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Radio essays, reportage, appreciations, memory pieces, poetry, travel writing and personal accounts.

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    Glorious Boglands and Glory Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 32:40


    Exam jitters and poetry grinds for teenagers, the heyday of the Irish Press newspaper, and silage-making with a reluctant farm horse, with Alexander McMaster, Denis McClean, Rachael Hegarty, Lani O'Hanlon, Leo Cullen and Catherine Foley

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    Baltic Adventures and a Colorado Rocky Mountain High

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 33:14


    Campervan travels with an intrepid German grandmother, a loaf of heavenly batch bread, and the Heysel Stadium Disaster remembered, with Alexander McMaster, Maeve Edwards, Michael Hamell, Elizabeth Oxley and Vincent Woods

    Empty Nests, and Dining with the Future Pope

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 34:04


    Leaving home and a kind of homecoming; Eurovision memories and a tribute to a beloved brother, with Gráinne Quinlan, William Wall, Fabian McGrath, Joan Shiels, Eileen Heron and Hugo Hamilton.

    Royals and Riverkeepers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 37:04


    Post-war wanderings and pilgrimages of the heart, a Rembrandt double-portrait and a poem for Béaltaine, with Denis Tuohy, Clare O'Dea, Barbara Leahy, Kerry Neville, Alan Cook and Lani O'Hanlon

    Seals, Birds and Bees

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 35:35


    Encounters with wildlife, labour struggles in Italy and remarkable island architecture, with Michael Cullen, William Wall, Nollaig Rowan, Michael Hilliard Mulcahy, Kevin Connolly and Moya Cannon

    Birthdays and Broken Hearts

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 36:53


    Shakespeare's seven ages of man, Jane Austen's sense and sensibility, pilgrimages of the heart -- and a flickering candle, with Daniel Mulhall, Roslyn Dee, John Toal, Eileen Battersby, John MacKenna and AM Cousins

    Bell Chimes and Baby Chicks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 35:10


    Easter miracles and a newly risen Notre-Dame; natty hats and singing in public, with Fachtna Ó Drisceoil, Aidan Mathews, Roslyn Dee, Olivia O'Leary, Maria Moynihan and James Harpur

    Wobbly Lambs and Swooping Swallows

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 37:02


    Stirrings of spring and a stubborn donkey, Easter in Beirut and meeting Samuel Beckett, with Kate O'Shaughnessy, Louise Kennedy, Peter Cunningham, Joe Kearney, Jenny Beale and John F Deane

    Bedsit Blues and Poker Nights

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 37:10


    Dentists' drills, dry stone walls and debtors' prison, and the Great Gatsby at 100, with Tim Carey, Rebecca Hunter, Brian Crowley, Jessica Freed, Frank Kavanagh and Roslyn Dee

    Dedicated to the One I Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 35:02


    Handwritten letters and mother-daughter rites of passage, a search for identity, and the delightful landscapes of Ireland's South West, with Barbara Scully, Jamie O'Connell, Brian Daly, James Harpur, Joanne Hynes, Cónal Creedon and Amenazeb Khan

    Bittersweet Memories and a Mighty Mouse

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 35:38


    Car troubles, revolutionary whispers and a tribute to a hero of Dublin city, with John Toal, Catherine Foley, Rosaleen McDonagh, Kathleen Murphy, Justin MacCarthy, Paula Meehan and Durgham Mushtaha

    Riverdance and Ronnie Drew, Saint Patrick and the Pogues

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 32:07


    Saint Patrick's hidden holy well, a White House welcome, an encounter with musical genius and a “grand stretch” in the evenings, with Liz Nugent, Daniel Muhall, Karen J McDonnell, Georg Grote, Anne Delaney and Rachael Hegarty

    Red Books and Yellow Sand

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 33:25


    Canine clutter and a feline warrior, a friendship forged in music and a century-old literary scandal, with writers Philip Judge, Alexis MacIsaac, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Margaret Galvin, Lourdes Mackey and Amanda Bell

    Gongs and Goldfinches

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 32:41


    Oscar night fever and Jaws at 50, placenames of Waterford and saluting Ronnie Delany at 90, with John O'Donnell, Zoë Devlin, Val O'Donnell, Niall McArdle and Catherine Foley

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    Emigrant Tears and Encounters with Strangers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 37:12


    Ghost signs of Dublin, Wexford tales, and climbing Carrauntuohil, with Jamie O'Connell, Margaret Galvin, John MacKenna, AM Cousins, Aoife Barry and Billy Roche

    Second Chances and Stormy Seas

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 36:21


    Ministering angels and mutiny at sea, a devastating fire in a Dublin market, and a poem for the late Ivor Browne, with Antonia Hart, Eddie Vallely, William Wall, Rebecca Hunter, Joe Kearney and Lani O'Hanlon

    Weepy Movies and Meeting Marianne

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 32:07


    Bittersweet love stories, eye-catching cover art and home thoughts from abroad, with Feargal Ó Dubhghaill, Molly Furey, Joe Kearney, Margaret Galvin, Dermot Bolger, Lani O'Hanlon and Yvonne Cullen

    Candlemas, Chaplin and the Curragh

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 34:58


    Slip-sliding resolutions, sleepy sheep and saluting the darkness even as winter turns to spring, with Conall Hamill, Beth Kilkenny, Kevin Gildea, Karl O'Neill, Mae Leonard and Neil Hegarty

    Stormy Seas and a Stitch in Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 36:00


    Sailing to Antarctica, a few sticks of furniture and the life of O'Reilly in Australia, with Hugh Weldon, Margaret Galvin, Mary Dowey, Beth Kilkenny, Daniel Mulhall and Amanda Bell

    Rainy Days and Range Anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 35:32


    From Cherbourg to Belmullet to Western Vancouver: friendship, poetry and voyages of the heart, with Mattie Brennan, Peter Cunningham, Cathy Sweeney, Grace Wilentz, Michael Gallagher and Aidan Mathews

    Tea Leaves and Theatre Tales

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 36:53


    Silk Road meditations, dreamy prophecies and the hard winter of 1947, with Emer O'Kelly, Eileen Casey, John MacKenna, Alexander McMaster, Lani O'Hanlon and Denis Tuohy

    Snowy Landscapes and Fresh Beginnings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 35:05


    Diplomatic travels and inner journeys, from Leitrim to Lourdes, from Ontario to Togo and Nauru – meeting a Daniel O'Donnell fan along the way… a New Year Miscellany with Joe Hayes, Pat Boran, Nuala O'Connor, Angela Keogh, Niall McArdle and Mary O'Malley

    Music, Memories and Miracles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 36:37


    A friendly spy, Joyce's favourite music, and remembering the Dead at Christmastime… with archive from and tributes to some much loved writers we lost this year. With Kevin Mc Dermott, Justin Kilcullen, Conor Hanratty, Judith Mok, Emer O'Kelly, Catherine Foley and Gerald Dawe

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    Turkeys, traditions and Christmas contemplation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 45:03


    Christmas food, seasonal gifting and contemplation and a Dublin legend, with John Toal, Donal Fallon, Maggie Armstrong, Margaret Galvin, John F Deane and James Harpur

    Seasonal reflections and unexpected guests

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 10:52


    Reflections on the Christmas season and an unexpected house guest, a miniature Miscellany for Christmas Eve, with Olive Travers, James Harpur and John F Deane

    Starry Nights and Ghostly Bells

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 32:59


    Puccini in Rome, Star Wars fever and a child's Christmas wonder: part 1 of Christmas Miscellany with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests, with writers Joseph O'Connor, Rachael Hegarty, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe, Paul Howard and Joe Kearney

    Meeting Wham, and a Christmas Angel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 40:13


    Stories of the revolution and the Irish revival, and heroes and heroines of every hue, with Declan Kiberd, Jim Maguire, Mary Hassett, Síobhra Aiken, Ger Fitzgibbon and James Harpur

    Gargoyles, Geese and Election Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 34:35


    Saluting Notre-Dame on its grand reopening, wild geese on the wing, rediscovering a love of Latin and saying Thank You to life – by way of Joan Baez and Violeta Parra, with Kathleen O'Meara, Zoë Devlin, James Harpur, Tom Ryan, John MacKenna and Kathy Donaghy

    Turf, Thatch and Secret Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 34:54


    Guy Mitchell in Finglas, a century old bank raid, and other tales from the 80s and 90s programme archive, with Aodhán Madden, Nuala Hayes, Brian Leyden, Richard Roche, Hugh Oram and Mae Leonard

    Soft Days, a Swing and a Swedish Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 40:00


    Irishwomen abroad, wearing vintage and bridging the eternal generation gap – with Peter Cunningham, Helen Lahert, Daniel Mulhall, Denise Blake, Kate Carty and Brendan Coffey

    Persimmons and Poppies

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 34:48


    A brush with the law in the London of 'Minder', late flowering and vanishing Dublin, with Derek Mahon, with Peter Trant, Neil Hegarty, Niamh Donnelly, Eileen Casey, Denis Tuohy and Mary O'Malley

    Jewelled Fruits and a Late, Late Harvest

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 39:20


    Apples, blackberries, and bravery in Nazi-occupied Budapest, with Amanda Bell, John MacKenna, John Toal, Brian Farrell, Kathy Donaghy, Oliver Sears and John F Deane

    Angelus Bells, Opera Nights and Nosferatu

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 37:26


    Angelus bells, Wexford opera nights and a glimpse of Nosferatu, with Joe Kearney, Joe Brennan, AM Cousins, Tom Ryan, Judith Mok, Maura Gilligan and Cal O'Reilly

    Poetry of the Skies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 39:17


    Cosmic wonders and maths miracles; book tokens, baby names and a much loved poet's birthday tribute, with Enda Wyley, Paul Durcan, Colm O'Regan, Doireann Ní Bhriain, Jamie O'Connell and Felicity Hayes-McCoy

    Architecture and the City

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 42:50


    From Donegal to Dublin, how do the places we build shape our lives? A programme marking Open House Dublin Festival of Architecture, with Éimear Arthur, Cormac Murray, Emmett Scanlon, Kevin Marinan, Graham Hickey, Julie Cruickshank and FELISPEAKS

    Autumn Apples in Leitrim

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 29:59


    From traces of the Gauls in France to a Kurdish boy's story of finding refuge in Ireland, voices from Leitrim's Iron Mountain Festival: Mary Byrne, Adrian Duncan, Alice Lyons, Zak Moradi, Vincent Woods – with brief music extracts from Eleanor Shanley, Garadice, Zoé Basha, Ultan O'Brien

    Libraries and a Lost Key

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 33:28


    Paints, pigments and the perfume of old paper. Love objects and the love of books. More from Culture Night at Áras an Uachtaráin, hosted by President Higgins and Sabina Higgins (and other past Miscellany live recordings), with Nell Regan, Aingeala Flannery, Lemn Sissay, Sharon Hogan and Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin

    Live at the Áras: Culture Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 34:44


    Irish words for rain, ghosts of Kilmainham, a tribute to Edna O'Brien and a sprinkle of stardust - a special live Miscellany at Áras an Uachtaráin. Writers: Manchán Magan, Tim Carey, Mia Döring, Rita Ann Higgins, Donal Ryan and President Michael D Higgins.

    Artistic treasures and Romantic Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 32:12


    Glorying in artistic treasures, and dealing with artistic reality, with Caitríona Lally, Julie Feeney, Cristín Leach, Julie Morrissy and John Graham

    Sweet Treats and Sweet Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 39:17


    Brass bands, boarding school blues, and a blacksmith in his forge in Rathiniska, with Carol Taaffe, Colin Regan, Paul Johnston, Margaret Dunne, Fiona Smith and Antonia Hart

    A Sea Rescue, and School Leavers Set Sail

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 35:35


    Coming-of-age tales and the extraordinary story of the Irish merchant ship the MV Kerlogue, and Seamus Heaney on the byroads of County Wexford, with Elizabeth Oxley, Fran O'Rourke, Kevin Mc Dermott, AM Cousins, Jennifer Carey and Rachael Hegarty

    Urban animals, Frankenstein in Tuscany, and Nell McCafferty at Italia 90

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 39:05


    Urban animals and comedy in the city, Frankenstein in Tuscany, and minding the great Nell McCafferty at Italia 90, with John Egan, Ann Marie Durkan, Judith Mok, Norma MacMaster, Joe Rooney and Enda Wyley

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