Discover a world of history, drama, comedy, business and politics through Documentaries on KCLR. Meet storytellers, songwriters, actors, performers and uncover a wealth of information connected to Kilkenny and Carlow.
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'The first thing I had to do was go out and buy a skirt’, so says Loretta Kenny after her first day in the Carlow Sugar Factory when she came to realise that women didn’t wear trousers there when she started in 1979. ‘ It was just jaw-dropping to walk into the factory to see the massive machinery in 100-foot high ceiling, big vessels big moving machines and you wouldn’t think that passing the…
In December 1925 Bishop Foley came to the window of the old town hall and announced to the many excited people gathered there that the sugar factory was coming to Carlow. Thus began an important era in Carlow’s history and the first programme in KCLR’s 7 part series ‘Oh Sugar, Sugar’ looks at the set-up of the factory, its expansion and contraction and gives an overview of the industry which was…
“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. Sound design, production and editing by Martin Bridgeman. Special thanks to Eddie Cody, Davy O’Dwyer, Theresa Hayes and…
A radio documentary that records some of the events that took place in Carlow to commemorate the Easter Rising of 1916 and tells the story of some of the main Carlow people who took part in that day.
Programme 8 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow features interviews with people who have, over the years, cared for and maintained the River in condition
Programme 7 in the Follow Me Up the Barrow series features some of the flora and fauna living in and around the River
Programme 6 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow looks at the various ways people use the river for recreation
Programme 5 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow features interviews with fishermen and explores the various fish that make the river their home.
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. Programme 4 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow explores the…
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. Programme 3 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow features interviews…
