Fathers, Friends and Shakespeare in the Arctic
The father-daughter bond over books, football and furniture, Solstice meditations and remembering the great Tommie Gorman, with Christian O'...
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Sunday Miscellany
Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.
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Live from Listowel Writers' Week (part 2)
Foxes, Fairy Paths and a Midnight Swim - (including some recordings from past Miscellany Live shows) with James Mulvihill, Cyril Kelly, Colm...
Live from Listowel Writers' Week (part 1)
Dandelions, foxgloves and bohemian trailblazers, life over John B Keane's pub and a friendship forged in literature and music — first of two...
Beaches, Boats and Swims
Barefoot runs on Bettystown beach, summers at Dollymount, formative swims, a cliff walk and a fateful family boating trip. With Joe Rooney,...
Bewitching Music and the Brendan Voyage
Cowbells and baby birds, the highs and lows of Arsenal fandom, scaling Mount Brandon and saluting the extraordinary voice of Moya Brennan, w...
Missed Calls and Second Chances
Strawberries and sunshine, one family’s Census night story, a tribute to beloved poet Paul Durcan, and a gift of a lifetime… with Emer Casey...
Culture Shock and Swimming with Seals
Secrets of the landscape and the art of songwriting; dogs, dharma and a jar of pickles, with Jim Culleton, Michael Cullen, Katrina Bruna, Jo...
Beauty and Birdsong
A runaway dog, the gift of music and football fever in Venice, with Zoë Devlin, Michael O’Loughlin, Tom Ryan, Roslyn Dee, Dermot Bolger and...
Bright Stars, Broadway and the Belfast Blitz
A jazz legend and the joys of bus travel; delving into the Famine records of North Kerry, and a brown bread gift for Lauren Bacall. With Jim...
Unexpected Guests and a Whistling City
An unforgettable road trip, an Irish diplomat’s memories of the Chernobyl disaster and an archivist’s portal to McGahern Country, with John...
Fairytales, Faraway Places and Falling in Love
A tribute to In Dublin Magazine, a visit to a Buenos Aires hurling club and advice to the young, with Tim Carey, Alexander McMaster, Grace W...
Easter Miscellany
Radio waves and Roger Casement, a Rhode Island Red sisterhood and Semana Santa in Seville, with John MacKenna, Liz McSkeane, Rory Carroll, D...
Stories of the Rising from Wexford to Dublin
A special live programme from Wexford Opera House, originally broadcast for the centenary of the Easter Rising, with Billy Roche, AM Cousins...
Old Friends and Youthful Dreams
Live from the Ennis Book Club Festival, including tributes to the late Nuala O’Faolain and Seán Rocks, with writers Niamh Campbell, Hugo Ham...
From Clare to Here
Live at the Ennis Book Club Festival, with Anne Enright, Abi Daré, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Mattie Brennan and Lemn Sissay, with music f...
Embers, Oscars and Gold from the Dairy
Butter and buttercups, teenage rites of passage, and a curly-haired girl… with Ciarán Cannon, Margaret Hickey, John MacKenna, Rosaleen McDon...
Melody, Meaning and Morning Dew
A tribute to the late, great poet, Michael Longley, the politics of dress code, a celebration of lambing season, and wild Dingle peninsula I...
Rock Stars and Rugby Glory
Triumph in Twickenham, diamonds and daffodils, and green shoots of hope in dark times, with Mark Horgan, Joseph O’Connor, Olive Travers, Car...
Sea dips and serene cruises
Bracing coastal waters, past-their-prime vessels and the glorious freedom of swimming, with Mae Leonard, Mervyn Wall, Benedict Kiely, Marie...
Home comforts and ways of living
The comforts of home, the spaces we inhabit and the things we can't do without, with Maurice Craig, Treasa Brogan, Bill Hammond, Mary Arriga...