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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
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
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
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
Easter eggs, Easter bonnets and the enduring appeal of Bach's 300 year old masterpiece, with Olivia O'Leary, Paul Johnston, Aidan Mathews, Margaret Hickey, Enda Wyley and John F Deane
The 'big snow', the real Gabriel Conroy, finding profundity in simplicity and tumbles on winter streets, with Alexander McMaster, Enda Wyley, Conall Hamill, John F Deane, Michael O'Connor and Mary O'Donnell
Christmas trimmings from Miscellany regular contributors John F Deane, James Harpur and Enda Wyley
A talent for losing things, a teenage emigrant at large in London, and the sounds and colours of the island of Iona. With Anthony Glavin, Enda Coyle Greene, Liz Nugent, John F Deane and Enda Wyley
Summer in Viareggio, Venetian fizzy delights, Seventies TV and Robert Graves at home, with Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, Gerry Moran, Alan Finnegan, Catherine Foley, Mary O'Donnell and John F Deane
Telephone conversations, travel woes, dashed dreams and devoted love, with Nicole Flattery, Conall Hamill, Rory Gleeson, Barbara Scully, Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe and John F Deane
The glory days of advertising, a fjord in Mayo and a maypole in Finglas, with Liz Houchin, Pat Dunne, Phlip Judge, Dermot Bolger, Rachael Hegarty, John F Deane and Catherine Foley.
John Huston, Hedy Lamarr, the Good Friday Agreement at 25 and Bach's St Matthew Passion in Leipzig, with Maria Hayden, John McDonald, Hester Scott, John F Deane, John Toal and Vincent Woods
Jane Austen's Irish love, a pair of border collies, a basket of eggs and Schubert's Trout Quintet, with Paula Shields, Lourdes Mackey, Jody Clarke, Sara Shine, Lani O'Hanlon, John F Deane and Vincent Woods
Face blindness and body work, sun, stars, and seeing infinity in a grain of sand, with Dermot Bolger, William Wall, Mary O'Donnell, Rita Ann Higgins, Lani O'Hanlon and John F Deane
Home remedies and medical miracles, vanishing Dublin and 70 years of Waiting for Godot, with Alan Graham, Margaret Galvin, William Wall, Aoife Barry, Liam Lally and John F Deane
Re-published due to earlier technical issues - featuring St Francis and the moving crib, Joe Dolan and Dennis O'Driscoll remembered, and UL at 50, with Nollaig Rowan, Kevin McDermott, Mary Wall, Mae Leonard, Declan O'Driscoll and John F Deane
St Francis and the moving crib, Joe Dolan and Dennis O'Driscoll remembered, and UL at 50, with Nollaig Rowan, Kevin McDermott, Mary Wall, Mae Leonard, Declan O'Driscoll and John F Deane.
A cello and a nightingale, General Custer's last handshake, aspirational social housing initiatives and finding your own voice, with Joe Kearney, Henrietta McKervey, John MacKenna, Mary Kate O'Flanagan, Ronan Kelly, James Harpur and John F Deane
Father Ted as a young man, ploughmens' dreams, autumnal meditations and Shakespeare's Garth Brooks connection, with Fred Tuite, Emer O'Kelly, Fran O'Rourke, Sarah Traynor, Lani O'Hanlon and John F Deane
Father Ted as a young man, ploughmens' dreams, autumnal meditations and Shakespeare's Garth Brooks connection, with Fred Tuite, Emer O'Kelly, Fran O'Rourke, Sarah Traynor, Lani O'Hanlon and John F Deane
Father Ted as a young man, ploughmens' dreams, autumnal meditations and Shakespeare's Garth Brooks connection, with Fred Tuite, Emer O'Kelly, Fran O'Rourke, Sarah Traynor, Lani O'Hanlon and John F Deane
Pot-bellied pet lambs, unopened Easter eggs, composer Maurice Ravel and a monastic retreat on Caldey Island, with John Toal, Jonathan Duignan, Mae Leonard, Margaret Galvin, John F Deane, Leo Cullen and Noelle Lynskey
Dreamy journeys by bus, a lost 1916 dispatch, and the opera houses of Tirana, Berlin and Odessa, with Michael O'Connor, Frank Shouldice, Lourdes Mackey, Frank Kavanagh, Eva Bourke and John F Deane
Christmas homecomings, winter light, a turkey pluckers' concert and sweet singing in the choir with Conor Horgan, Margaret Galvin, Rachael Hegarty, Niall McArdle, Kevin McDermott and John F Deane
Farewell to Angela Merkel, kindness and camaraderie on the buses, and a poem for Evie Hone, with Michele Kelly, John F Deane, Frank Kavanagh, Grace Wilentz, Catherine Foley, Olive Travers and John MacKenna
Farewell to Angela Merkel, kindness and camaraderie on the buses, and a poem for Evie Hone, with Michele Kelly, John F Deane, Frank Kavanagh, Grace Wilentz, Catherine Foley, Olive Travers and John MacKenna
John F Deane reads his poem An Elegy in this episode of Words Lightly Spoken, a podcast of poetry from Ireland. The poem was written in memory of Seamus Heaney, who died in 2013, and is from John F Deane’s collection Dear Pilgrims, published by Carcanet Press. The Words Lightly Spoken podcast is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and is a Rockfinch production.
The year is 1759. We remember the Corporation for the Relief of Poor and Distressed Presbyterian Ministers and of the Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers. The reading is “Mercy” by John F. Deane. — FULL TRANSCRIPTS available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac GIVE BACK: Support the work of 1517 today CONTACT: CHA@1517.org SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play FOLLOW US: Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).
New Year meditations... snow longings... The Lass of Aughrim... and a winter bonfire... with John O'Donnell, Lani O'Hanlon, Mary O'Donnell, Tim Carey, Michael O'Connor and John F Deane
Highlights from Sunday Miscellany Live at Christmas: past programmes recorded in the National Concert Hall with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in recent years, with writers Paul Howard; Michael Harding; Mae Leonard and John F Deane
Highlights from Sunday Miscellany Live at Christmas: past programmes recorded in the National Concert Hall with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in recent years, with writers Paul Howard; Michael Harding; Mae Leonard and John F Deane
Travel longings, travellers’ tales and beloved islands from Lambay to Iona – all part of the mix on today's programme with Mary O'Donnell, Leo Cullen, Denise Blake, A M Cousins and John F Deane
On this day, we remember Robert of Molesme and Robert Sandemann b. 1718. The reading is a poem, "Mercy," by John F. Deane. — Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at CHA@1517.org. And, of course, share us with a friend or two! Please subscribe, rate, and review us on the following Podcast portals and apps: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. This show was produced by Christopher Gillespie, a Lutheran pastor (stjohnrandomlake.org), coffee roaster (gillespie.coffee), and media producer (gillespie.media). We’re a part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.
Donkeys, mindfulness, penniless poets, wardrobe malfunctions...and finding serenity these anxious days. With Maurice Crowe, Barbara Scully, Chris McHallem, John F Deane, Mary Jane Boland, and Denise Blake, and music from Boris Hunka and Diane Daly, David Dundas, the Flying Lizards, Bach, Sean Ó Riada
Meditative moments at Mass and at sea; dancing to Für Elise, and Beethoven's wild, earthy, daimonic genius. With Barbara Scully, Oliver Sears, Evelyn Conlon, Kate Kerrigan and John F Deane
Meditative moments at Mass and at sea; dancing to Für Elise, and Beethoven's wild, earthy, daimonic genius. With Barbara Scully, Oliver Sears, Evelyn Conlon, Kate Kerrigan and John F Deane
On this day, we remember Hans Denck and Gregory of Sinai. The reading is "Name and Nature" by John F. Deane. We’re a part of 1517 Podcasts, a network of shows dedicated to delivering Christ-centered content. Our podcasts cover a multitude of content, from Christian doctrine, apologetics, cultural engagement, and powerful preaching. Support the work of 1517 today.
On today's programme: Remembering John McGahern by Eamon Maher; The Witch and the Eternal Lamp by Clare O’Dea; An Afternoon in November by John MacKenna; Making Marmalade, a poem by Mary O’Malley; Funeral Crosses in the Sceach by AM Cousins And Starlings, a poem by John F Deane
A poem by John F Deand
The cliffs of Achill Island brings his grandmother to mind
On this morning’s programme, we heard: Did You Wait for the Gong by Geraldine Mitchell; Hamlet in Ireland by Jonathan White; The Rescuers by Mary O’Malley; Art, Bauhaus and the 2CV, by Frank Kavanagh And The Minaun Cliffs by John F Deane
On this morning’s programme we heard: The Tribes of These Islands by Grace Wells; A Long Drawn Out Dream by John Egan; A Day in September by Nollaig Rowan; My Pre-University, University Challenge, by Jennifer Carey; Selfies, a poem by Gerald Dawe; And Bogland, Horseback Brown by John F Deane
This week, poet John F Deane reads his poem On The Mountain High set on Achill Island
This week, poet John F Deane reads his poem The View From Here
We hear from Archbishop John McAreavey who is in Gaza as part of the Holy Land Co-ordination Group. Theologian Angela Hanley on A La Carte Catholics and Poet and writer John F. Deane talks about his early life and his book, Give Dust a Tongue.
Poet John F Deane on the question asked by Jesus: 'Who do you say that I am?'. Report on Bethany Homes memorial service.