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Drama On One

RTÉ Drama on One

100 episodes

RTÉ Radio Drama's audio theatre department has for decades proudly brought audiences the very best dramatic writing and performances for radio from Ireland. Listen every Sunday night at 8pm at RTÉ Radio 1, visit rte.ie/dramaonone for more.

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  1. In The Middle of The Fields by Mary Lavin

    · 44 min

    In The Middle of The Fields by Mary Lavin Based on the acclaimed stage production of Mary Lavin's short story, directed by Joan Sheehy, and originally produced by Blood In The Alley Theatre Company. The evocative…

  2. The Ballad of the Stolwijk Rescue by Brían MacGloinn

    · 46 min

    The Ballad of the Stolwijk Rescue Another chance to hear the award-winning documentary from our colleagues in The Lyric Feature. In December 1940, eight fishermen from Arranmore Island in County Donegal rescued 18…

  3. Wake by Irene Kelleher

    · 48 min

    Wake by Irene Kelleher In this touching comedy we eavesdrop on the thoughts of a young woman during her mother’s wake in the family home, in a play that explores the indeterminacy of grief and family relationships,…

  4. Horace by John O'Donnell

    · 32 min

    Horace by John O'Donnell Fidelma has a special gift. So when young couple Tom and Cathy join the bereavement counselling group, Fidelma sees a way that she can help them – until other darker secrets are revealed.…

  5. Hecuba by Marina Carr

    · 56 min

    Hecuba written by Marina Carr Troy has fallen and the humiliated and bereaved, Hecuba, Trojan Queen wipes the blood of her slaughtered sons and grandsons off her body. As more sacrifices are demanded, how much more…

  6. Longing Lasts Longer by Penny Arcade

    · 56 min

    Longing Lasts Longer by Penny Arcade. Longing last Longer is a kick-ass comedy with guts, it's a refutation of nostalgia, It's a crack at gentrification; not only the gentrification of our cities but the…

  7. The Curse of the Button Accordion by Sharon Mannion

    · 48 min

    Sharon is not a happy child! On the contrary she is a young girl obsessed with the predictions of Nostradamus, the third secret of Fatima and the end of the World! She is worried that she doesn’t have a future, has no…

  8. The Last, High King of Ireland by Patrick Fogarty

    · 46 min

    The Last, High King of Ireland by Patrick Fogarty The Last, High King of Ireland tells the story of a day in the life of a hard-drinking man who has bestowed upon himself the title The Last, High King of Ireland. We…

  9. Mr Sun by Gillian Grattan

    · 47 min

    Marie, a single mother in the dormitory suburbs, hides her unhappiness behind harsh humour; but the tedious, elderly neighbours she dismisses turn out to be hiding from harm themselves in their own shuttered bungalow.…

  10. Charolais by Noni Stapleton

    · 51 min · Explicit

    Charolais a surreal comedy about love, longing and one woman’s intense rivalry with a Charolais heifer. This is a muddy place of simmering desire minced with a loneliness that cuts to the bone. Noni Stapleton who wrote…

  11. Islands - with Chris Watson & Luke Clancy

    · 55 min

    From Ross Island to Galapagos to the possibly mythical isle of HyBrasil, world renowned sound recordist Chris Watson teams up with Writer/Presenter Luke Clancy, Composer Irene Buckley and Actor Kathy Rose O'Brien to…

  12. No Love Lost by Dylan Tighe

    · 50 min

    No Love Lost by Dylan Tighe, explores anti-Traveller racism through the prism of a love story between a young Traveller man and an older woman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See…

  13. Three Our Fathers by Karl O'Neill

    · 51 min

    In a sinister triptych that mimics a hall of mirrors, Karl O'Neill’s three masculine monologues draw parallel portraits – a suitor, a stalker, a spouse – of concave Man obsessed with the opposite sex. See…

  14. Hurl by Katie Honan

    · 39 min

    Hurl by Katie Honan is a hurling love story set in Waterford. Part Marty Morrissey, part Bridget Jones, Janet Walsh (a complete hurling novice) journeys into the world of Ireland's beloved national sport in search for…

  15. Hurl by Katie Honan

    · 39 min

    Hurl by Katie Honan is a hurling love story set in Waterford. Part Marty Morrissey, part Bridget Jones, Janet Walsh (a complete hurling novice) journeys into the world of Ireland's beloved national sport in search for…

  16. Eureka Dunes by Philip Davison

    · 47 min

    With Nick Dunning as Magnus Sparling and Barry McGovern as the paterfamilas Edwin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  17. Eureka Dunes by Philip Davison

    · 47 min

    With Nick Dunning as Magnus Sparling and Barry McGovern as the paterfamilas Edwin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  18. Wee Black Bees by Little John Nee

    · 41 min

    blues musician, Sparkplug grapples with heartbreak, the welfare of bee populations and the writings of the physicist Erwin Schrödinger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener…

  19. Wee Black Bees by Little John Nee

    · 41 min

    blues musician, Sparkplug grapples with heartbreak, the welfare of bee populations and the writings of the physicist Erwin Schrödinger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener…

  20. Digging For Fire by Daragh Dukes, Eoin O'Kelly & Kevin Brew

    · 42 min

    Composer Daragh Dukes and Radio Producers Eoin O Kelly and Kevin Brew explore the nature of youthful creativity as they remember their participation in the Limerick band scene of the early 1990s. See…

  21. Digging For Fire by Daragh Dukes, Eoin O'Kelly & Kevin Brew

    · 42 min

    Composer Daragh Dukes and Radio Producers Eoin O Kelly and Kevin Brew explore the nature of youthful creativity as they remember their participation in the Limerick band scene of the early 1990s. See…

  22. Marconi & Me by Zoë Comyns

    · 46 min

    A podcast producer finds a set of code books. They are the Marconi International Code books. They contain 500 pages of 5-letter codes and their translations. The main character starts to read the codes obsessively and…

  23. James Joyce In Zürich by Kevin Reynolds

    · 51 min

    To commemorate the 65th anniversary of James Joyce's death in Zürich on Jan 13th 1941, Ursula Zeller, Ruth Freiner and Fritz Senn from The James Joyce Foundation shared their stories with Kevin Reynolds See…

  24. Tubes by Gary Mitchell

    · 42 min

    Tubes written by renowned Belfast playwright Gary Mitchell In this black comedy we meet Titch a modern young Protestant, who is keen to portray his own community and the twelfth of July in a more positive light. See…

  25. A Piece of Monologue by Samuel Beckett

    · 29 min

    A Piece of Monologue, performed by Barry McGovern, directed by Daniel Reardon and introduced by Gerry Dukes, whose stage adaptation, with Barry McGovern, of Beckett's post-war trilogy of novels as I’ll Go On has played…

  26. The Old Tune by Samuel Beckett

    · 51 min

    The Old Tune is Beckett's free adaptation of La Manivelle/The Crank, a radio play by French writer, Robert Pinget. The Beckett Season is made possible by the kind permission of the Estate of Samuel Beckett. See…

  27. Beckett on Bowman

    · 51 min

    A special programme curated from a brace of Bowman Sunday Eight Thirty programmes made in 2006 celebrating the centenary of Samuel Beckett's birth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See…

  28. Nothing Ever Happens Around Here by Robert Barrett

    · 45 min

    Nothing Ever Happens Around Here written by Robert Barrett Reflecting on village life, mortality, poverty, opportunity, futility and ultimately hope, this comedy for radio focuses on a day in the life of Courtland…

  29. The Quiet Land by Malachy McKenna

    · 54 min

    The Quiet Land By Malachy McKenna - a masterclass, served as it is by a brace of actors - Kevin Flood and Barry Cassin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…

  30. The Gallant John-Joe by Tom MacIntyre

    · 48 min

    The Gallant John Joe by Tom Mac Intyre - Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…

  31. Kerry Plates by Shay Linehan

    · 31 min

    guilt and grief cohabit a widower's home - Clive Geraghty is Tom and Deirdre Donnelly his wife Maura in Shay Linehan's first play for radio and RTÉ's entry at the Prix Europa 2007 in Berlin. See…

  32. Kerry Plates by Shay Linehan

    · 31 min

    guilt and grief cohabit a widower's home - Clive Geraghty is Tom and Deirdre Donnelly his wife Maura in Shay Linehan's first play for radio and RTÉ's entry at the Prix Europa 2007 in Berlin. See…

  33. The Four-Faced Liar by Ger Fitzgibbon

    · 50 min

    The Four-Faced Liar by Ger Fitzgibbon - It's part of the lore of Cork city that the four clocks on the four faces of Shandon Steeple rarely agree on the exact time - hence the nickname: The Four-Faced Liar. See…

  34. The Blue Hyacinth by Maeve Brennan adapted and directed by Joe O Byrne

    · 53 min

    Hubert and Rose Derdon have been together for a life, but when Rose dies, Hubert finds he is unable to grieve for his wife. The play stars Barry McGovern, David Herlihy, and Jane Brennan See omnystudio.com/listener…

  35. Deep by Raymond Scannell

    · 53 min

    Deep in 1988 Sir Henry's Cork, Larry Lehane is following the beat. Written & performed by Raymond Scannell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  36. The Wickedness of Oz by Kate Gilmore

    · 43 min

    The Wickedness of Oz by Kate Gilmore - musicals-obsessed Debbie, takes us on a magical journey and we share her dreams, dreads, her love, and her loss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See…

  37. Oscar Night by Alan McMonagle

    · 44 min

    Maire Hastings (Glenroe) and Áine Ní Mhuirí (Ballykissangel) who together with Emmet Kirwan (Fair City, Veronica Guerin) feature See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for…

  38. No One Ever Asked me That by Nyree Yergainharsian, Louise Lewis & Gorretti Slavin

    · 49 min

    Supported by real stories from real women, this play follows Jenny and Claire's opposite journeys along the same path. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…

  39. Eating Seals and Seagulls' Eggs by Caitríona NíMhurchú

    · 47 min

    Meet Peig Sayers as you have never heard her before. Performed by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú and Louise Lewis See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  40. #Maura Laverty This Was Your Life

    · 53 min

    This sparkling play by Yvonne Quinn and Bairbre Ní Chaoimh explores the rollercoaster life of broadcaster, playwright, novelist and agony aunt, Maura Laverty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See…

  41. 100 by Donal Dineen and Jimmy Eadie

    · 45 min

    Award-winning sound designer Jimmy Eadie and music pioneer and DJ Donal Dineen join forces to create 100 for Drama on One See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…

  42. Fragile Maoilíosa by Charlie McGuinness

    · 51 min

    two people are united by a moment that will stay with them forever.. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  43. Truth, Love or Promise by Nuala McKeever

    · 55 min

    Truth, Love or Promise written & performed by Nuala McKeever. Truth, Love or Promise was the winner of the 2025 IMRO award for best drama. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See…

  44. Wogan's Sweet Sixteen by Kenneth Sweeney

    · 43 min

    Wogan's Sweet Sixteen By Kenneth Sweeney with Al McKenna as Terry Wogan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  45. A Safe Passage by Irene Kelleher

    · 37 min

    two souls weather the storm together at Inish Dúbh Lighthouse. Seamus O’Rourke plays Christy and Irene Kelleher is The young Woman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for…

  46. James Joyce in Zurich by Kevin Reynolds

    · 46 min

    To commemorate the 65th anniversary of James Joyce’s death in Zürich on Jan 13th 1941, Ursula Zeller, Ruth Freiner and Fritz Senn from The James Joyce Foundation shared their stories with Kevin Reynolds See…

  47. Eternal Lanes of Joy by Pat Collins

    · 50 min

    Eternal Lanes of Joy recreates Patrick Kavanagh's epic journey on foot from his home in County Monaghan to Dublin, in the year 1931 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for…

  48. A Very Autistic Christmas by Aoife Dooley

    · 29 min

    Made by Lighthouse Media in collaboration with As I Am and featuring Darcy Weekes as Hazel See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  49. No Love Lost by Dylan Tighe

    · 50 min

    written & directed by Dylan Tighe. It stars Thomas Collins & Gina Moxley and explores a relationship between a young Traveller man & an older woman from Dublin 4 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

  50. Jó Johnny Joe le Darach Mac Con Iomaire - Mír 1

    · 24 min

    Is mór-shaothar nua drámaíochta é Jó Johnny Joe a nascann ceol den scoth le greann agus brón i scéal corraitheach, siamsúil, teannasach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See…

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