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Sunday Miscellany

RTÉ Radio 1

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

46 episodes
Avg 19 min
English

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Sunday · 4 min
Kindred Swallows, by Kathy Donaghy
Marvelling at the enchantment of travellers from southern Africa to a Donegal garden See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sunday · 5 min
The Blue Bag in the Corner, by John MacKenna
Losing Leonard, a labrador non-pareil See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sunday · 5 min
Donnybrook Fair, by Ann Marie Durkan
Brawling, carousing and sapient pigs at the famous Dublin festival through the centuries See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sunday · 4 min
Radio Days, by Stephen Brennan
One family's very personal ties to the very origins of Irish national broadcasting See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sunday · 6 min
Letter from Okinawa, by Michael Bradley
Relocating to Japan, where the weather, the language and the way of life mean major re-adjustments See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sunday · 3 min
Bless You, by Molly Furey
Automatic responses when nature strikes, even in the most unforgiving of places See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 30 · 2 min
School Principal, by Bryan Gallagher (from 1997)
A retiring school principal clears out his office See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 30 · 4 min
The Spelling Bee, by Nuala Hayes (from 1997)
A school spelling bee, and the moral dilemma posed by the prize of a green iced lolly See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 30 · 3 min
The Teacher Cried, by Kathleen Hardie (from 1997)
Memories of school in London at the outbreak of war, and the day the author and her classmates were evacuate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 30 · 5 min
Schooldays, by Llewellyn Marcus Goodbody (from 1981)
A schoolboy business venture involving homemade lemonade, and the painful consequences of its success See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 30 · 6 min
The Force That Through The Green Fuse Drives the Flower, by Mary O’Donnell (from 2005)
Reflections on parenthood and the passage of time, as a daughter is about to begin secondary school See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 30 · 4 min
Marked Present, by Seamus Heaney (from 2008)
His children beginning school marks a new beginning for Seamus Heaney See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 30 · 4 min
The Master’s Request, by Shane Fagan (from 1998)
A chance encounter with an old schoolmaster, and an unexpected musical request See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 23 · 8 min
Memory, by Seán Ó Faoláin (from 1975)
Considering the fickleness of memory, and why seemingly insignificant moments can remain with us for a lifetime See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 23 · 4 min
The Hurler's Seat, by Cathy Power (from 2004)
On life in a lodging house called Kilkenny House in Dublin – an All-Ireland mecca See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 23 · 6 min
A Field Called Love, by Catherine Donnelly (from 1993)
A childhood summer on the family farm, and a scene perceived from a hiding place in the long grass See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 23 · 5 min
Grafton Gallery, by John Ryan (from 1971)
The closure of the Grafton Gallery evokes memories of the artists, writers and characters of Dublin’s bohemian life See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 23 · 4 min
Ghosts, by Louise Delaney (from 1995)
Recalling childhood memories of family life, and understanding why a father was “always looking backwards” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 23 · 6 min
Remembering Seán Ó Tuama, by Eoghan Ó hAnluain (from 2006)
An appreciation of the writer and academic Seán Ó Tuama, and his contribution to Irish-language literary criticism See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
August 16 · 4 min
I am a Song, by Joseph O’Connor (from a 2018 Miscellany Live at the University of Limerick)
A glorious serenade to the power of song See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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