Sunday Miscellany

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

4 DAYS AGO

Soft Days, a Swing and a Swedish Song

Irishwomen abroad, wearing vintage and bridging the eternal generation gap – with Peter Cunningham, Helen Lahert, Daniel Mulhall, Denise Blake, Kate Carty and Brendan Coffey

40 min
NOV 10

Persimmons and Poppies

A brush with the law in the London of 'Minder', late flowering and vanishing Dublin, with Derek Mahon, with Peter Trant, Neil Hegarty, Niamh Donnelly, Eileen Casey, Denis Tuohy and Mary O'Malley

35 min
NOV 3

Jewelled Fruits and a Late, Late Harvest

Apples, blackberries, and bravery in Nazi-occupied Budapest, with Amanda Bell, John MacKenna, John Toal, Brian Farrell, Kathy Donaghy, Oliver Sears and John F Deane

39 min
OCT 27

Angelus Bells, Opera Nights and Nosferatu

Angelus bells, Wexford opera nights and a glimpse of Nosferatu, with Joe Kearney, Joe Brennan, AM Cousins, Tom Ryan, Judith Mok, Maura Gilligan and Cal O’Reilly

37 min
OCT 21

Poetry of the Skies

Cosmic wonders and maths miracles; book tokens, baby names and a much loved poet’s birthday tribute, with Enda Wyley, Paul Durcan, Colm O’Regan, Doireann Ní Bhriain, Jamie O’Connell and Felicity Hayes-McCoy

39 min
OCT 13

Architecture and the City

From Donegal to Dublin, how do the places we build shape our lives? A programme marking Open House Dublin Festival of Architecture, with Éimear Arthur, Cormac Murray, Emmett Scanlon, Kevin Marinan, Graham Hickey, Julie Cruickshank and FELISPEAKS

43 min
OCT 6

Autumn Apples in Leitrim

From traces of the Gauls in France to a Kurdish boy’s story of finding refuge in Ireland, voices from Leitrim’s Iron Mountain Festival: Mary Byrne, Adrian Duncan, Alice Lyons, Zak Moradi, Vincent Woods – with brief music extracts from Eleanor Shanley, Garadice, Zoé Basha, Ultan O’Brien

30 min
SEP 29

Libraries and a Lost Key

Paints, pigments and the perfume of old paper. Love objects and the love of books. More from Culture Night at Áras an Uachtaráin, hosted by President Higgins and Sabina Higgins (and other past Miscellany live recordings), with Nell Regan, Aingeala Flannery, Lemn Sissay, Sharon Hogan and Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin

33 min

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RTE Radio’s flag ship.

05/23/2023

Mallarie121

A must for radiophiles all over the workd.
Live in Ennis

03/02/2021

knockatee

I live in NYC and listened to this episode as I was walking along the path by the Hudson River yesterday. I was so moved that I had to sit on a bench and listen. Each segment was spectacular but I loved the donkey one most of all. Thank you so much for making my walk so special.
Appreciation from across the pond.

12/10/2019

Ferg-Is

Just a fantastic program. From HF/VHF to podcasts, RTÉ and Sunday Miscellany has been a companion to me for more years than I care to count. What a wonderfully entertaining program. How lucky am I to be able to listen from so far away, and for a short time I am transported to another world through the beautifully crafted words and stories. Always something new and captivating.
Jan 26 2020 episode is unbearable

01/29/2020

incognito82

I believe it is Barbara Scully. She has a stuffy nose and listening to her reading is unbearable. Why would you air this? I can’t breathe just listening to it.