‘The Lone Woman Among All Creatures Great and Small’ looks at the life of trailblazing Irish Vet Aleen Cust, who in 1922 became the first registered female Vet in Ireland and Great Britain. Aleen Cust was well known at the time for her work in Roscommon with renowned Vet Willie Byrne of Castlestrange and then for her own practice at […]
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John’s Dream Machine – John Tobin is 32 years old from Williamstown, Co.Galway. John has Cerebral Palsy but he didn’t let this stop him from achieving his dream of climbing Croagh Patrick. Thanks to friends, family and the community along with Roscommon Civil Defence, John ascended Croagh Patrick on the 10th September 2016. Now listen back to hear how such […]
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A Famine Doctor – A Mimar Media radio documentary for RosFM Dr. John Harrison was a physician in the Roscommon Workhouse during the Great Famine. This documentary looks at his life, the medical practices at the time and the living conditions for the majority of the population during this dark period in our history. Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with […]
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Kilbride: Re-energising a Community in Rural Ireland, focuses on a community which is representative of many rural Irish communities and their shared experience of decline. The parish consists of the main areas of Fourmilehouse and Derrane. Though a thriving area up until the 1970’s, the next decade brought change as the population decreased leading to School, Shop and pub closures in […]
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