The Disappearing Heart of Dublin
The Disappearing Heart of Dublin is an outtake from the documentary Alive Alive O: A Requiem For Dublin and part of The Loopline Collection Volume 1. To see more of the collection click here.
People of Dublin
People of Dublin is an outtake from the documentary Alive Alive O: A Requiem For Dublin and part of The Loopline Collection Volume 1. To see more of the collection click here.
A Ballad to Dublin
A Ballad to Dublin is an outtake from the documentary Alive Alive O: A Requiem For Dublin and part of The Loopline Collection Volume 1. To see more of the collection click here.
U2: 11 O’Clock Tick Tock
U2 footage: 11’O Clock Tick Tock is an outtake from the documentary Looking On and part of The Loopline Collection Volume 1. To see more of the collection click here.
U2: An Cat Dubh
U2 footage: An Cat Dubh is an outtake from the documentary Looking On and part of The Loopline Collection Volume 1. To see more of the collection click here.
Mick Rafferty Introduces U2
Mick Rafferty Introduces U2 is an outtake from the documentary Looking On and part of The Loopline Collection Volume 1. To see more of the collection click here.
Joe Duffy On Education
Joe Duffy On Education is an outtake from the documentary Looking On and part of The Loopline Collection Volume 1. To see more of the collection click here.
U2: Let’s Twist Again
U2 footage: Let’s Twist Again is an outtake from the documentary Looking On and part of The Loopline Collection Volume 1. To see more of the collection click here.
Colm Tóibín – Imprint: Writer in Profile
Irish novelist, short story writer and journalist Colm Tóibín talks to Theo Dorgan about his early childhood in Enniscorthy, his early poetry writing and studying at University College Dublin. Tóibín lived in Barcelona between 1975 and 1978 and explains how this experience of Spanish life, gothic architecture, and the death of Franco shaped his work. […]
J.G Ballard – Imprint: Writer in Profile
In this episode, Theo Dorgan meets English novelist, short story writer and essayist J.G. Ballard to delve into his oeuvre of science fiction and post-apocalyptic novels, such as The Drowned World and Crash. Empire of the Sun is explored as an autobiographical account of a young British boy’s experience in Shanghai during Japanese occupation. Dorgan […]
Edward Said – Imprint: Writer in Profile
In this episode, cultural critic Edward Said describes himself as ‘a writer for occasion’ – caught between journalism and being a ‘long distance runner’. Said discusses his upbringing; his status as a Palestinian intellectual; his de-mystification of (particularly American) imperialism; and his positive response to criticism. Theo Dorgan questions him about his memoir Out of […]
John Montague – Imprint: Writer in Profile
John Montague was an Irish poet who was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up in Tyrone, Ireland. At the time this programme was made, Montague was Ireland Professor of Poetry at Trinity College, Dublin. In this generous interview, Montague reflects on studying in college where he discovered that ‘there were such things called […]