental

The Mental is a radio drama se …
The Nore Vision Radio Series

The Nore Vision Radio series, …
The Skinny on the Schism

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The Story of a Rohingya Journey

Angela Mahon travels to visit …
The Winter Dress

The Winter Dress is a radio dr …
Three Miles Over, Three Miles Down

Three Miles Over, Three Miles Down is a five-part documentary series by Martin Bridgeman on the Castlecomer mines in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Tinderella

Tinderella, a play written by …
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust

There are so many benefits to …
U-turns through U-Casadh

‘U-turns through U-Casadh’ is …
Vintage

A 10 part programme series abo …
Vultures

Vultures focuses on the private detectives of Vulture Private Investigations, a small time detective agency in south east Ireland. Janine Drew, Dan McGrain, Jim Vultour and Niall Tennyson are the detectives in question and the story follows them as they get caught up in a suspenseful murder mystery at the Detective Union Of Ireland AGM.
We Had Names

We Had Names is a documentary …
What Did You Learn Today?

‘What Did You Learn Today?’ brings the children from Carlow and Kilkenny to the listeners of KCLR as they tell us in their own little way what exactly they are learning in school.
What Has Europe Ever Done for the Environment?

An eight-part series that expl …
What Has Europe Ever Done for Us?

A 7 part series that looks at …
Who’s the Seanchai? – The Stories and Musings of Kilkenny man Jim Maher

A documentary that gives an in …
Women’s Bits

Women’s Bits is a 51 part seri …
Word Play

Word Play is an innovative series of short stories penned by both writers and non-writers alike. Each story is composed around 3 different items; a character, an event and a sound, randomly selected from a hat.