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Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.
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Fire, Ice and Paper

Confessions of a cocktail piano teen sensation, Father Damo goes to Ted Fest, a letter to Letter from America, and sawing wood in a Siberian gulag, with Conor Linehan, Michael O’Connor, Henrietta McKervey, Joe Rooney, Joe Kearney and Grace Wilentz
25/2/20240 minutos, 0 segundos
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Maths, Machines and Alphabet Magic

Clowns, candymen and a pocket calculator: a poem celebrating human ingenuity and playfulness, with Neil Hegarty, Henrietta McKervey, Leo Cullen, Evelyn Conlon, AM Cousins and James Harpur
18/2/20240 minutos, 0 segundos
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Forbidden love, correct attire, and ancient landscapes

Arboreal hieroglyphics, respectable attire, Gershwin’s Irish influence and a love that couldn’t be stopped. With Kevin McDermott, Margaret Galvin, Jim Doherty, Lourdes Mackey, Moya Canon, Denise Blake and James Harpur
11/2/20240 minutos, 0 segundos
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Brigid, Bolivia and Biting Creatures

Nervous patients, home from home and the saint among the box hedges, with Rebecca Hunter, Jenny Beale, Peter Trant, Barbara Scully, Niall McArdle and Margaret Galvin
4/2/20240 minutos, 0 segundos
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Feathers, Flappers and a Full Moon

From Old Moore’s Almanac to the jellyfish apocalypse with birdwatching on the Dodder and capturing a flapper skate along the way, with Joe Kearney, Rebecca Hunter, Fiona Hyland, Alexander McMaster, Pier Kuipers and Vincent Woods
28/1/20240 minutos, 0 segundos
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Burns, Borderlands and a New Baby

Stepping out to dance class, serenading a new arrival, skulduggery in a Scottish graveyard – and rereading the searing Diary of Anne Frank, with Elizabeth Oxley, Peter Cunningham, Emer O’Kelly, Rory Gleeson, Paul Johnston and Vincent Woods
21/1/20240 minutos, 0 segundos
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Pilgrim Souls, Old Souls

Paintings and poetry, mending and making do, reciting Yeats in New Delhi and a long night of the soul in the Emergency Department, with Daniel Mulhall, Catherine Foley, John MacKenna, Aidan Mathews, Margaret Hickey and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eip
14/1/20240 minutos, 0 segundos
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Winter Travels and Emotional Challenges

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
7/1/20240 minutos, 0 segundos
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An Angel Feather and a New Year Wish

Absent angels, a post-Christmas brush with the law, and a reckoning with Yeats country, with Grace Wilentz, Michael Harding, John MacKenna, Enda Wyley, Brian Leyden, and Sharon Hogan
31/12/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Miscellany Extra, Christmas Day

Christmas trimmings from Miscellany regular contributors John F Deane, James Harpur and Enda Wyley
31/12/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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A St Stephen’s Day Wexford Carol

A special Miscellany from the National Opera House, Wexford, with writers Joe Kearney, Margaret Galvin, Paul Rouse, Antonia Gunko Karelina, Joe Brennan and Alison Ní Mháirtín, and music extracts from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by David Brophy with special guests Piaras Ó Lorcáin and John Molloy
26/12/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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A St Stephen’s Day Wexford Carol

A special Miscellany from the National Opera House, Wexford, with writers Joe Kearney, Margaret Galvin, Paul Rouse, Antonia Gunko Karelina, Joe Brennan and Alison Ní Mháirtín, and music extracts from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by David Brophy with special guests Piaras Ó Lorcáin and John Molloy
26/12/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Snow, Sleds and Silver Bells

A Christmas Miscellany from Dublin and Wexford, with Neil Hegarty, Am Cousins, Michael Harding, Denise Blake, Emer O’Kelly and Paul Howard, and music extracts from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by David Brophy and Gavin Maloney with special guests Gráinne Brookfield, Lisa Lambe and Cormac Kenevey
26/12/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Christmas Pudding and a Night Divine

A mother’s secret recipe, true and untrue tales at Christmas and an extraordinary Holy Night, with Aingeala Flannery, John Toal, Paul Howard, Rachael Hegarty, all recorded at the National Concert Hall with music extracts from the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by David Brophy and special guests Colm Warren, Maeve Smyth and Sarah Shine
17/12/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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A Christmas Baby and a Battered Menorah

From a magical Waterford bookshop at Christmas to the library of Alexandria, the journey of the Magi to a snowy homeward trek… with John Egan, Enda Wyley, Peter Cunningham, Judith Mok, Catherine Heaney and James Harpur
10/12/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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The Big Snow of 1982; freezing winter dips at the Forty Foot; and a pilgrimage to Shakespeare’s hometown

A selection from the Sunday Miscellany archives, from the 1960s to the 1990s – with Aodhán Madden, Mervyn Wall, Patricia O’Reilly, John Ryan, Rita Normanly, Stephen Rynne and Brendan Kennelly
3/12/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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JFK and a Furry Rabbit

The tang of the Atlantic, a stenographer for JFK, Thanksgiving Irish style and a small furry rabbit, with Alexander McMaster, Margaret Kelly, Michael Harding, Sinéad Ingoldsby, Kathy Donaghy and Fred Spengeman
26/11/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Trysts, Teenagers and Poets

Ghostly encounters, poetic presences, and a recalcitrant car, with Gerald Dawe, Mia Döring, Brian Leyden, Catherine Foley, Dermot Bolger, James Harpur and Lani O’Hanlon
20/11/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Conkers, Beatle Boots, and Remembrance

Emigration pangs, the Beatles in Dublin, the snows of Leadville and the freedom of small nations, with Peter Trant, Sheila Maher, Joseph Kearney, Pat Dunne and the late Eileen Battersby
12/11/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Clowns, Carnivals and Paving Paradise

Apples, pears and a bad-tempered pierrot, and saluting Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi, with Pat Dunne, Andrea Carter, Ciarán Cannon, Alice Lyons, John MacKenna and Lani O’Hanlon
5/11/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Saints, souls and old ghosts

Halloween bonfires, Dracula’s origins, an island evacuation and the courage of Hugh O’Flaherty, with Declan Hughes, Breda Joyce, Patrick Griffin, Rachael Hegarty, Joseph O’Connor and Gráinne Quinlan
29/10/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Sing Sing Sing

On a brave busking debut, joining a choir, and the hush that falls when an extraordinary voice starts to sing: the place of music and song in our lives in Dublin, with Kevin Connolly, Denise Blake, Colm Tóibín, Tim Carey and Sheila Maher
22/10/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Live in Leitrim

Gauls, gossamer, and marram grass, and finding refuge – a special Sunday Miscellany from the Iron Mountain Festival recorded at the Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, with Brian Leyden, Mary Byrne, Zak Moradi, Alice Lyons, Vincent Woods, Eleanor Shanley and Garadice with Tom Morrow, Zoé Basha and Ultan O’Brien
15/10/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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A cinema paradise, Irish aviation history and finding grey hairs

Memories of a cinema paradise, Ireland’s early contribution to global aviation history and a mother’s reaction to her daughter's first grey hair. With Dermot Bolger, Kathy Donaghy, Patrick Griffin, Olive Travers, Moya Cannon and Antonia Gunko Karelina
8/10/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Childhood Talents and Travellers Tales

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
1/10/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Red Shoes and Raindrops

Silver at the Ploughing, playful national stereotypes, and Dublin city architect Herbert Simms’s extraordinary achievement, with Rory Gleeson, Fran O’Rourke, Lani O’Hanlon, Tim Carey, Bernadett Buda and Elizabeth Oxley
24/9/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Home movies and heavenly spheres

A second chance at learning to read, and other journeys through education, memory, arts and crafts and more, with John Forkin, Barbara Scully, Justin MacCarthy, Grace Wilentz, Lani O’Hanlon and Grace Wells
17/9/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Youthful longings, new beginnings and Father Ted as a young man

Mythical lands, new beginnings, an unforgettable fellow-student and the kindness of strangers. A mix of new and recent archive recordings with Conall Hamill, Mary O'Donnell, Fred Tuite, Olive Travers, Catherine Foley and Gerald Dawe
11/9/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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A tribute for Seamus Heaney on his tenth anniversary

Earthed lightning, letters of freedom, and a late love poem: a celebration of the late Seamus Heaney to mark his tenth anniversary. With Grace Wells, Gerald Dawe, Denise Blake, Mícheál McCann, Seamus Heaney and Marie Heaney
3/9/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Horticulture, Hardy and Honouring Our History

A transcendent experience at the Botanic Gardens, reflections on the Famine and the Irish language and a lifelong passion for the novels of Thomas Hardy. Sunday Miscellany features Valerie Waters, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Michael O’Loughlin, Mary O’Donnell, John Egan and Lani O'Hanlon
27/8/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Fizzy Drinks and Sole Searching

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
20/8/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Heritage Week Special

Celebrating architecture and landscape, story and song, and the hidden histories contained in our country's archives, a special programme to mark National Heritage Week with Virginia Teehan, Mícheál Moley Ó Súilleabháin, Olivia O'Leary, Grace Wilentz, Angela Keogh and Thomas McCarthy
13/8/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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The history of photography in Ireland, the Irish relationship with time, and an encounter with Frank O’Connor

A selection from the Sunday Miscellany archives, from the 1970s to the 1990s - with Nuala Hayes, John Ryan, Peter Jankovsky, Aidan Carney, Judith Hoad and Eamon Keane
6/8/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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The All-Ireland Football Final

A special programme as Kerry battles Dublin for the All-Ireland, with memories also of past glorious victories for Cork, Galway and more, with Joe Ó Muircheartaigh, Brendan O'Sullivan, Pat Cunningham, Mary Lavery Carrig and Diarmuid O'Donovan.
30/7/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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All-Ireland Hurling Special

Kilkenny hopes, Limerick dreams, “horlinge” through the ages and an umpire hangs up his boots, with Joe Kearney, Lourdes Mackey, Stephen O’Byrnes, John Kelly, Gerry Moran and Feargal Purcell
23/7/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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The forgotten Yeats Sisters and Breaking New Grounds in Fashion

Breaking new ground in arts, crafts -- and fashion; the pioneering Yeats sisters; and why everyone’s dog is the best dog with writers Eunan MacKinney, Michael O’Loughlin, Joanne Hynes, Lani O’Hanlon, Noel King, Mia Döring and Gerald Dawe.
16/7/20230 minutos, 1 segundo
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Home and Belonging: Northern voices

Swift boxes, borders and safe places to nest: More live recordings from Ballyshannon, Derry and most recently, the Belfast Book Festival at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, with writers Neil Hegarty, Maureen Boyle, Louise Kennedy, Kerri Ní Dochartaigh and Colette Bryce
9/7/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Live at Belfast Book Festival

A special programme on the theme of home and belonging, recorded recently at the Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, with Cherry Smyth, Wendy Erskine, Mícheál McCann, John Toal and Maureen Boyle
3/7/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Tango dancing, Tutenkhamen and a golden Wimbledon ticket.

Tango dancing, a golden Wimbledon ticket, musical glory days, dancing friends and Dev, with Antonia Gunko Karelina, John Egan, Gerald Dawe, Roslyn Dee and Charles Lysaght.
25/6/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Philosophers and Father Figures

Poets, pirates, penitents, AE, Matt Talbot, a garden gnome, and plans for the summer solstice, with Joe Kearney, Fran O’Rourke, Katrina Bruna, Gavin Corbett, Grace Wells and Rachael Hegarty
19/6/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Ulysses for Beginners

A Bloomsday special recorded for the centenary of Joyce's epic novel in the Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. With Rachael Hegarty, Emer O’Kelly, Joseph O’Connor, Sara Keating, Declan Kiberd, Barry Gleeson, Malachy Robinson, Anita Vedres, Dermot Dunne, Darina Gallagher and Sinéad Murphy
11/6/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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The perfect Sunday fry, nosy neighbours and the meaning of individuality

The perfect Sunday fry, nosy neighbours at a house viewing and what it means to be an individual. An archive selection from the 1970s to the 1990s, with William Wall, Bernice Harrison, John Ryan, Eric Cross, Stephen Rynne and Mary Arrigan
4/6/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Bogmen and Border Crossings

Turf footing, a silent retreat and a Communion day in Cahir, with Colin Regan, Niamh Campbell, Peter Cunningham, Frank Shouldice, Margaret Galvin and Vincent Woods
28/5/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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River Walks and Lazy Sundays

Gentle strolls and the morning commute, the Mendelssohns and the Wyse Powers, and a dark day in Dublin and Monaghan, with Katrina Bruna, Daniel Mulhall, Kate Carty, Kevin McDermott and Lorna Siggins
21/5/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Trains, telephones and tender love

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
14/5/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Royalty and Riverkeeping

Birds, bees, the Boyne, the Shannon, and keeping faith with The Boss, with Vincent Kenny, Cathal Ó Gallchóir, Kerry Neville, Grace Wells, Kevin Connolly and Elma Walsh
7/5/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Royal Visits and Tupperware Wars

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.
30/4/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Sleepless Nights and Shakespeare’s Birthday

A border centenary, Venice in Shakespeare’s day, outsiders, memory and forgetting, with Peter Trant, Elizabeth Oxley, Pauline Kelly, Tim Carey, Elizabeth Power and Vincent Woods
24/4/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Birds, Bards and Goodbye 252

President Theodore Roosevelt’s Irish obsessions, farewell to Long Wave 252, and a birdman at the bottom of the garden, with Daniel Mulhall, Michael Hilliard Mulcahy, Emer O’Kelly, Paul Hughes, Lani O’Hanlon and Denise Blake
16/4/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Sunflowers and Easter Lilies

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
9/4/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Rugby Ghosts and Breaking Bread with Bacall

Meeting Lauren Bacall, Gonzaga College’s triumph and Camille Souter’s vivid art, with Marion O’Dwyer, John O’Donnell, Emer O’Kelly, Alannah Robins and Neil Hegarty
2/4/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Rome on the eve of WW2, an encounter with Siobhán McKenna, and the town of Killarney through the eyes of illustrious visitors

A selection from the Miscellany archive from the 1970s and 1980s, with writers Mervyn Wall, Val Mulkerns, Dominic Roche, Patricia O’Reilly, Benedict Kiely and Eric Cross
26/3/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Skipping Mothers and a Patrick’s Day Donkey

Memorable moments of motherhood, rebel songs and a glorious St Patrick’s Day parade, with Maeve Edwards, James Harpur, Clare Monnelly, Pier Kuipers, Geraldine Mitchell, Colin Regan and Claire Garvey
20/3/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Revolution, Rugby and U2

The night U2 became U2, the extraordinary life of million selling novelist, Ethel Voynich, and wild Irish words, with Michael McNamara, Deirdre McQuillan, Peter Francis, Manchán Magan, Catherine Foley and Kate Carty
12/3/20230 minutos
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Birdwatching, Babycham and Pelé

Fawns and foxes, birdwatching and Babycham, and Pelé’s Dalymount date, with Feargal Ó Dubhghaill, Margaret Galvin, Desmond Traynor, Ann Marie Durkan, Brian Farrell and Catherine Foley
5/3/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Tanks, Pickles and An Cailín Ciúin

A terrifying World War II encounter, Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty’s courage, a life changing summer in Germany and a mysterious jar of pickles, with James Harpur, Felicity Hayes-McCoy, Mark Brennock, Katrina Bruna, Joseph O’Connor and Michael O’Loughlin
26/2/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Farewell Filthy Lucre

A departing bank and a cash free society, forgotten revolutionary Darrell Figgis and fiddler Mickey Finn, with Sharon Hogan, Peter Cunningham, Chris McHallem, Margaret Galvin, Joe Kearney and Miriam Uhlemann
19/2/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Eggs, Cakes and Collies

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
12/2/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Behan, Brigid and basking sharks

Saints and swallows, the early days of Dublin Airport, and Brendan Behan’s love of the sea, with Blanaid Behan, Conall Hamill, Máirín O’Malley, Jim Culleton, Rachael Hegarty, Noelle Lynskey and John MacKenna
5/2/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Casablanca, Churchill and Ford Fiestas

Brussels brunches, birthday feasts and "little cow" fudge in the Warsaw ghetto, with Frank Kavanagh, Noelle Lynskey, Oliver Sears, John MacKenna and Charles Lysaght
29/1/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Sunshine and Stargazing

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
22/1/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Godot and old ghosts

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
15/1/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Family Ties and an Epiphany

Showbusiness families and the ties that bind, with Ferdia MacAnna, Conall Hamill, Emer O’Kelly, Nollaig Rowan, Olive Travers and Lani O’Hanlon
8/1/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Sisters, Showmen and a Secret Scripture

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
5/1/20230 minutos, 0 segundos
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Stormy seas, farewells and new beginnings, and saluting the late, great, Pele

Bleary farewells and new year beginnings, stormy western seas, Jane Austen's nieces' Donegal connection, and remembering the great Pele, with Neil Hegarty, Emer O'Kelly, Conor Hanratty, Karl O'Neill, Niamh Campbell and Barbara Scully
1/1/20230 minutos, 1 segundo
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A Christmas crib, footsteps in the snow and the story behind Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

Christmas Miscellany with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests: a mix of new and archive recordings from this annual event, recorded at the National Concert Hall. Singers Róisín O’Reilly, Connor McKeown and Andrew Gavin feature, and the writers include Tim Carey, Edel Coffey, Paul Howard and the late Eileen Battersby
25/12/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Live at Christmas with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Bats, flies, Santa Claus malfunctions and seasonal homecomings - Part 1 of the festive celebration, with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests, conducted by Gavin Maloney. With writers Declan Kiberd, Kathleen MacMahon, John Toal, Paul Howard, Rachael Hegarty and soloists/special musical guests Mia Cooper, Úna Walsh, Trú and Connor McKeown
18/12/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Sisters, Showmen and a Secret Scripture

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.
11/12/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Flying saucers, a dubious deal at the Carrickmacross cattle market, and O’Connell Street’s infamous ‘Bowl of Light’

A selection from the very first edition of Sunday Miscellany in November 1968, with the voices of Anthony Cronin, Val Mulkerns, Patrick Kavanagh (who died the year before the programme went on air; his piece was recorded by actor Pat Layde), John Ryan and Eric Cross
4/12/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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A cello and a nightingale… General Custer’s last handshake and losing - and finding - your own voice

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
27/11/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Ancient Troy, a home reborn and a Civil War execution

Discovering the site of Troy, remembering the great Christy Hennessy, clearing a family home and Erskine Childers: the riddle of the man, with Fran O’Rourke, Philip Judge, Mary Wall, Barbara Scully, Peter Cunningham and Grace Wilentz
20/11/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Encounters in wartime, understanding history and a gentle Kildare revolutionary

School reunions in the trenches, overcoming language barriers to find a common humanity, Mick Dell from Clonmel and the Kildare native whose work was quietly revolutionary, with James Harpur, Maria Farrell, Margaret Galvin, Brian Patterson, Mae Leonard and Rachael Hegarty
13/11/20220 minutos, 1 segundo
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Endangered languages, the salmon of knowledge and a blue cup in Bucharest

A fashion plate changes shape, endangered languages, the salmon of knowledge, a blue cup in Bucharest and close ties with the poetry of Leland Bardwell, with Philip Judge, Clare O'Dea, Grace Wells, Frank Shouldice, Catherine Foley and John McLachlan
6/11/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Opera favourites and Halloween stories

Colm Tóibín’s favourite soprano, Dracula and the Sligo cholera epidemic, Puccini at home and Kilkenny’s first ‘witch’, with Colm Tóibín, Louise Kennedy, Karl O’Neill, Muriel Bolger, AM Cousins and Gerry Moran
30/10/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Unforgettable first nights in Dublin and Wexford, a Finglas church’s rise and fall, and three women of 1798

The church that provided guidance to a boy in Finglas West, memorable Dublin first nights, avian invaders at Wexford Festival Opera and unsung female rebels of 1798, with Brian Farrell, Margaret Galvin, Dominic Dromgoole, Tom Mooney, AM Cousins and Denise Blake
23/10/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Soft, fresh days, missing Brendan Kennelly, and a chocolate cake for Pete Seeger

Soft, fresh days in Inishbofin, Irish hospitality, treasured possessions, missing Brendan Kennelly and a chocolate cake for Pete Seeger, with John Toal, Helen Lahert, Daniel Mulhall, Leo Cullen, Mae Leonard and Gudrun Boch-Mullan.
16/10/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Tales of the street, tales of home and life before 'Love Me Do'

Tales of the street and tales of home, Moonlight in Mayo and life before “Love Me Do”, with Joe Whelan, Tess Hughes, Pat Dunne, Judith Mok, Margaret Galvin and Kevin Marinan
9/10/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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A necklace of wrens and Newpark at 50

Michael Hartnett, well-timed acts of kindness, Maeve Binchy’s favourite poem, a pioneering comprehensive school and more, with Denise Blake, Margaret Galvin, Mike Mac Domhnaill, Tim Carey and Gordon Snell
2/10/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Unanswered prayers and an unromantic novelist

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
25/9/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Autumn gifts at the Shorelines Arts Festival

A live programme from Portumna, Co. Galway from the recent archive, with Grace Wells, Anne Marie Kennedy, Louis de Paor, Noelle Lynskey, Bernard O’Donoghue, the Contempo Quartet and Breda and Claire Keville
18/9/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Meeting royalty, world leaders in Shannon and the joy of mixtapes

Meeting the Queen, Gorbachev in Shannon, Donegal sayings, mixtapes and more, with Joe Hayes, Denise Blake, John MacKenna, Jackie Lynam, Roslyn Dee and Rachael Hegarty
11/9/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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A Moving Ming Bowl and a Sweltering Summer

An unexpected exhibit in Derry, a schoolboy faces losing his best friend, seeking refuge from a New York heat wave, an Ecuadorian aeroplane in Galway, adventures in cat sitting and a tribute to Donal Musgrave, with Neil Hegarty, Joe Whelan, Yvonne Judge, Pat Coleman, Quentin Fottrell and Catherine Foley
4/9/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Princesses, poets and sapient pigs

Bittersweet homecoming journeys, Donnybrook Fair carousing through the ages, an extraordinary encounter with Princess Diana and tributes to Séamus Heaney, with Peter Trant, Paul Doran, Ann-Marie Durkan, Chris McHallem, Kevin McDermott and Rita Ann Higgin
28/8/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Michael Collins, Shih Tzus and summer blessings

A walk-on part in the Michael Collins film, the craze for Collins in London, a grandfather’s secret, travel discombobulations in JFK and more, with Joyce Hickey, John MacKenna, Margaret Galvin, Lourdes Mackey, Thomas McCarthy and Ruth Deasy
21/8/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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14 August 2022: Elvis Presley and a Tripoli childhood

Aga Khan Cup dreams, the celebrated 1792 Belfast Harp Assembly, Irish-Libyan family memories and recalling “the King”, with Amy Redmond, Kevin McDermott, Emily Cullen, Farah Abushwesha, Gerry Moran and Noel King
14/8/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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7 August 2022: Braveheart, sportswriters and stumbling stones

Mel Gibson in Meath, the legendary Con Houlihan remembered, the art of letter-writing and more, with Christina Hession, John MacKenna, Denis McClean, Rita Ann Higgins, AM Cousins and Oliver Sears
7/8/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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31 July 2022: Interrailing, the Perseids and Maeve Binchy

The Irish abroad, door dancing, stargazing and more, with Margaret Hickey, Brian Farrell, Tim Carey, Daniel Mulhall, John Toal and, from the Miscellany archive, Maeve Binchy
31/7/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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24 July 2022: A Galway jersey and the roar of the Croke Park crowd

A beloved vintage Galway jersey, a life-expanding sea voyage, swimming on the radio and the silence of Valentia Island, with Christina Hession, Joe Kearney, Brendan O’Sullivan, Breda Joyce, Brian Cosgrove and Noel King
24/7/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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17 July 2022: Hurling heroes, Kate Bush and a female freemason

Hurling heroes of Kilkenny and Limerick, a fox at midnight, a female freemason, and channelling your inner Kate Bush, with Gerry Moran, Christina Hession, Stephen O’Byrnes, Emer O’Kelly, Catherine Foley and Joe Kearney
17/7/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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10 July 2022: artistic beginnings in ancient Greece, Francophiles and the importance of water

Inspirational art of ancient Greece, Paris under the Nazi's, being a Francophile, a life at sea and the small things that give us hope, with Isabel Nolan, Maylis Besserie, Clíona Ní Ríordáin, John Tuomey and Niamh O'Malley
10/7/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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3 July 2022: Student summers and sunny climes

Summer swimsuits, student summers abroad, evocations of New York and Greece and links between Ireland and Brittany, with Mae Leonard, Shane O’Sullivan, Lauren Green, Gary Coyle and Neil Hegarty
3/7/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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26 June 2022: Civil War stories, rosary trimmings and Elton John

Seán MacBride remembered, Eric Ravilious’s distinctive art, a dramatic Sligo jailbreak, and a lifelong love of an uncool pop star, with John Hedigan, Mary O’Donnell, Doreen Finn, Breege Brennan, Joe Kearney and Gerald Dawe
27/6/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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19 June 2022: Ulysses at 100

Marking the centenary of Joyce’s epic novel at Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire, a vibrant live mix of words and music with Rachael Hegarty, Emer O’Kelly, Joseph O’Connor, Sara Keating, Declan Kiberd, Barry Gleeson, Malachy Robinson, Anita Vedres, Dermot Dunne, Darina Gallagher and Sinéad Murphy
20/6/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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12 June 2022: Ireland's first triathlon, meeting Paul McCartney and Ulysses on trial

Swifts, swallows and the Skerries triathlon, meeting Paul McCartney, and Ulysses in the jazz age, with Margaret Galvin, Gerry Mullins, Tim Carey, Ann Marie Durkan, Angela Keogh and Colin Murphy
13/6/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Podcast 5 June 2022: Considerations on The Great Book of Ireland

Considerations around The Great Book of Ireland, created by Irish artists, writers and composers between 1989-1991, which in time would echo other great books of the past with Thomas McCarthy, Michelle McAdoo, Dorothy Cross, the late Mathew Sweeney and Michael Coady
7/6/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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29 May 2022: Leaving Cert butterflies, map making, and Dervla Murphy

Exam anxieties, audience protests, overheard conversations and Maeve Binchy’s writing advice, and fearless Dervla Murphy remembered, with Margaret Ward, Rachael Hegarty, Ian Sherry, Bernard Farrell, John Toal and Pádraig Ó Macháin
30/5/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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22 May 2022: Arts Council at 70

Bright visions, wonderful parties and things of the spirit: a special Miscellany marks the Arts Council of Ireland’s 70th anniversary, with John Banville, Shelly Furlong, Diarmaid Ferriter, Iarla Ó Lionard and Marina Carr
23/5/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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15 May 2022: Silent retreats and secret languages

Secret languages, silent retreats, Ireland’s last Viceroy and things not to put on pizza, with Niamh Campbell, Jonathan White, Seán Beattie, Olive Travers, Nuala O’Connor and Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe
16/5/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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8 May 2022: Bread and roses, Eurovision fame and a pet passport

Mary Maher remembered, a snatch at Eurovision fame, glory days in a Dingle pub and meditations on a sense of home, with Séamus Dooley, Tom Clonan, Sharon Hogan, Mary Wall, Joe Ó Muircheartaigh and Mary O’Donnell
10/5/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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1 May 2022: Wartime survivors, teenage girls and Killiney Hill

Barley sticks and bonbons, teenage anxieties, a mysterious hill, a haybarn and a poem for Strokestown, with Tim Carey, Leo Cullen, Lani O’Hanlon, Martine Madden, Vincent Woods, Mia Döring and Noelle Lynskey
3/5/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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24 April 2022: Poems, picnics and the Hothouse Flowers

Full-body tattoos, finding poems on the Dart, rainy day picnics, meeting the Hothouse Flowers and more, with Joe Kearney, John MacKenna, Catherine Foley, Jackie Lynam, Denise Blake and John Toal
25/4/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Easter Sunday, 17 April 2022: Pet lambs and Easter eggs

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
19/4/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Podcast, 10th April 2002

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
11/4/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Fathers and sons, moments of catharsis and Milo O’Shea, 3 April 2022

A fraught father-son relationship, a lost friend, and Milo O’Shea remembered, with Joe Dowling, Oliver Sears, Margaret Galvin, John MacKenna, AM Cousins, Rosyln Dee and Grace Wilentz
4/4/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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27 March 2022: Soap bubbles, speech therapy and a Mother’s Day card

Soap bubbles and speech therapy, a couch collector, a Kurdish boy in Ballyshannon, and Mother’s Day labours of love, with Margaret Galvin, Dermot Bolger, Olive Travers, Denise Blake, Joe Whelan and Rachael Hegarty
28/3/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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20 March 2022: The wearing of the green, and Seán Keating remembered

The wearing of the green in Ireland and Pakistan, new words for wine and painter Seán Keating remembered, with Gerald Dawe, Rosheen Callender, Mary Dowey, Bernadett Buda and Carla King
21/3/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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13 March 2022: Football, feminism and friendship; the island of Montserrat’s Irish links; and “the lads that will never be old,”

Football, feminism and friendship; the island of Montserrat’s Irish links; and “the lads that will never be old,” with Joe Kearney, Yvonne Judge, John Toal, Rosaleen McDonagh, Kathleen Murphy, Conall Hamill and Catherine Foley.
14/3/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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6 March 2022: Wild words as Gaeilge and memories of Kyiv

Wild words as Gaeilge from the Dingle peninsula, snowdrops, chocolates and the city of Kyiv through the decades, with Manchán Magan, Peter Trant, Bernadett Buda, Catherine Foley, Grace Wells, Joe Hayes and Vincent Woods
7/3/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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27 Feb 2022 Lost in Paris and breakfast with John Wayne

Meeting John Wayne, a wanderer in Paris, the tenements of Edinburgh and more, with Paddy Murray, Maïa Dunphy, Margaret Galvin, Grace Wilentz, Bert Wright, Kathleen Murphy and Michael O’Loughlin
28/2/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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20 Feb 2022 Zoom comedy, Leland Bardwell and the nature of home

Comedy on Zoom, places that feel like home, and writer Leland Bardwell remembered, with Conor Horgan, Jody Clarke, Pauline Shanahan, Brian Leyden, Joe Kearney, Barbara Scully and Vincent Woods
21/2/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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13 February 2022 Lockdown love, St Valentine, and a poem for Vicky Phelan

Mountain light, lockdown love, a prayer to St Valentine and more, with John MacKenna, Rosaleen McDonagh, Kathleen Murphy, Joe Whelan, Margaret Galvin, Rachael Hegarty and Denise Blake
13/2/20220 minutos
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Podcast 6 Febuary 2022 Ulysses at 100: birdwatching, birthdays and Joyce in Trieste

Ulysses at 100: birdwatching, birthdays and Joyce in Trieste Birdwatching on Sandymount Strand, the trailblazing Wyse Powers and Joyce’s obsession with his own birthday, with Fionn Ó Marcaigh, Gerry Moloney, Cora Crampton, Tim Carey, Nuala O’Connor and Kevin Mc Dermott
7/2/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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31 Jan 2022: Anne Frank, Free Derry and Joyce’s favourite song

Joyce’s wartime refuge and his favourite song, Bloody Sunday remembered, and the day Otto Frank came to visit, with Lorna Siggins, Máirín O’Malley, Seán Beattie, Fran O’Rourke, Judith Mok and Colette Bryce
30/1/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Podcast 23 January 2022: Hurling, Burns and the Warsaw Ghetto

A late blooming hurling career, the heart-searing songs of Robbie Burns – and “little cows” fudge in the Warsaw Ghetto, with Oliver Sears, Margaret Galvin, Tim Carey, Bert Wright, and Grace Wilentz
24/1/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Podcast, 16 January 2022

The silence of the salt desert, the Mullers of Kilmore Quay, the wine of the Rubiayat and the genius of Jack B Yeats – A M Cousins, Dermot Bolger, Mary O'Donnell, Lani O'Hanlon and Niall McArdle
17/1/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Podcast 9 January 2022: Brian Friel Remembered

Playwright Brian Friel remembered: marking the current production of Faith Healer at the Abbey Theatre and the recent RTÉ television documentary, Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman, we rebroadcast our Miscellany programme to the playwright. With Joe Dowling, Emma O'Doherty, Denis Conway, Nuala Hayes, Vincent Woods and David Grant
10/1/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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Podcast: 2 Jan 2022

Remembering the big snow of 1982... teaching your mother to waltz... and celebrating Boss Croker, Peg Woffington, and other real life figures in Joyce’s Ulysses with Maeve Edwards, Daniel Mulhall, Lani O'Hanlon, Bernard Farrell, Cathy Sweeney and Kevin McDermott
5/1/20220 minutos, 0 segundos
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25 December 2021: Christmas Miscellany with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

More from our annual live show at the National Concert Hall (mix of new and archive material) with special guests Olivia O’Leary, Manchán Magan, AM Cousins, Thomas McCarthy, Eavan Boland, Paul Howard, Lisa Lambe, Caoimhe Ní Fhlaharta, Séamus Ó Flaharta, the Voice Squad, Geraldine Doherty, and Cormac Kenevey and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
29/12/20210 minutos, 0 segundos
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19 December 2021: Live at Christmas with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

A Christmas show from the National Concert Hall with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests Lisa Lambe, Cormac Kenevey, Conor Linehan, Caoimhe Ní Fhlatharta, Séamus Ó Flatharta, Lisa McInerney, Emer O’Kelly, John Toal, Denise Blake and Joe Kearney
20/12/20210 minutos, 0 segundos
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12 December 2021: Christmas Homecomings

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
15/12/20210 minutos, 0 segundos
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5 December 2021: Winter Solstice, Séamus Ennis and Count John McCormack

Diaspora yearnings, an alternative winter solstice, an audience with Samus Ennis and Christmas with the Count, with Jim Galvin, Christina Park, Tom McGurk, James Harpur, Lourdes Mackey and Mary Maher
9/12/20210 minutos, 0 segundos
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28 November 2021: Dervla Murphy at 90

Celebrating travel writer Dervla Murphy’s independent mind and adventurous spirit, from Lismore to Delhi, Ramallah to Kabul: affectionate tributes from Lelia Doolan, Clare O’Grady Walshe, Patrick Cockburn, Jo Murphy-Lawless, Kate Thompson and Raja Shehadeh
29/11/20210 minutos, 0 segundos
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21 November 2021: Fashion queens, copper kings and Irish-American connections at Thanksgiving

A Cavan copper king, a New York fashion queen, and Irish American connections from Washington to Montana… a Thanksgiving-infused Sunday Miscellany, with Brian O’Donovan, Mary Coleman, Dan Mulhall, Grace Wilentz, Deirdre McQuillan and Denise Blake
22/11/20210 minutos, 0 segundos
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14 November 2021: Brendan Kennelly, wild geese and moonlight

Affectionate tributes to the late Brendan Kennelly, midnight moonlighters, wild geese and more, with Brendan Kennelly, Tom Clonan, Breda Joyce, Barbara Scully, Gerald Dawe and Paddy Moran
15/11/20210 minutos, 0 segundos
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7 November 2021: Wilde, Cohen, river gods and matinee idols

Oscar Wilde in November, appreciating Dublin's Custom House, and a Leonard Cohen requiem, with Cathy Sweeney, Tim Carey, Louise Kennedy, Brian Farrell, John MacKenna and Catherine Foley
8/11/20210 minutos, 0 segundos
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31 Oct 2021: 31 October 2021: Brideshead, Halloween and the Hellfire Club

Revisiting Brideshead revisited, running your first marathon, and the Hellfire Club and the “wrong sort of tourist”, with Joe Kearney, Karen J McDonnell, Tom Ryan, Denise Blake, Maura Gilligan and Kevin McDermott
31/10/20210 minutos, 0 segundos
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24th October 2021- Opening night fireworks and Turkish Delight, a soprano at the window, and starlings in full song

Marking the 70th Wexford Festival Opera: stories, music and song from Wexford, with Margaret Galvin, Joe Brennan, Tom Mooney, Jackie Morrissey, AM Cousins and Sinéad O’Reilly
24/10/20210 minutos, 1 segundo
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17 October 2021 - Beloved pets, a visit to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, and remembering Tony McMahon

Beloved pets, a visit to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, and remembering Tony McMahon, with Kevin McDermott, Ann Marie Durkan, Lani O’Hanlon, Grace Wilentz, Michael O’Connor, Declan Collinge and JM Dolan
17/10/20210 minutos, 0 segundos