Sunday Miscellany
RTÉ Radio 1
Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.
Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.
Ag Geimhriú/Hibernating, a poem by Catherine Foley
Episodes
"Tá an geimhreadh ag druidim isteach, Na laethanta ag éirí níos fuaire, Duilleoga á scuabadh chun siúil..." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On embracing the soft dark abyss of memory See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
300 years ago the Dean wrote a book with serious potential for trouble; would Gulliver's Travels find a publisher? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On tending to the perfect apple glade in East Mayo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of TG4, and the early pioneers pursuing their vision for the Irish language See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A decade on, one old friend remembers another - the incomparable Leonard Cohen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Remembering the old Harcourt Street Railway Line, and mourning its rapid disappearance from the landscape See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How Eileen Gray created her modernist villa in 1920s France, and a visit to the crumbling house many decades later See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Describing the Spanish ritual of the ‘paseo’, and comparing Sunday customs in Dublin and Barcelona See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On 'nature's infirmary', as it runs through the heart of the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Recalling the simple pleasures of a favourite West Cork beauty spot, and wondering what might be lost as modern tourism rapidly develops See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On a lifelong fascination with mountains, and the sense of awe and spiritual discovery they inspire See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Some amusing local anecdotes of Ireland during World War 2, stories that might otherwise have been forgotten See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"The town fills its lungs full, and sweeps shawls and scarves and suits along streets…” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On volunteering for Zaide, starring a young Lesley Garrett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rich and complex Irish history is on display in this small Protestant church See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The night the starlings gatecrashed the opera house See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On growing up with the lore of Wexford See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Man bags, scarves, and “the lads”, blessed with love See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
45 years on and this soprano's 3-minute Beethoven performance is still seared into the memory See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Man bags, scarves, and “the lads”, blessed with love See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The physical items inevitably subsumed by the bog - human and otherwise (pic: Marguerite Sheridan) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why the Irish Architecture Foundation wanted to build a Bog Bothy in the midlands See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A childhood in the boglands taken for granted until it becomes a source of wonder for visitors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Translation challenges for the words 'turf' and 'bog' in cultures where they don't exist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Connecting with our Iron Age ancestors, who created something amazing in a bog in Corlea, Longford See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What it takes, and the knowledge you need, to become a 'true' Monakeeba bog woman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Pen in hand, a monk sat, bored – This translation had him floored…’ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An emotional education in a Raphoe boarding school See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On a pioneering female-led family business of scriveners in 19th Century Dublin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On a few wee Donegal and Derry sayings See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On the delights of taking charge of an allotment in Inchicore See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A life-expanding correspondence with a beloved children’s author See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"They flock like brittle songbirds, chorusing after her to this impressively-sized Asda..." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"Mr Heaney was at his desk, solid as the Sugarloaf, still cheerful after a day of lectures..." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The kindly uncle who was instrumental in the restoration of 800-year old Ballintubber Abbey See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cross-border hands of friendship and getting to grips with Irish linguistic idiosyncracies See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rejection-guilt subsequently mollified by the eternal good grace of this world class poet and gentleman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Why there's something special to be found in almost all places of worship, whatever your faith, your beliefs, or none at all See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Post-war packages from Germany that make authorities nervous but were really literary treasures from the writer who made a home in Achill See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Centuries of refugees fleeing religious persecution and the Methodist who came to rest in Limerick's Golden Vale in 1765 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The wondrous varieties of life that share the waters around Co Waterford See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
An Irish-German theatrical exchange - a reminder of the vital role of culture in national identity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Autumn, a season that demands our gratitude and awe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Three friends on motorbikes, a torrential Irish summer and lifelong bonds secured along the Cork/Kerry coastline See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On a remarkable friendship with the engineer of the Twin Towers, Leslie Robertson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On the much-maligned Irish domestic servants in the US in the late 19th century See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
How a childhood friend's destiny became entwined with the Ground Zero site See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On an uncle's treasured gold watch and "the nicest man he ever met" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Supporting an American couple on holiday in Ireland in their hour of tragedy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.