Sunday Miscellany

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

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    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 Arrigan, Fachtna Ó Drisceoil, Tommy Sands and Elaine SissonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    39 min

  2. 1 FEB

    Magical childhoods

    Magical woodlands, stone sanctuaries and divine intervention, with Val Mulkerns, Sam McAughtry, Vona Groarke, Nuala Hayes, Peter Jankowsky, Catherine Ann Cullen, Liz Nugent and Michael HardingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    43 min
  3. Working yourself, or watching others at it

    25 JAN

    Working yourself, or watching others at it

    Labour-saving devices, hard labour, labouring cerebrally or otherwise, all forms of work are the theme of today's archive programme, with John Ryan, Angela O'Rourke, Lar Redmond, Benedict Kiely, James Plunkett and Sharon HoganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    34 min

  4. 18 JAN

    Rituals at home, rituals in the community

    Miscellany 50: The Archives was a special series that celebrated the writing Sunday Miscellany featured in its first 50 years. This programme focused on the theme of ‘ritual’ and featured Hilda Murphy, Nuala O'Faolain, Eamon Keane, Margaret Hawkins, Paul Dwyer, Sinéad McCoole and Tadhg Ó DubhláineSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    38 min
  5. A flash of pink, a magic box and a bird’s eye view

    11 JAN

    A flash of pink, a magic box and a bird’s eye view

    Over the past 100 years, the seismic impact of Ireland's new public service broadcasting service on individual homes, society and our political landscape, with Felicity Hayes-McCoy, the late JM Dolan, Gerard Stembridge, Margaret Galvin, John Toal and Olivia O'LearySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    39 min

  6. 4 JAN

    Roses, Rain and a Door Ajar

    Wedding vows, thoughts of home and New Year wishes, from Sweden to Vancouver Island to Rostrevor, County Down, with Conall Hamill, Lani O’Hanlon, Neil Hegarty, Mattie Brennan, Denis Tuohy and Enda WyleySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    33 min
  7. A Piano Man and a Wexford Ball

    28/12/2025

    A Piano Man and a Wexford Ball

    Post-Christmas blues and a December birthday, angels of heaven and the origins of Gaelic football in Wexford, with Mary O’Donnell, John Toal, Jackie Lynam, Alison Ní Mháirtín, Paul Rouse, the late Manchán Magan and Eithne Hand (pic: Paula Malone Carty)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    39 min
  8. A Christmas Day Miscellany

    25/12/2025

    A Christmas Day Miscellany

    Palestrina in Rome, an outsize Santa suit, and gifts of kindness from the Liberties to Lagos… featuring recordings from the NCH with the RTÉ CO and more, with Eithne Shortall, Joseph O’Connor, John Toal, Quentin Fottrell, Rachael Hegarty, Chikere Ohoka, Lisa Lambe, the Palestrina Choir and Sarah ShineSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    42 min
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About

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

Information

  • Channel
    RTÉ
  • Creator
    RTÉ Radio 1
  • Years Active
    2007 - 2026
  • Episodes
    102
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Sunday Miscellany

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