Sunday Miscellany

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Dec 15, 2024 • 40min

Meeting Wham, and a Christmas Angel

Stories of the revolution and the Irish revival, and heroes and heroines of every hue, with Declan Kiberd, Jim Maguire, Mary Hassett, Síobhra Aiken, Ger Fitzgibbon and James HarpurSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Dec 8, 2024 • 35min

Gargoyles, Geese and Election Blues

Saluting Notre-Dame on its grand reopening, wild geese on the wing, rediscovering a love of Latin and saying Thank You to life – by way of Joan Baez and Violeta Parra, with Kathleen O’Meara, Zoë Devlin, James Harpur, Tom Ryan, John MacKenna and Kathy DonaghySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nov 24, 2024 • 35min

Turf, Thatch and Secret Worlds

Guy Mitchell in Finglas, a century old bank raid, and other tales from the 80s and 90s programme archive, with Aodhán Madden, Nuala Hayes, Brian Leyden, Richard Roche, Hugh Oram and Mae LeonardSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nov 17, 2024 • 40min

Soft Days, a Swing and a Swedish Song

Irishwomen abroad, wearing vintage and bridging the eternal generation gap – with Peter Cunningham, Helen Lahert, Daniel Mulhall, Denise Blake, Kate Carty and Brendan CoffeySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nov 10, 2024 • 35min

Persimmons and Poppies

A brush with the law in the London of 'Minder', late flowering and vanishing Dublin, with Derek Mahon, with Peter Trant, Neil Hegarty, Niamh Donnelly, Eileen Casey, Denis Tuohy and Mary O'MalleySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Nov 3, 2024 • 39min

Jewelled Fruits and a Late, Late Harvest

Apples, blackberries, and bravery in Nazi-occupied Budapest, with Amanda Bell, John MacKenna, John Toal, Brian Farrell, Kathy Donaghy, Oliver Sears and John F DeaneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 27, 2024 • 37min

Angelus Bells, Opera Nights and Nosferatu

Angelus bells, Wexford opera nights and a glimpse of Nosferatu, with Joe Kearney, Joe Brennan, AM Cousins, Tom Ryan, Judith Mok, Maura Gilligan and Cal O’ReillySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 21, 2024 • 39min

Poetry of the Skies

Cosmic wonders and maths miracles; book tokens, baby names and a much loved poet’s birthday tribute, with Enda Wyley, Paul Durcan, Colm O’Regan, Doireann Ní Bhriain, Jamie O’Connell and Felicity Hayes-McCoySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 13, 2024 • 43min

Architecture and the City

From Donegal to Dublin, how do the places we build shape our lives? A programme marking Open House Dublin Festival of Architecture, with Éimear Arthur, Cormac Murray, Emmett Scanlon, Kevin Marinan, Graham Hickey, Julie Cruickshank and FELISPEAKSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Oct 6, 2024 • 30min

Autumn Apples in Leitrim

From traces of the Gauls in France to a Kurdish boy’s story of finding refuge in Ireland, voices from Leitrim’s Iron Mountain Festival: Mary Byrne, Adrian Duncan, Alice Lyons, Zak Moradi, Vincent Woods – with brief music extracts from Eleanor Shanley, Garadice, Zoé Basha, Ultan O’BrienSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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