Deep connections in Irish names and mythology to the animal kingdom. And some fascinating examples of words to do with the sounds made by horses and cattle. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #SundayMiscellany #Audio
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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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Of particular interest this week was former British Ambassador’s decision to settle in Ireland - Paul Johnston read his own contribution, Luke Kelly singing The Kinks’ “Days”, a piece on the Irish arts publication “Ciphers, and… #KilburnHerald #SundayMiscellany
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I’m currently listening to “Sunday Miscellany” on RTÉ Radio 1 - a popular choice for the Irish diaspora worldwide. #SundayMiscellany #KilburnHerald
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Blown away to have my piece included in this!!! My beloved mother would be tickled pink… *Sally’s Brown Bread* #SundayMiscellany #NewIslandBooks
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I'll be on @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social tomorrow 26the Oct reading my piece about the bog. Tune in if you can.
#bog #boglander #offaly #writing #sundaymiscellany #writingcommunity #rteculture
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The late Eileen Battersby: “Quietly with the calm deliberation which would define her personality, Maria painted in the attic. She stole a tulip from the garden of a nearby count; her nocturnal raid thrilled her..." on the 17thC artist/naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian.
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Ringing bells, magical nights in Dublin theatres+ Cork's Lobby Bar, + foraging for treasure... #sundaymiscellany is on air now with Dominic Dromgoole Adam Trodd Bernadett Buda Aoife Barry David Grant and Noelle Lynskey #brianfriel #MaeveBinchy #manchanmagan Tune in! @sweetoblivion.bsky.social
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Strange days, pangs of youth and a “whistling city”… #sundaymiscellany is coming up with Paul Muldoon Carol Taaffe Conall Hamill Georg Grote Antonia Hart Frank Shouldice, 9am-10am @rteradio1.bsky.social 21 Sep
listen in for details of our Christmas show with @rteco.rte.ie at the NCH Dublin! 🎄❄️✨
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The Baltic Way from Wikimedia Commons, credit: Kusurija - Own work
Photo of Gallagher brothers from Wikimedia Commons, credit: Will Fresch
Owls, Oasis and a literary whodunnit, and tremors of history from the atom bomb to the fall of the Soviet Union. #sundaymiscellany is on the way, 9am 10 August 2025 @rteradio1.bsky.social with David Coughlan @maevelucia.bsky.social Joe Taylor Denise Blake Conor Hanratty Mary O'Donnell. Tune in!
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John Toal, aged five, and his father meet Mick O'Dwyer in Waterville, County Kerry
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Tony Griffin
Denise Blake
Dreams of Sam Maguire from Killybegs to Kenmare, Leonard Cohen's magical Lissadell concert + more... #sundaymiscellany 9am @rteradio1.bsky.social 27/07/25 @johnnytoal.bsky.social Regina Devenney John S Doyle Tony Griffin Noel King Denise Blake John Cooney #allirelandfinal #Kerry #Donegal Tune in!
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Hazy summer days from West Kerry to Beirut, saluting the pioneering Yeats sisters, + Live Aid 40 years on. #sundaymiscellany is on the way Michael Hilliard Mulcahy Eunan McKinney Mae Leonard Alexander McMaster Angela Keogh Mariam Tell Vincent Woods @rteradio1.bsky.social
9am 13/07/25 Tune in!
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Footballs and faith healers, a nightwalk through Sydney, and a visit to Joyce’s Nighttown... Sunday Miscellany is on air now with Colin Regan Kieran Fitzgerald Grace Wells Fran O'Rourke Katrina Bruna and Christian O'Reilly. #Bloomsday #FathersDay Tune in! #sundaymiscellany
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On this morning's #sundaymiscellany 8 June 2025 Ways of Seeing: live at Belfast Book Festival at the Crescent Arts Centre with @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
@lucycaldwell.bsky.social Glenn Patterson Emily Byers-Ferrian Maria McManus Trú
Scott Flanigan Sinéad McKenna @rteradio1.bsky.social
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6. Going for the Milk, a poem by Catherine Foley.
With music from Luka Bloom, Luke Kelly, Beth Orton, Nick Drake and more...
You can also listen live or later on the RTÉ Radio app #sundaymiscellany
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Dinner with the (future) Pope, baby birds and empty nests, a tribute to a beloved brother and a kind of homecoming. #sundaymiscellany is on air now @rteradio1.bsky.social with Gráinne Quinlan William Wall Fabian McGrath Joan Shiels Eileen Heron Hugo Hamilton. Tune in! #eurovision @rte.ie
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Rembrandt’s portraits of Marten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit
I’ll be talking about Oopjen and Marten, the Posh & Becks of the 17th century on RTE Radio 1 tomorrow morning from 09:10 👠🪭@gillhessassociates.bsky.social @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social @rte.ie @wcorklitfest.bsky.social #sundaymiscellany #rembrandtspromise
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Beatrice Elvery wearing amazing hat with pheasant feathers over shock of red hair, matching dress. Picture in the Pearse Museum
Great piece about #Hats by Olivia O'Leary on #RTE #SundayMiscellany
Mentions artist Beatrice Elvery, painted by William Orpen
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Maria Moynihan
Olivia O'Leary
Aidan Mathews
Easter miracles, bell chimes and baby chicks -- and taking the plunge to sing in public. #sundaymiscellany is on the way @fachtna.bsky.social Aidan Mathews Roslyn Dee Olivia O’Leary Maria Moynihan James Harpur Listen in/listen back: rte.ie/radio/radio1... Coming up 9.10am!
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Jessica Freed
Tim Carey
Bedsit blues + poker nights, the enduring power of the Great Gatsby + an intriguing story of a long ago Irish debtors' prison. #sundaymiscellany 6 Apr 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social @timcarey1.bsky.social Rebecca Hunter @briancrowley7.bsky.social Brian Crowley Jessica Freed Frank Kavanagh Roslyn Dee
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Barbara Scully and her mother
Cónal Creedon: photo by Paul Reardon
Joanne Hynes
The delight of a handwritten letter, the beauty of Ireland's South-West, and a mother-daughter rite of passage. #sundaymiscellany is on the way
@barbarascully.bsky.social Jamie O'Connell Brian Daly James Harpur Joanne Hynes @conalcreedon.bsky.social Amenazeb Khan 9.10am Sun @rteradio1.bsky.social 📻
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Member of the Hourani family, featured in Justin MacCarthy's script. Near Jerusalem, 1959
Paula Meehan
the late Tony Gregory TD
Durgham Mushtaha
Bittersweet memories and a mighty mouse, revolutionary whispers and a tribute to #TonyGregory #sundaymiscellany is coming up with John Toal Catherine Foley Justin MacCarthy Rosaleen McDonagh Kathleen Murphy Paula Meehan Durgham Mushtaha Tune in!📻Sun 23 Mar 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social #PaveePoint
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I love this beautiful piece. If anything turns me into a cat person, this will… 💕 #SundayMiscellany @gagebybell.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Amanda Bell
Alexis MacIsaac
Philip Judge
Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha
A friendship forged in music, a century-old literary scandal, a tiger-striped feline warrior... #sundaymiscellany Sun 9 March 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social Philip Judge Alexis MacIsaac Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha Lourdes Mackey Amanda Bell
#BrianConnor #EleanorMcEvoy #MargaretBarrington Tune in!
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Woohoo! 🌼Dandelion Seed 🌼was played on #SundayMiscellany this morning @RTERadio1. Hear it at 30:18 after a lovely piece called "The Move" by Beth Kilkenny (25:55). Mo ghrá thú Sunday Miscellany!
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Sunday morning soundtrack: teeming rain and the McGarrigles singing Cohen. And not a single snowflake in sight.
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Waking to The Decemberists, John Bowman’s pick of Christmassy archives and now the Sunday Miscellany signature tune, unchanged for my whole life. Love my radio.
#Risingtime
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What a Christmas cracker of a #SundayMiscellany on @rteradio1.bsky.social if you missed it listen back 🎄🧡 #RTE
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Would be great to see #SundayMiscellany here. A song for Shane at the recordings for the Christmas episode. Gorgeous evening!
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