Sunday Miscellany

By RTÉ Radio 1

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

Episode Date
Stories of the Rising from Wexford to Dublin
Mar 29, 2026
Old Friends and Youthful Dreams
Mar 22, 2026
From Clare to Here
Mar 15, 2026
Embers, Oscars and Gold from the Dairy
Mar 08, 2026
Melody, Meaning and Morning Dew
Mar 01, 2026
Rock Stars and Rugby Glory
Feb 22, 2026
Sea dips and serene cruising
Feb 15, 2026
Home comforts and ways of living
Feb 08, 2026
Magical childhoods
Feb 01, 2026
Working yourself, or watching others at it
Jan 25, 2026
Rituals at home, rituals in the community
Jan 18, 2026
A flash of pink, a magic box and a bird’s eye view
Jan 11, 2026
Roses, Rain and a Door Ajar
Jan 04, 2026
A Piano Man and a Wexford Ball
Dec 28, 2025
A Christmas Day Miscellany
Dec 25, 2025
Joy to the World: Christmas Miscellany Part 1
Dec 21, 2025
Songs, Seafarers and a Guiding Star
Dec 14, 2025
War Stories and Winter Light
Dec 07, 2025
Bicycles and Belfast Boys
Nov 30, 2025
Grief and History: Voices from Bloody Sunday, 2020
Nov 23, 2025
Old Friends and New Beginnings
Nov 16, 2025
Starry Skies and Student Rites-of-Passage
Nov 09, 2025
Ghosts, Goldcrests and a Lost Manuscript
Nov 02, 2025
A Last Briquette and a Magic Mountain
Oct 26, 2025
A Stolen Tulip and a Hare’s Eyes
Oct 19, 2025
Architecture, Home and the City
Oct 12, 2025
Ringing Bells and Magic Nights
Oct 05, 2025
Both Sides Now
Sep 28, 2025
Strange Days and Seasonal Moods
Sep 21, 2025
Sun and stardust, Irish words for rain and a gift from Edna O’Brien
Sep 14, 2025
Writing the Bog, Part 1
Sep 07, 2025
Back-to-school blues, Thackeray’s Irish tour, and Dev’s favourite transport
Aug 31, 2025
Exam Jitters and Curtain Raisers
Aug 24, 2025
Angels, Animals and Daughters of Memory
Aug 17, 2025
Oasis, Owls and a Wildean Whodunnit
Aug 10, 2025
Night Owls and Guardian Angels
Aug 03, 2025
Dreaming in Green and Gold
Jul 27, 2025
Hurling, Hitch-hiking and a Baby Elephant
Jul 20, 2025
Live Aid and Limpets
Jul 13, 2025
A New York State of Mind
Jul 06, 2025
Ways of Seeing, Notions of Home
Jun 29, 2025
Travelling West, Travelling East
Jun 22, 2025
Fathers, a Faith Healer and a Missing Football
Jun 15, 2025
Sunflowers, Spirit Animals and Ziggy Stardust
Jun 08, 2025
Glorious Boglands and Glory Days
Jun 01, 2025
Baltic Adventures and a Colorado Rocky Mountain High
May 25, 2025
Empty Nests, and Dining with the Future Pope
May 18, 2025
Royals and Riverkeepers
May 11, 2025
Seals, Birds and Bees
May 04, 2025
Birthdays and Broken Hearts
Apr 27, 2025
Bell Chimes and Baby Chicks
Apr 20, 2025
Wobbly Lambs and Swooping Swallows
Apr 13, 2025
Bedsit Blues and Poker Nights
Apr 06, 2025
Dedicated to the One I Love
Mar 30, 2025
Bittersweet Memories and a Mighty Mouse
Mar 23, 2025
Riverdance and Ronnie Drew, Saint Patrick and the Pogues
Mar 16, 2025
Red Books and Yellow Sand
Mar 09, 2025
Gongs and Goldfinches
Mar 02, 2025
Emigrant Tears and Encounters with Strangers
Feb 23, 2025
Second Chances and Stormy Seas
Feb 16, 2025
Weepy Movies and Meeting Marianne
Feb 09, 2025
Candlemas, Chaplin and the Curragh
Feb 02, 2025
Stormy Seas and a Stitch in Time
Jan 26, 2025
Rainy Days and Range Anxiety
Jan 19, 2025
Tea Leaves and Theatre Tales
Jan 12, 2025
Snowy Landscapes and Fresh Beginnings
Jan 05, 2025
Music, Memories and Miracles
Dec 29, 2024
Turkeys, traditions and Christmas contemplation
Dec 26, 2024
Seasonal reflections and unexpected guests
Dec 24, 2024
Starry Nights and Ghostly Bells
Dec 22, 2024
Meeting Wham, and a Christmas Angel
Dec 15, 2024
Gargoyles, Geese and Election Blues
Dec 08, 2024
Turf, Thatch and Secret Worlds
Nov 24, 2024
Soft Days, a Swing and a Swedish Song
Nov 17, 2024
Persimmons and Poppies
Nov 10, 2024
Jewelled Fruits and a Late, Late Harvest
Nov 03, 2024
Angelus Bells, Opera Nights and Nosferatu
Oct 27, 2024
Poetry of the Skies
Oct 21, 2024
Architecture and the City
Oct 13, 2024
Autumn Apples in Leitrim
Oct 06, 2024
Libraries and a Lost Key
Sep 29, 2024
Live at the Áras: Culture Night
Sep 22, 2024
Artistic treasures and Romantic Ireland
Sep 15, 2024
Sweet Treats and Sweet Music
Sep 08, 2024
A Sea Rescue, and School Leavers Set Sail
Sep 01, 2024
Urban animals, Frankenstein in Tuscany, and Nell McCafferty at Italia 90
Aug 25, 2024
Angels, Animals and Daughters of Memory
Aug 18, 2024
Olympians, Elvis and a Storytelling Queen
Aug 11, 2024
Olympians, Artists and Innisfree
Aug 04, 2024
Tribes, Bards and Olympic Dreams
Jul 28, 2024
Radio Games and Hurling Dreams
Jul 21, 2024
French culture, Irish sporting history and the physical world
Jul 14, 2024
Skyscrapers, painting by owl-light and wigs
Jul 07, 2024
Safe Harbours and a Selkie Song
Jun 30, 2024
Sunflowers, Spirit Animals and Ziggy Stardust
Jun 23, 2024
Butterballs, Bullseyes and Bloomsday
Jun 16, 2024
Celestial Considerations and Serendipity
Jun 02, 2024
Baby Birds and Barefoot Running
May 26, 2024
Spring blooms and a batch loaf
May 19, 2024
Chieftains and Cherry Blossoms
May 12, 2024