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Unexpected Guests and a Whistling City
2026/04/19
An unforgettable road trip, an Irish diplomat’s memories of the Chernobyl disaster and an archivist’s portal to McGahern Country, with John Egan, Carol Taaffe, Joe Hayes, Colin Regan, Antonia Hart and Barry HoulihanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Fairytales, Faraway Places and Falling in Love
2026/04/12
A tribute to In Dublin Magazine, a visit to a Buenos Aires hurling club and advice to the young, with Tim Carey, Alexander McMaster, Grace Wells, Daniel Mulhall, Mary O’Donnell, Mary O’Malley and the late Gabriel RosenstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Easter Miscellany
2026/04/05
Radio waves and Roger Casement, a Rhode Island Red sisterhood and Semana Santa in Seville, with John MacKenna, Liz McSkeane, Rory Carroll, Doireann Ní Bhriain, Fiona Hyland, John F Deane and Tom ConatySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Stories of the Rising from Wexford to Dublin
2026/03/29
A special live programme from Wexford Opera House, originally broadcast for the centenary of the Easter Rising, with Billy Roche, AM Cousins, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Prionsías Ó Rathaille and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, and music from the Contempo Quartet and moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Old Friends and Youthful Dreams
2026/03/22
Live from the Ennis Book Club Festival, including tributes to the late Nuala O’Faolain and Seán Rocks, with writers Niamh Campbell, Hugo Hamilton, Lemn Sissay, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne and Karen J McDonnellSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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From Clare to Here
2026/03/15
Live at the Ennis Book Club Festival, with Anne Enright, Abi Daré, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Mattie Brennan and Lemn Sissay, with music from Blackie O’Connell, Mickey Dunne, The Metals, Diane Daly, Boris Hunka, Liam Hunka, Katie Theasby, Ger O’DonnellSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Embers, Oscars and Gold from the Dairy
2026/03/08
Butter and buttercups, teenage rites of passage, and a curly-haired girl… with Ciarán Cannon, Margaret Hickey, John MacKenna, Rosaleen McDonagh, Kathleen Murphy, Antonia Gunko Karelina, Tom Conaty and Mary O’MalleySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Melody, Meaning and Morning Dew
2026/03/01
A tribute to the late, great poet, Michael Longley, the politics of dress code, a celebration of lambing season, and wild Dingle peninsula Irish words from the much-missed Manchán Magan...with Olivia O'Leary, Peter Cunningham, Kate O'Shaughnessy, Denis Tuohy and Catherine FoleySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Rock Stars and Rugby Glory
2026/02/22
Triumph in Twickenham, diamonds and daffodils, and green shoots of hope in dark times, with Mark Horgan, Joseph O’Connor, Olive Travers, Carla King, John O’Donnell and Paul MuldoonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sea dips and serene cruising
2026/02/15
Bracing coastal waters, past-their-prime vessels and the glorious freedom of swimming, with Mae Leonard, Mervyn Wall, Benedict Kiely, Marie McSweeney, Gerald Dawe, Joe McGowan and Anne Le Marquand HartiganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Home comforts and ways of living
2026/02/08
The comforts of home, the spaces we inhabit and the things we can't do without, with Maurice Craig, Treasa Brogan, Bill Hammond, Mary Arrigan, Fachtna Ó Drisceoil, Tommy Sands and Elaine SissonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Magical childhoods
2026/02/01
Magical woodlands, stone sanctuaries and divine intervention, with Val Mulkerns, Sam McAughtry, Vona Groarke, Nuala Hayes, Peter Jankowsky, Catherine Ann Cullen, Liz Nugent and Michael HardingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Working yourself, or watching others at it
2026/01/25
Labour-saving devices, hard labour, labouring cerebrally or otherwise, all forms of work are the theme of today's archive programme, with John Ryan, Angela O'Rourke, Lar Redmond, Benedict Kiely, James Plunkett and Sharon HoganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Rituals at home, rituals in the community
2026/01/18
Miscellany 50: The Archives was a special series that celebrated the writing Sunday Miscellany featured in its first 50 years. This programme focused on the theme of ‘ritual’ and featured Hilda Murphy, Nuala O'Faolain, Eamon Keane, Margaret Hawkins, Paul Dwyer, Sinéad McCoole and Tadhg Ó DubhláineSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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A flash of pink, a magic box and a bird’s eye view
2026/01/11
Over the past 100 years, the seismic impact of Ireland's new public service broadcasting service on individual homes, society and our political landscape, with Felicity Hayes-McCoy, the late JM Dolan, Gerard Stembridge, Margaret Galvin, John Toal and Olivia O'LearySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mac an tSionnaigh
2025/02/23
RTE Radio’s flag ship.
A must for radiophiles all over the world
knockatee
2021/03/02
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...
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Ferg-Is
2019/12/10
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 wo...
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incognito82
2020/01/29
Jan 26 2020 episode is unbearable
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 listen...