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Sunday Miscellany 30 October 2011
Updated: 2011-10-28 12:00:00
Description: New essays and poetry: Owls by Barbara Scully, Remembering the Dead by Olive Travers, With Love From…. By Orla Shanaghy, Mountain – a poem by Gerard Smyth recorded at the recent Sunday Miscellany event at Clifden Arts Week 2011, Halloween by Sean...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 23 October - from Clifden Arts Week 2011- New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-10-21 12:00:00
Description: New poetry and Essays: 1957 – a poem by Gerard Smyth, Galway Muesli by Geraldine Mills, This is Not about Windmills by Mary O’Malley, Waiting for the Island Boat by Denise Blake, The Crescent Church by Bill Whelan and The Present by Siobhan Manni...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 16 October 2011 - The frist of 2 programmes form the Donegal Bay and Bluestack Festival 2011 - New short writingo n RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-10-14 12:00:00
Description: New Short essays: It's In The Face by Winifred McNulty, Football by Peter Hull, The Awful Truth by Carlo Gebler, The Mimetic Homes of Donegal by Ann Hull and The Diary of Mary Anne Sheil by Anthony Begley ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 9 October 2011 from The Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2011 part 2)
Updated: 2011-10-07 12:00:00
Description: This is the second of 2 programmes recorded in The Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire on Tuesday 6 September 2011 as part of the Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2011. The Contributions are from John Boland, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Bernard Farrell, Ma...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 25 September 2011 - New writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-09-22 12:00:00
Description: New short essays: Michaelmas Goose and Goose Law by Cathleen Brindley, We Were Boys Then John MacKenna, The Last Saskatch by Gabriel Rosenstock, Swimming by Pat Boran (R) and The Pope’s Visit by Catherine Foley ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 18 September 2011 - New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-09-16 12:00:00
Description: The Day of the All Ireland Championship Senior Football Final between Dublin and Kerry. New short essays: Mick Carolan by John MacKenna, Tug of Love by Joe Ó Muircheartaigh, All Ireland Sunday 2011 by Josephine McArdle, Sky Blue by Colbert Kearney a...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 11 September 2011 from the Mountains to Sea dlr Book Festival 2011
Updated: 2011-09-09 12:00:00
Description: New short essays on this podcast::September is a Blissful Month by Claire Coughlan, You Have Reached Your Destination by Enda Wyley, Sunday Morning Skype by Nuala Hayes, The Chocolate Soldier by Leo Cullen and 9/11 and 9/12 by Pat Boran. ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 4 September 2011 on RTÉ Radio 1: celebrating All Ireland Hurling Championship Sunday 2011
Updated: 2011-09-02 12:00:00
Description: Lory Meaghar’s Swallow Joe Kearney, Hurling Final Girl by Mary Ledwidge, The First Sub by Leo Cullen, Cat Fight in Croker by Gerry Moran, Ollie Walsh (pronounced Welsh) by Cathy Power and Bus Journey by John Allen. ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 28 August 2011 Part 2: Ex. Kilkenny Arts Festival 2011 in association with 'The Year of Craft 2011'
Updated: 2011-08-26 12:00:00
Description: The second of two Sunday Miscellany programmes, recorded in the Watergate Theatre during Kilkenny Arts Festival 2011 and produced in association with ‘The Year of Craft 2011: The Coat by Grace Wells, The Other Lass of Aughrim by Catriona Crowe, Bow...more...

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Sunday Miscellany Live form Kilkenny Arts Festival 2011 in association with The Year of Craft 2011 - new short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-08-19 12:00:00
Description: The first of two programmes recorded in the Watergate Theatre during Kilkenny Arts Festival 2011 in association with the Year of Craft 2011: John Wortley by John MacKenna, Licky’s Visit by Catherine Foley,The Closed Shop by Mary Morrissy, Two Men i...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 7 August 2011 - New short writing first heard on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-08-03 12:00:00
Description: New writing first heard on Sunday Miscellany: A Sixty’s Dive – a poem by Gerard Smyth (R) Salad Days by Conor O’Callaghan (R) Irish Civil War - Sort of by Mick Ransford (R) Lobster Pots by Chuck Kruger (R) The Holyhead Train by John MacKenna an...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 14 August 2011 - New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-08-03 12:00:00
Description: New writing first heard on Sunday Miscellany: Paraphernalia Sean Moffatt, Achill by John F Deane (R) , Cats by Mary O’Malley, The Market House in Monaghan by Evelyn Conlon and House Rules by Joe Kearney (R). ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 31 July 2011
Updated: 2011-07-29 12:00:00
Description: The Return of the Stallion by Peter Sirr, The Monk’s Bed by Marguerite MacCurtin, 'OSlowly, Slowly’: Climbing Croagh Patrick by James Harpur, Origins of a Canard by Maurice Cashell, Vox Humana by Iarla Ó Lionáird (R) and Ship in The Night – a...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 24 July 2011: New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-07-22 12:00:00
Description: A number of this programme's contributions and music were recorded recently in St Brendan’s Church, Bantry, Co Cork as part of the official programme of West Cork Literary Festival 2011 ….New Short writing: Getting to know Your Aging Face by Juli...more...

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Sunday Miscellany from the West Cork Literary Festival 2011- new short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-07-14 12:00:00
Description: This edition of Sunday Miscellany was recorded in St Brendan’s Church in Bantry as part of the West Cork Literary Festival 2011 with new short writing from Leanne O’Sullivan, Chuck Kruger, John O’Donnell, Martina Devlin, David Miller and Colber...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 3 July 2011 on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-07-02 12:00:00
Description: New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1: St Leger by Mae Leonard, Summer Solstice – a poem by Jean O’Brien, Shapes of Buildings by Evelyn Conlon, Library Days by Peter Sirr, Ghost in My Car by John Mackenna and Where Baggot Street Meets Pembroke Street...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 10 July 2011 - New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-07-02 12:00:00
Description: New short writing on this podcast:Ranelagh Gardens by Mary Morrissy, Liberty Belle – For Brendan Kennelly – a poem by Gerard Smyth, Rocks and Rock pools by Cathleen Brindley, The Black Dog by John MacKenna, Rathmines Library by Evelyn Conlon and ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 26 June 2011 RTÉ Radio 1 compiled in association with the Childrens Laureate Office
Updated: 2011-06-29 12:00:00
Description: The written contributions in this edition of Sunday Miscellany – compiled in association with the Childrens Laureate Office - were by Enda Wyley, Cathleen Brindley, Seamus Cashman, Clodagh O’Donoghue, Siobhán Parkinson and Gabriel Fitzmaurice ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 19 June 2011 - New Short Writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-06-29 12:00:00
Description: New writing contributions on htis programme: The First-Class Mothers' Book Club by Clodagh O’Donoghue, Mid-summer Picnic by Mae Leonard, Elbow Room – a poem by Peter Sirr, The Theatre Royal, Waterford by Catherine Foley, Qana by Tom Clonan and Da...more...

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Sunday Miscellany - a selection form Listowel Writers Week broadcasts between 2007 and 2011 - new short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-06-10 12:00:00
Description: This edition of Sunday Miscellany is a selection of its first five year’s recordings from Listowel since 2007 including Listowel Writers Week 2011: Anne Enright, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Colm Tóibín, Colette Olney, Róisín Whelan, Andrew Motion ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany - Recorded live at Listowel Writers Week 2011.
Updated: 2011-06-03 12:00:00
Description: Contributors on this podcast are Cyril Kelly, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Blake Morrison, Catherine Dunne and Pat Boran. ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 29 May 2011 - new writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-05-27 12:00:00
Description: New writing on this podcast; Scribbled on The Hill - a poem by Enda Coyle Greene, Crugal by Catherine Foley, Dream Rooms by Peter Sirr, A Letter to William by John O’Donnell, Omen by Mary O’Malley and The Track by Anne Sharpe. ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 22 May 2011 - New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-05-20 12:00:00
Description: New writing on this podcast: The Yanks are Coming Mae Leonard, A Coin in a Jukebox in Minnesota - poem for Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday by Gerard Smyth, I Sing America by Denise Blake, Manically Motoring Through Moneygall by Leo Cullen, Us and Them b...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 15 May 2011 - New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-05-14 12:00:00
Description: New short writing: Dollymount Days - Remembering Severiano Ballesteros by Joe Ó Muircheartaigh, Our First Royal Visit by Michael Fewer, Jerusalem Two Ways by Ann Hull, The Visit of King George IV to Ireland by Gail Seakamp, The Queen Like Céilís b...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 8 May 2011 - new short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-05-09 12:00:00
Description: New essays on thsi podcast: Scenes at an Opera by Mae Leonard, Books For The Road by Enda Coyle Greene, A Piece of Wood by Karl O’Neill, Lifting The Linoleum by Bernard Farrell and Sleep by Sheila Maher ...more...

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Sundya Miscellany 27 March 2011 - New Short Writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-05-03 12:00:00
Description: Esaay on this podcast: Trees by Anne Sharpe, The Black Spider John MacKenna, Rugby Union by James Harpur, The Coming of Spring by Nicola Lindsay and St. Clemente by Éamonn Ó hUallacháin ...more...

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Easter Sunday Miscellany 2011 - RTÉ Radio 1 - recorded in the National Concert Hall Dublin
Updated: 2011-04-22 12:00:00
Description: The second of two programmes recorded on Thursday 7 April 2011 in the National Concert Hall – a collaboration with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra – to mark the publication of a new anthology Sunday Miscellany: A Selection from 2008-2011 edited by ClÃ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 1 May 2011 - New short Writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-04-22 12:00:00
Description: New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1. Essay: John Wesley Came to Francis Street – a poem by Gerard Smyth, Doing Alphonsus Road by Catherine Foley, Before I Wear Purple by Hedy Gibbons Lynott, Cousin Bruce by Bert Wright, The New City – another poem ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 17 April 2011 - New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-04-15 12:00:00
Description: On this podcast you will hear Sanctuary - a poem by Jean O'Brien, The Kiss - a poem by Grace Wells, Birds by Evelyn Conlon, Effin Songs by Brendan Graham and The Light Sleepers by Kevin Barry. They were all contributions to a Sunday Miscellany Conc...more...

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Sundfay Miscellany 10 April 2011 - New Short Writing on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2011-04-09 12:00:00
Description: Kells and Kindle by James Harpur, Begin Again by Brendan Kennelly – from the Sunday Miscellany archive - inlcuded to salute the poet’s seventy fifth birthday later this week, Train Journey to Galway Sheila Maher, Star light Star bright by Martin...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 3 April 2011: New short writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-04-02 12:00:00
Description: That’s No Way to Say Goodbye by Cyril Kelly; Why Did You leave me Behind by Martina Devlin; National Velvet by Joe Ó Muircheartaigh; A Mother’s Fall by Sheila Maher - and from the Sunday Miscellany archive to mark the fifth anniversary of the de...more...

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Sunday Miscellany - New writing on RTÉ Radio 1 - 20 March 2011
Updated: 2011-03-18 12:00:00
Description: Essays: Theme and Variation by John F Deane,Kicking Over the Traces by Katrina Goldstone, Dancing with German Shepherds Joe Kearney, Ghosts by Enda Wyley and The Bahamas, Crusing and Pinter by Ann Le Marquand Hartigan. ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 13 March 2011 on RTÉ Radio includes contributions in Irish to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge
Updated: 2011-03-15 12:00:00
Description: New poems and essay contributions: Dhá Nóta Fada – a poem by Art Ó Súilleabháin, Scalige Night by Cyril Kelly, Úna Bhán by Mairéad Ní Choneanainn, Gleann na Dargaile - a poem by Liam Ó Muirthile followed by a reading by Gabriel Rosenstock...more...

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Saint Patrick's Day Miscellany 2011 - RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-03-15 12:00:00
Description: Podcast content of new essays and poetry : Fúm Fhéin – a poem by Liam Ó Muirthile – followed by its translation into English as Freewheeling – and read by its translator – Gabriel Rosenstock, The Dear Little Traitor by Joe Kearney, My Fla...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 27 February 2011
Updated: 2011-03-10 12:00:00
Description: New radio essays on this podcast: The Lost Heifer by Claire Coughlin, A New beginning by Oliver Travers, Tracks by John F Deane, Curlew Sandpipers by Mark Roper, Democracy by Anne Le Marquand Hartigan. ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 6 March 2011 - RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2011-03-10 12:00:00
Description: New essays by and relating to women and marking International Women's Day 2011: Women Eleanor Countess of Desmond by Anne Chambers, Antonina Milyukova by Karl O’Neill, Has Spring Sprung and Other Verses by Nicola Lindsay, Overcoming the Obstacle Ra...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 20 February 2011 - New writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-02-18 12:00:00
Description: New radio essays on this podcast: Fish by Conor O’CallaghanReport from Hanoi, Vietnam: 3 by John F Deane, Amber by Martina Devlin, My Father Taught John Wayne to Shoot by Enda Wyley and Travelling Hopefully by Maurice Cashell ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 13 February 2011
Updated: 2011-02-11 12:00:00
Description: New short radio essays on this podcast: My Mother’s Kitchen Drawer by Michael Fewer, Kitty and Arthur by Dympna Murray Fennell, The Charmer by Mairead Whisker, Faint Hearts and Fair Ladies by Martina Devlin, Throwing Nuts to the Monkees by Leo Cull...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 6 February 2011
Updated: 2011-02-04 12:00:00
Description: New radio essays on RTÉ Radio 1: Imagine by Gail Seakamp, Hamster by Mark Roper, Money Laundering by Cyril Kelly, The Waterford Penny Dinners by Cathleen Brindley and My Scene with Daniel Day Lewis by Deirdre Mulrooney ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 30 January 2011 - new writing on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-01-28 12:00:00
Description: New essays: The Last Number by Elaine Sisson (r), Report from Hanoi, Vietnam: Two by John F Deane, Ned Ryan by Evelyn Conlon, Far From Horace’s Ode by Cyril Kelly, Omar Teller’s Wife – a poem by Mark Roper and Grand Stretch in the Evening by Je...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 23 January 2011 - New radio essays on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-01-21 12:00:00
Description: New essays for radio on this podcast: Report from Hanoi, Vietnam: One by John F Deane, Novel by Conor O’Callaghan, Darling Business by Catherine Foley, Gundagai and Thereabouts by Evelyn Conlon and All Those Ghosts by Larry McCluskey ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 16 January 2011 - New radio essays and poetry on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-01-14 12:00:00
Description: Essays and poetry on this programme: For Baby Fia – a poem by Cyril Kelly, Light by Peter Sirr (R), Mary Lee: Daughter of a Worshipful Master by Evelyn Conlon, Blind Faith by Bert Wright, Home Thoughts From Abroad by John MacKenna, For We Ride in D...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 9 January 2011 - new radio essays and poetry presentedby the writers on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2011-01-10 12:00:00
Description: Books by Evelyn Conlon, Running by Sheila Maher, The Kindness of Strangers by Mary O’Malley, Angel Paz Talks to the Birds – a poem by Mark Roper, Finding Tarrytown by Bernard Farrell and An Unexpected Gift by Barbara Scully ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 19 December 2010 - New radio essays on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-12-30 12:00:00
Description: Watching for the Comet - a new poem by Jean O'Brien, Porridge by Anne Sharpe, Roundy Birthday by Sheila Maher, Guatamala by Catherine Foley, Edna OBrien at 80 by Colbert Kearney and Stories by Éilis Ní Dhuibhne - and marking 75 years of the Iirsh F...more...

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Christmas Day Miscellany 2010 - New seasonal essays on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-12-30 12:00:00
Description: New essays especially for Christmas from John MacKenna, Catherine Ann Cullen, Cyril Kelly, Leo Cullen, Martina Devlin and Brendan Graham ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany Live ( A selection from 2010) 26 December 2010 - RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2010-12-30 12:00:00
Description: A Selection from the live recordings made by Sunday Miscellany around Ireland during 2010: John Banville (on winning the Kerry Book award ) from St John's Theatre at Listowel Writers Week in Listowel Co. Kerry; Nuala Hayes (on the premier production ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 2 January 2011 - New Radio essays on RTÉ Radio 1
Updated: 2010-12-30 12:00:00
Description: New essays on Sunday Miscellany: In the beginning by Mary O’Malley; Another Tuscany by Cathleen Brindley; My Date with Reggie Kray by Martina Devlin; Feeling Sorry for God by Anne Sharpe; Distance by Evelyn Conlon and Somewhere else by John MacKenn...more...

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Sunday Miscellany Live from Limerick 12 December 2010
Updated: 2010-12-10 12:00:00
Description: This Sunday Miscellany Live programme was recorded in The Irish World Academy Building in the University of Limerick on Thursday 25 November 2010. The event was an RTÉ collaboration with The Arts Council of Ireland and The Network of Local Authoriti...more...

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Sunday Miscellany RTÉ Radio 1 on 5 December 2010
Updated: 2010-12-06 12:00:00
Description: New writing first heard on RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Miscellany on this podcast: A Winter Gift by Nuala McCann, Belqis - Queen of Sheba by Mary Russell, The Old Folks by John F Deane (R), Biscuits by Anne Sharpe, The Meaning of Snow – a poem by Liam Au...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 28 November 2010 on RTE Radio 1: The second of 2 programmes from the Donegal Bay and Bluestack Festival recorded in The Abbey Centre, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal
Updated: 2010-11-23 12:00:00
Description: This podcast has new writing from John Breen, Michael Harding, Winifred McNulty, Brian Leyden and Denise Blake read at the Sunday Miscellany event at the Dongela Bay and Bluestacks Festival in September 2010. The programme was made with the support o...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 21 November 2010 - recorded at the 2010 Benedict Kiely Annual Literary Weekend in The Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
Updated: 2010-11-18 12:00:00
Description: This week’s podcast is the second of two Sunday Miscellany programmes recorded at the Benedict Kiely Literary Festival 2010 and is introduced by Clíodhna Ní Anluain. The new writing contributions are by Kevin McAleer, Mary Morrissy and Anthony ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 14 November 2010
Updated: 2010-11-12 12:00:00
Description: A Selection of timely contributions orginally written especially for Sunday Mscellany: A Chink Too Wide by Mary O’Malley (r), Milk Puddings by Sheila Maher (r), Missing the Beet by Margaret Hawkins (r), Tobias Hume by Peter Sirr (r), Monte Cassino...more...

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Sunday Miscellany RTE Radio 1 on 7 November 2010
Updated: 2010-11-05 12:00:00
Description: New writing for radio on RTE Radio 1. This programme's content: New Shoes by Sheila Maher, Angel Paz Talks to The Birds – a poem by Mark Roper, November 1641 by Mary Russell, Where I Lived by John MacKenna, Robin by Anne Sharpe and My Father’s Ha...more...

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Sunday Miscellany on Halloween 31 October 2010
Updated: 2010-11-02 12:00:00
Description: Broadcast on Halloween 2010 this podcasts has the following new writing contributions for radio: Apples by Dympna Murray Fennell, Halloween by Barbara Scully, Daylight Savings by Conor O’Callaghan, Dark Visitor by Adrian Crowley, The Commentator: ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 17 October 2010
Updated: 2010-10-19 12:00:00
Description: New essays and poetry on this programme are: Camera Stories by Dympna Murray Fennell, Elegy for a Hero by Conor O’Callaghan, Silent TV by John MacKenna, The Ferryman by Mary O’Malley, The Kiss – a poem by Grace Wells and Breathless in Leadville...more...

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Sunday Miscellany Part 2 from the DLR Mountains to Sea Writers Festival 2010
Updated: 2010-10-19 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany Part 2 recorded live in the Pavilion Theatre at the DLR Mountains to Sea Writers Festival 2010 with new writing and poetry from Declan Hughes, Jackie Kay, Christine Dwyer Hickey and Gerald Dawe ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 10 October 2010 from The Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal.
Updated: 2010-10-06 12:00:00
Description: This is the first of two RTÉ Radio 1 Sunday Miscellany programmes recorded as part of the official programme of the Tenth Annual Donegal Bay and Bluestack Arts Festival 2010. Contributors of new essays written especially for this programme are Littl...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 3 October 2010 from the Benedict Kiely literary Weekend 2010
Updated: 2010-10-05 12:00:00
Description: This edition of Sunday Miscellany was recorded in the Strule Arts Centre on 11 September 2010 and is the first of two programme recorded that day. Each of the radio essays were inspired by Kiely's works: 'The shortest road home...'. The contributors ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 26 September 2010- Live from the 2010 Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival
Updated: 2010-09-24 12:00:00
Description: This programme was recorded in the Pavilion theatre as part of the official programme of the 2010 Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival. It is the first of 2 programmes hosted by Sunday Miscellany at the Festival. Brand new writing is presented especial...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 19 September 2010
Updated: 2010-09-16 12:00:00
Description: The podcast includes new essays relating to GAA stories on the day of the 2010 All Irleand Football Championship between Co Down and Co Cork. Contributions: 2010 Bogwoman – a poem by John McKenna, Croker by Noel Ellis, County Down and The Russian C...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 12 September 2010
Updated: 2010-09-16 12:00:00
Description: Essays and new poetry first heard on RTE Radio: The Juliette Letters by Joe Kearney, Eye of the Hare - a poem - by John F. Deane, Looking West by Bláithin Ní Liathin, Looking for Chestnuts by Paddy Murray, Batch by Conor O’Callaghan and John Henr...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 5 September 2010 on the All Ireland Hurling Championship Final
Updated: 2010-09-04 12:00:00
Description: New Radio essays: Up for the Match by Theresa O'Farrell, Trapped in Amber by Joe Kearney, It's Only a Game by Theresa McKenna, The Moon Behind The Hill - The Real Kilkenny Anthem by Gerry Moran, Undercurrents / Uisce Faoi Thalamh by Leo Cullen, I Nev...more...

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Sunday Miscellany on RTE Radio 15 August 2010
Updated: 2010-08-11 12:00:00
Description: new audio essays and poetry: Clearing Out – a poem by Gerald Dawe, The Shinjuku Express by Colbert Kearney, Bull’s Wool, Kilts and Swords by Michael Fewer, Land, Sea and Song with Leonard Cohen by James Moran, Two Words by Mark Roper and August ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany on RTE Radio 22 August 2010
Updated: 2010-08-11 12:00:00
Description: New radio essays and brand new poems: Summer Afternoon – a poem by Nicola Lindsay, Ships by Evelyn Conlon, Credan Bay by Mark Roper, Greetings by Conor O’Callaghan, Two Men in a Boat by Gerry Moran and Western Worlds by Colbert Kearney ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 8 August 2010 - new writing for radio on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-08-06 12:00:00
Description: Brand new radio essays - A Little Piece of Dublin in Kilkenny by Gerry Moran, The Mossy Bank by Mark Roper, The Menger Hotel, the Alamo and Irish Coffee by Michael Fewer,The Singing Dead - Ballintubbert Churchyard – a poem by John McKenna, Waiting ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany RTE Radio 1 1 August 2010
Updated: 2010-07-31 12:00:00
Description: Ritual – a poem by Anne Le Marquand Hartigan, Flight by Ed O’Loughlin (recorded at Listowel Writers Week 2010), The Yeats’ at Sligo by Dympna Murray Fennell, Alex Higgins – The Entertainer by Joe O’Muirtcheartaigh, Facebook by Conor O’Cal...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 25 July 2010 - Radio essays and poetry on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-07-24 12:00:00
Description: Essays and poetry first heard on Sunday Miscellany: The Summer of Bees – a poem by Pat Boran, A Dead Ringer by Leo Cullen( and our obsession with horses), When Eileen Met Mags by Eileen Casey (with references to Philip Treacy and Isabella Blow), He...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 18 July 2010 - New Writing on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-07-09 12:00:00
Description: New writing first heard on Sunday mIscellany Culture Vultures by Joe Kearney, Bangor by Gerald Dawe, Across to Newfoundland by Catherine Foley, Samphire by Fiona Poole, From the Source to the Sea by Cyril Kelly and Fun With Catullus by Karl O’Neill...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 11 July 2010 - New short writing on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-07-09 12:00:00
Description: Seaside Days by Vona Groarke, Underwater Worlds by Gemma Tipton, Vive La France by Ann Le Marquand Hartigan, Ranji: The Maharajah of Connemara by Anne ChambersSacred Spaces by Mary O’Malley and The Blaskets – a poem by Peter Fallon ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 4 July 2010 (American Independance Day)
Updated: 2010-07-02 12:00:00
Description: The essays of this podcast was broadcast on American Independance Day 2010 includes new and archived Irish portraits of creative Americans: Speech: Joni Mitchell and Night Ride Home by Sean Moffet, Letter to Georgia by Sharon Hogan, Going to Gracelan...more...

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Sunday Miscellany: New radio essays for RTE Radio 1 - 27 June 2010
Updated: 2010-06-28 12:00:00
Description: New radio essays on RTE Radio 1 present by hteir authors: A Dog Called Pickles by John O’Donnell, Weathering Exams by Sile Agnew, A Gloucestershire Rhapsody by Karl ONeill, The Suburban Farm by Sheila Maher, Last Day at School by Ann Le Marquand H...more...

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Sunday Miscellany on Father's Day 20 June 2010
Updated: 2010-06-21 12:00:00
Description: This Sunday Miscellany podcast of new writing for radio marks Father’s Day and stories between the generations in the week the publication online of the 1901 Census of Ireland: The 1901 Census of Ireland: a National Treasure by Clodagh O’Donoghue...more...

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Sunday Miscellany Live from Listowel Writers Week 6 June 2010
Updated: 2010-06-15 12:00:00
Description: A recording of a Sunday Miscellany event recorded in St John's Theatre in the town as part of the official programme of Listowel Writers Week 2010 with writing especially written for the programme by John MacKenna, Ed O'Loughlin, Claire Kilroy, Grey ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 13 June 2010
Updated: 2010-06-15 12:00:00
Description: New Writing especially written for Sunday Miscellany: The Abyss by Mary O'Malley, Galilee - a poem by Gerard Smyth, Strawberry Picking by Sheila Maher, Elizabeth O'Rourke by Denis Sampson, Casual Sexism by Gemma Tipton and Remebering Hair by McGovern...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 30 May 2010 - RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-05-31 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany 30 May 2010: New radio essay writing on RTE Radio 1 - Give me Back My Cap by Leo Cullen, Books by Gemma Tipton, Djangology by John S. Doyle, Of Motes and Mendelssohn by Bert Wright, Picnics by Sheila Maher ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 23 May 2010 - New writing on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-05-21 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany: new selection of new audio essays and poetry: Palimpsest by Mary O’Malley, At the Fireside with Bach by Karl O’Neill, My Five Minutes of Fame and Eurovision by Mary Wall, Aunt Rita by Nicola Lindsay, Prelude – a poem by Geral...more...

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Sunday Miscellany at Cúirt International Festival of Literature 2010
Updated: 2010-05-18 12:00:00
Description: The second of two Sunday Miscellany programmes relating to the 2010 Cúirt International Festival of Literature with Cúirt New Writing prize-winner Andrew Meehan, Synge by Mary O'Malley, TD Expenses - a new poem by Rita Ann Higgins, an excerpt from ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 16 May 2010
Updated: 2010-05-18 12:00:00
Description: New Writing on RTE Radio 1 on Sunday Miscellany: Trains by Gemma Tipton, Stargazing by Colette Olney, John Clare by John MacKenna, Edward V11 and Ireland by Mary Kenny, Saying Goodnight to Our Lady by Catherine Foley and May Day - a poem by Catherin...more...

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Sunday Miscellany Live from the Cúirt International Festival of Literature in Galway 2 May 2010
Updated: 2010-05-05 12:00:00
Description: The programme was recorded in front of a live audience in the Town Hall Theatre on 23 April 2010 as part of the official programme of the Cúirt Internationl festival of Literature. It is the first of two Sunday Miscellany programmes to include new w...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 25 April 2010 on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-04-27 12:00:00
Description: The programme has the following new writing: Robert Shaw and Me by Andrew McKimm, Foclóir an Nua-Ghaeilge by Cyril Kelly, That Awful Deep Torrent by Colbert Kearney, The Horticultural Show by Caroline Carey Finn, Continual Visit - a poem by Peter Si...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 18 April 2010 - New essay writing for radio on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-04-16 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany - New essay writing for radio on RTE Radio 1: Angelus by John McKenna, Punchestown Races by Mae Leonard, Messiah by Cyril Kelly, The Summer I Mapped the World by Noel Duffy, The Cross on the Hill by Colette Olney and Easter Journey ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 11 April 2010 - New audio essays and Poetry first heard on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-04-12 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany 11 April 2010. New audio essays and poetry Spoken content: Daub by Ted Sheehy, Nuns by Catherine Foley, A Pyclet for Mary by Peter Sirr, Greek Debt by Colbert Kearney, The Woodcock by Mark Roper and Poem for my Laser Printer by Pat ...more...

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Easter Sunday Miscellany 4 April 2010 - Brand new writing form Ireland on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-04-02 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany - New essays and poetry on RTE Radio 1 - The Last Summer – a poem by Gerald Dawe, Glas Thorn by Mae Leonard, Tomorrow’s Stanzas - in memory of Francis Ledwidge – a poem by Gerard Smyth, Eight Chocolate Bunnies by Catherine An...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 28 March 2010 - brand new writing from Ireland on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-03-29 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany - New writing on RTE Radio: Winifred M. Letts by Cathleen Brindley, Shirts for Books by Peter Sirr, The Gift by Anne Sharpe, Shadows Thrown by Moonlight by John F. Deane, A Late Interior – a poem by Gerald Dawe and Geezerdammerung...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 21 March 2010 - Brand new radio essays and poetry on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-03-26 12:00:00
Description: New writing for Radio: The Last Castrato by John McKenna, The Heugenots in Ireland by Mary Russell, Going for a T.R. OT. by Caroline carey Finn, The Woodland Pill by Mark Roper, Danube Cruise by Anne Sharpe, Selling Onions by Denis Sampson ...more...

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Mother's Day Miscellany 14 March2010 - Brand new essays and poetry on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-03-18 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany for Mother's Day My Mother’s Watch by Karl O’Neill, Hoovering by Catherine Foley, Anniversary – a poem by Noel Duffy, The Tea Time Express Cake by Sheila Maher, My Mother’s Heaven by Trish Long and The Gate Lodge by Susan St...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 17 March 2010 - St Patrick's Day Miscellany 2010 - New essays and poetry in English and Irish on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-03-18 12:00:00
Description: St Patrick's Day Miscellany 2010: New essays and poetry: Rós – An Saol i mBláth – a poem by Art Ó Súilleabháin, The Wearing of The Green by Pat Boran, With Anne Gone – a poem by Philip Cummings, Doing Something Irish by Vona Groarke, Samhr...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 7 March 2010 - Brand new writing on Irish Radio
Updated: 2010-03-08 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany 7 March 2010 - a selection brand new radio essays from Ireland read on hte programme by their writers radio - A Sixpenny Chocolate Bar by Ray Kennedy, Summer Snowflake by Mark Roper, Numbers by Anne Sharpe, Walls by Catherine Foley...more...

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Sunday 28 February 2010 - Brand new radio essays and poetry heard first on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-03-02 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany 28 February 2010: In Honour of Audre Hanneman by Kevin Casey, Blakes Restaurant by Shiela Maher, Harbour Shelter by Denis Sampson, Renewal of Spring by Cyril Kelly, The Moons – a poem by Noel Duffy and Dinner Date with Edna by Mon...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 7 February 2010 on RTE Radio 1 - New Writing from Ireland: essays and occasional poetry - heard first on Irish Radio
Updated: 2010-02-23 12:00:00
Description: The coming of Spring by Michael Fewer, My Aunts: a momory piece by Catherine Foley, On my Bicycle by Brian Carr, Summer Schools: Tocano in France by Evelyn Conlon, A Joyce Song: a rare music connection to James Joyce by John S Doyle, Luxembourg Garde...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 14 February 2010 - Brand new Writing from Ireland. New essays and poetry for Valentine's Day heard first on Irish Radio
Updated: 2010-02-23 12:00:00
Description: New Writing on Irish Radio for Valentine's Day: Romance in the Air by Catherine Foley, The Ring necked paraquet - Mark Roper, Love live on the Radio by Theresa Farrell, Bella – a poem by Noel Duffy, For The Birds by Mae Leonard and The American Cou...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 21 February 2010 - Brand New Writing from Ireland heard first on Irish Radio from new and well known voices
Updated: 2010-02-23 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany 21 February 2010: A Wee Girl’s Bike by Iggy McGovern, Passing Through by Ted Sheehy, Hospital Beds by Anne Sharpe, Rain by Sheila Maher, Going Through the Motions – The Irish Times Debate by John O’Donnell, Bank Crises by Jack...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 31 January 2010 - New Writing on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-01-29 12:00:00
Description: New radio essays on a mix of subjects: The protests in Woolworths of Greensborough, in the US, fifty years ago, that led to subsequent civil equality; the importance of trees; days on a Buddist retreat; memories of John Updike and Michael Jackson and...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 24 January 2010
Updated: 2010-01-22 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany - New radio essays on RTE Radio 1: Keeping a Diary by Dympna Murray Fennell, Holding on by Anne Sharpe, Granuaile by Anne Chambers, Robinson Crusoe by Denis Sampson and The Austin Clarke Portrait Caper by Karl O’Neill ...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 17 January 2010 - New audio essays on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2010-01-15 12:00:00
Description: Ways of Seeing by Anne Sharpe, The Secret Life of Richard Crosbie by Brian MacMahon, A Place in the Bronx by Iggy McGovern, Walking into History: Richard the Broken-Backed Irishman by James Harper, The Round Window by Karl O’Neill and Salt and Hist...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 10 January 2010 - Snow-Inspired Stories and poetry for radio
Updated: 2010-01-08 12:00:00
Description: Snow-inspired radio stories and poetry from new and regular contributors to the programme arising from the snowy weather now general across the country: The Meaning of Snow – a poem by Liam Aungier, Snow before Porridge Sheila Maher, Fat Sultanas b...more...

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Sunday Miscellany 3 January 2010 - New writing on RTE Radio 1
Updated: 2009-12-31 12:00:00
Description: Sunday Miscellany 3 January 2010: You can hear the following new radio essays and poetry: Frawley’s Department Store and Me by Catherine Foley, Coming Back by John F Deane, Remembering Paradise by James Harpur, Natham Tate by Colbert Kearney, To Be...more...

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