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

Sunday Miscellany RTÉ

    • Arts
    • 4.6 • 23 Ratings

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

    Celestial Considerations and Serendipity

    Celestial Considerations and Serendipity

    A dip into the Miscellany archive with 1990s pieces by Michael Harding, Nicky Barry, Kevin O’Connor, Patricia O’Reilly, Catherine Ann Cullen and Peter Jankovsky – and a more recent poem from late, much missed poet, Gerald Dawe

    • 33 min
    Baby Birds and Barefoot Running

    Baby Birds and Barefoot Running

    Thin Lizzy in Tramore, Brehon Brutalism in Ballsbridge, feathery feats of nature -- and the wisdom, or not, of meeting your heroes. With John Toal, Joe Rooney, Kathy Donaghy, Shane O’Toole, Lani O’Hanlon and Judith Mok

    • 35 min
    Spring blooms and a batch loaf

    Spring blooms and a batch loaf

    Sea pinks on the Copper Coast, intimations of mortality in the Irish hawthorn tree, and ways of making a show of yourself, with Pat Boran, Peter Cunningham, Mary Hassett, Maeve Edwards and Lawrence White

    • 32 min
    Chieftains and Cherry Blossoms

    Chieftains and Cherry Blossoms

    Cows and cowboy boots, a rookie promoter’s first gig in Galway, and glory days of fun and friendship in Monet’s garden. With Maeve Edwards, Joe Kearney, Ollie Jennings, Philip Judge, Enda Wyley and Rachael Hegarty

    • 33 min
    From La Scala in Milan to Bruce Springsteen in Dublin

    From La Scala in Milan to Bruce Springsteen in Dublin

    From Milan to Dublin, a programme on song and speech, finding and using your voice, dancing and self-expression-- with Mark Brennock, Doireann Ní Bhríain, Catherine Foley, Mary Kate O’Flanagan, Fiona Smith and Irish-Palestinian poet Durgham Mushtaha

    • 34 min
    A Sculptor’s Sculptor and a Swallow on the Suir

    A Sculptor’s Sculptor and a Swallow on the Suir

    Month’s mind tributes to the late sculptor Imogen Stuart and poet Michael Coady; bonny labouring boy, the smell of new boots and an old coat. With Peter Trant, AM Cousins, Paul Rouse, Alison Fitzgerald, Michael O'Connor and Catherine Twomey

    • 35 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
23 Ratings

23 Ratings

Mallarie121 ,

RTE Radio’s flag ship.

A must for radiophiles all over the workd.

knockatee ,

Live in Ennis

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.

Ferg-Is ,

Appreciation from across the pond.

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.

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