All the pieces on today's programme (April 19) available any time on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Featuring John Egan, Carol Taaffe, Joe Hayes, Colin Regan, @antoniahart.bsky.social Barry Houlihan @uniofgalway.bsky.social ..with a trip into McGahern Country (pic courtesy University of Galway Archive)
Sun 19 April, a feathery trespasser, an unforgettable French road trip, portal to McGahern Country and an Irish diplomat’s reflections on the Chernobyl disaster. With John Egan, Carol Taaffe, Joe Hayes, Colin Regan @antoniahart.bsky.social and Barry Houlihan. Tune in, 9.10am, @rteradio1.bsky.social
Fairytales, faraway places, falling in love, In Dublin fifty years on, and a poem from the late much-missed Gabriel Rosenstock. Sunday Miscellany, April 12, with Grace Wells, Alexander McMaster @timcarey1.bsky.social Daniel Mulhall @maryodonnell.bsky.social Mary O'Malley @rteradio1.bsky.social
If you missed any of the pieces on last week's programme (April 5), you can listen back at any stage on rte.ie/radio/radio1... Featuring: JohnMacKenna, Liz McSkeane, @rorycarroll72.bsky.social
Doireann Ní Bhriain, Fiona Hyland, John F Deane and Tom Conaty @rteradio1.bsky.social
On the trail of Roger Casement’s roots in County Antrim, Semana Santa in Seville, radio days in Henry Street and meeting the founder of the Simon Community…with @rorycarroll72.bsky.social Liz McSkeane, Doireann Ní Bhriain, John MacKenna and more. Easter Sunday, April 5, 9.10am. Tune in! #rte100
This week, a 1916 Rising commemoration special from National Opera House Wexford (first broadcast 2016). With Billy Roche, A.M. Cousins, Eiléan Ní Chuileanáin, Proinsias Ó Rathaille, Jackie Morrissey, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, RTÉ Contempo Quartet, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Morgan Crowley, Jimmy O’Brien Moran
If you missed any of our 2-part prog live from Ennis Book Club Festival, listen-back any time on our website www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Writers including Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha....+ more, with a musical range from trad to contemporary to classical
Part 2 of Ennis Book Club Festival special this week, March 22 (Part 1 March 15, listen back at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... With Hugo Hamilton, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Karen J McDonnell, Niamh Campbell, and music from Diane Daly, Boris & Liam Hunka, pipers Blackie O’Connell & Mickey Dunne and The Metals
This weekend, Part 1 of our special event at recent Ennis Book Club Festival. Performers included Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Abi Daré and more. Musicians Boris Hunka & company, Blackie O'Connell & Mickey Dunne and The Metals. 9.10am, Sunday 15 March
Embers and Oscars, gold from the dairy, pigs, crows +a curly-haired girl... Miscellany is on air 9am 8 March with Ciarán Cannon, Margaret Hickey, John MacKenna, Rosaleen McDonagh, Kathleen Murphy, Antonia Karelina, Tom Conaty, Mary O'Malley #fridakahlo #jessiebuckley Tune in!
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Looking forward to being live in Glór this Sunday, March 8 for Ennis Book Club Festival. Writers @thewrengirl.bsky.social Hugo Hamilton, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Mattie Brennan @laoighseach.bsky.social Niamh Campbell, Abi Daré, Karen J McDonnell and live music. ennisbookclubfestival.com for all events
If you missed any of last week's programme, or were wondering about any of the content, you can listen back or find all the details at any time on our webpage at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social
A tribute to the late, great Michael Longley, the politics of dress code, a celebration of lambing season, and a classic piece from the much-missed Manchán Magan... with Olivia O'Leary Peter Cunningham Kate O'Shaughnessy Denis Tuohy
Catherine Foley
Tune in! 9am 1 March
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This weekend, a very personal connection to Ireland's Six Nations triumph in 2006, the (possible) Dalkey links with composer John Dowland, the Lucy of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and a friendship forged over pancakes. Tune in, 22 Feb, from 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social @secondcaptains.bsky.social
If you missed our water-themed prog this week (February 15), catch up any time at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... The joys/madness of sea swims, leisurely waterways and aquatic harvesting...with Mervyn Wall, Mae Leonard, Benedict Kiely, Marie McSweeney, Gerald Dawe, Joe McGowan and Anne Hartigan
Bracing seas, salty dogs and freshwater serenity - all forms of water life feature in this week's Sunday Miscellany, with Mae Leonard, Mervyn Wall, Benedict Kiely, Marie McSweeney, Gerald Dawe, Joe McGowan and Anne Le Marquand Hartigan Tune in, Sun 15 Feb, from 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social
If you missed the programme of February 8th, catch up any time on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Variations on the theme of 'home' - whether that means sanctuaries, places of legend or unintentional chaos!
The comforts of home, the buildings we choose and things we can't do without...Sunday Miscellany's archive treasures, 8 Feb, 9.10am. With Maurice Craig, Treasa Brogan, Bill Hammond, Mary Arrigan, @fachtna.bsky.social Tommy Sands and Elaine Sisson @rteradio1.bsky.social @rternag.bsky.social
If you missed any of the childhood-themed pieces this weekend, you can catch up at any time on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Writers included Liz Nugent, Michael Harding, Vona Groarke, Nuala Hayes, Sam McAughtry, Catherine Ann Cullen, Val Mulkerns and Peter Jankowsky
Liz Nugent
Michael Harding
Catherine Ann Cullen
Nuala Hayes
Magical woodlands, stone sanctuaries & divine intervention, all marking Brigid's Day via childhood memories. With Val Mulkerns, Sam McAughtry, Vona Groarke, Nuala Hayes, Peter Jankowsky, Catherine Ann Cullen, @liznugent.bsky.social and Michael Harding. Tune in Feb 1st, 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social
The many forms of work - doing it yourself or watching others - was the theme this week (a special Miscellany50: The Archives series). Listen back any time at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... With contributions from John Ryan, Angela O'Rourke, Lar Redmond, Benedict Kiely, James Plunkett and Sharon Hogan
Benedict Kiely in RTÉ studio
Sharon Hogan in RTÉ studio
James Plunkett on The Late Late Show
Work in its many forms is the theme this Sunday 25 January, dipping into Miscellany50: The Archives. Moving from the domestic, to the cerebral, to sheer hard graft, writers include John Ryan, Angela O’Rourke, Lar Redmond, Benedict Kiely, James Plunkett and Sharon Hogan @rteradio1.bsky.social
Paul O'Dwyer
Dr Sinéad McCoole
There were some lovely pieces on the theme of 'ritual' this weekend. Listen back on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... - all from a special series Miscellany50: The Archives. Voices included Hilda Murphy, Nuala O’Faoláin, Eamon Keane, Margaret Hawkins, Paul O’Dwyer, Sinéad McCoole and Tadhg Ó Dubhláine
Dr Sinéad McCoole
Nuala O'Faolain
Margaret Hawkins
This week, a dip into Miscellany50:The Archives (a series celebrating the writing featured in our first 50 years). This theme was ‘ritual’ and featured writings from Hilda Murphy, Nuala O'Faolain, Eamon Keane, Margaret Hawkins, Paul Dwyer, Sinéad McCoole and Tadhg Ó Dubhláine @rteradio1.bsky.social
If you missed any of today's programme, listen back any time at rte.ie/radio/radio1... Lovely reflections on 100 years of Irish public service broadcasting from Felicity Hayes, the late JM Dolan, Gerry Stembridge, Margaret Galvin, John Toal and Olivia O'Leary @rteradio1.bsky.social
If you missed any of our seasonal programmes, listen back any time at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Some amazing performances at our Christmas concert (in 2 parts, Sun 21 and Thurs 25 December), highlights from previous Christmas's on Sun 28 and welcome to a new year on Jan 4 @rteradio1.bsky.social
Honoured to include it Jan!
Thank you Jackie and for your part in it!! ☺️
Special Christmas Day Miscellany - Palestrina in Rome, Santa suits, kindness from Ireland to Lagos. Music from @rteco.rte.ie + guests, with writers Eithne Shortall, Joseph O’Connor, John Toal, Quentin Fottrell, Rachael Hegarty and Chikere Ohoka. Tune in, 9.10am, Thurs 25 Dec @rteradio1.bsky.social
Songs, seafarers and a guiding star, the story of a smash-hit Irish hymn writer and a meeting with Wham! #sundaymiscellany coming up now... Victoria White, Seán O'Gorman, Lisa McInerney, Jim Maguire, the late Judith Mok, Denise Blake and James Harpur. Tune in!
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