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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 5h

How to describe a bog, to someone who's never seen one? That's the conundrum Karen McHugh faced in France, as 'An Emigrant Bog-Dweller'. Listen to this - and all our other Writing the Bog special pieces - from 11 October on our website www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... or RTÉ Listen @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Last Sunday, 11 October, architect Emmett Scanlon explained why he was spending so much time in a midlands bog... Find out why, any time, on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/sunday-miscellany/ or RTÉ Listen @irisharchitecturef.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

On 11 Oct, the Irish boglands: past, present and imagined future. Writing the Bog (Pt 1), with Irish Architecture Foundation and 12th Field’s Bog Bothy Project. Writers Margaret Hickey, Niamh Donnellan, Karen McHugh, Anthony Baggott, Emmett Scanlon and Claire Cotter @irisharchitecturef.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Is it true that Irish people are only a few steps removed from the land? Well, Jessica Freed explains how she felt the call to return - via an allotment - in her recent essay 'A Patch of 'Earth'. Catch it on our website, or RTÉ Listen at any time @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social

Jessica's allotment - awaiting transformation

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In terms of attractive accents and forms of speech, it seems the north west is where it's at. Recently, Donegal-dwelling Denise Blake explained how outsiders can decipher their unique local idoms. Hear it at any time on our website or on RTÉ Listen @visitdonegal.bsky.social @ccadld.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Coming up, 4 Oct - allotment delights, the fine Donegal accent and life-enhancing correspondence with a beloved children’s author. With Barry McCrea, Jessica Freed, Denise Blake, @antoniahart.bsky.social Colin Regan and the late Gordon Snell. Or catch us any time on RTÉ Listen www.rte.ie/radio/

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of our greatest poets, who exposed the beauty and depth in the mundane and made the everyday remarkable, was remembered by two writers on Sunday 27 September - A.M. Cousins and Denis Tuohy. You can hear both their pieces on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... and on RTÉ Listen @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The 800-year old Ballintubber Abbey, and one family's role in restoring it to all it's former glory - 'The Abbey That Refused to Die', by John Egan. Catch-up with this, or any of our pieces from Sunday 27 September, on our website or RTÉ Listen @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reminder! For getting tickets for our Christmas show with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra (National Concert Hall, Thursday 3 Dec). Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday 25 Sept, from 10am, NCH website and booking line only – early booking is advised! www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

writers and performers taking their final bow at the 2025 Sunday Miscellany Christmas concert

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On 27 Sept - churchgoing in the West of Ireland (after Philip Larkin); restoring 800-year old Ballintubber Abbey and Seamus Heaney; Wexford's Yola. With @laoighseach.bsky.social Denis Tuohy, John Egan, Bernadett Buda, A.M Cousins, Mícheál McCann @rteradio1.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Transported by sea-swimming and sharing watery worlds with natural beauties...along Waterford's spectacular Copper Coast. Hear Breda Joyce chronicle the experience of 'Swimming Out to Caves along the Copper Coast'. Catch it again on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/sunday-miscellany/ & RTÉ Listen

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There's nothing like an international collaboration to make you appreciate the power and vitality of culture...Jim Culleton describes his experience in a German theatre in 'Soufflage at the Staatstheater' from last Sunday's programme. Catch it again online and on RTÉ Listen @rteradio1.bsky.social

Jim Culleton directing inside the Staatstheater, with Susanne the soufflage sitting behind (pic copyright Jim Culleton)

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Catch up with any of the pieces from recent programmes on our website or RTÉ Listen - the latest from 20 Sept included adventurous travellers, sea-swim enthusiasts and those who chose Ireland as their home @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Coming up, 20 Sept - a cultural exchange in Rhineland; saying goodbye to summer swims and 3 pals on tour in Ireland reach the friendship epicentre. With Jim Culleton, Grace Wells, Georg Grote, Jody Clarke, Breda Joyce and John F Deane. Music by Eleanor Shanley, Bach, Trio... @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"For many people, the Twin Towers are remembered only through the events of September 11th.. But my connection with the World Trade Centre began many years earlier, on a hot summer day in 1987..." An Extraordinary Engineer, by Declan Phillips, RTÉ Culture or RTÉ Listen @unioflimerick.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Line-up: Memories of 9/11, by Jim Nolan; New York, New York, by Peter Cunningham; The Mayor of the World Trade Centre, by Helen O’Rahilly; The Irish Brigids, by Máirín O’Malley, An Extraordinary Engineer, by Declan Phillips with music from Enya, Coleman Hawkins, Billy Joel, Frank Patterson

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On Miscellany this morning, unique Irish perspectives on 9/11, and other New York stories... #leslierobertson Photos of the World Trade Centre copyright Joe Woolhead; Pictured are Joe Woolhead and Helen O'Rahilly @helenorahillytv.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Coming up this Sunday 6 September, just after 9am - radio days, a fleeting blessing and a rainy island paradise. With writers Molly Furey, Stephen Brennan, Michael Bradley, Ann Marie Durkan, JohnMacKenna and Kathy Donaghy @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

On 30 Aug, our final archive dip with memories of school - including fierce spellers, becoming a poet and schoolboy entrepreneurs. With Shane Fagan, Seamus Heaney, @maryodonnell.bsky.social Llewellyn Marcus Goodbody, Kathleen Hardie, Nuala Hayes and Bryan Gallagher @seamusheaneyestate.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This week, more treasures from the Miscellany 50 Archives with a dip into the world of Memory, with Eoghan Ó hAnluain, Louise Delaney, John Ryan, Catherine Donnelly, Cathy Power and Seán Ó Faoláin. Just after 9am, Sunday 23 August @rteradio1.bsky.social @ucc.ie

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This Sunday, 16 Aug, we continue our Miscellany 50 archive dip with a special on the theme of Music (spanning 1984-2021). With writers including Aideen O’Keefe, Christopher Fitz-Simon, Norman Metcalfe, Lydie Carroll, Olivia O’Leary and Joseph O’Connor. Join us just after 9am, @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This month, we dip into our extensive archive of Miscellany50 (series celebrating the programme’s first fifty years). On Aug 9 we focus on 'Character'. With John Ryan, Bill Kelly, Catherine Marshall, Michael Harding, Val Mulkerns and Maria O'Rourke @rteradio1.bsky.social @immaireland.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Coming up this week - nature, sports and heroes, incl a personal memory of the late Glen Hansard. With John O’Donnell, A.M. Cousins, John Egan, Breda Joyce, Denis Tuohy, Jackie Lynam and Grace Wells. Just after 9am, Aug 2nd @rteradio1.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social @theframes.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Moonlight in Mayo, a mighty session in Dingle, and a century-old All-Ireland match...this week's Miscellany, with writers Séamus Moran, Grace Wells, John Lawler, Mary Lavery Carrig and Frank Shouldice. Just after 9am, 26 July @rteradio1.bsky.social @gaaofficial.bsky.social @crokepark.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A blind date in Kyiv, All-Ireland hurling hopes and dreams, the place names of West Limerick, and skipping the Galway Races…with Antonia Gunko Karelina, @barryhoulihan.bsky.social Ann Lane, Mike Mac Domhnaill, Anne Marie Kennedy and @bobkelly.bsky.social Sun 19 July, 9am, @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

This week, voices from the archive - the awe of hearing our own voice, summertime ice-cream van, setting up home and putting down new roots - voices from all corners of the island. With Cyril Kelly, Iggy McGovern, Susan Stairs, John MacKenna and more. Sunday 5 July, from 9am @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Photographing Veronica Guerin; painting what you love, as advised by David Hockney: and voyaging back in time to Gola Island, with Brian Farrell @fiachragallagher.bsky.social John MacKenna Gail Seekamp Billy Collins Mícheál McCann Moya Cannon... all on this week's #sundaymiscellany Tune in!

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This week, 21 June: Shakespeare in the Arctic, fathers and daughters making memories and remembering the much-missed titan of journalism Tommie Gorman. With Christian O’Reilly, Ann Breslin, Paul Johnston, Grace Wells, Kevin McDermott, Nollaig Rowan and Durgham Mushtaha @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Coming up on 14 June, part 2 of @writersweek.bsky.social writersweek.bsky.social special, live from @stjohnstheatre.bsky.social With Cyril Kelly, Enda Wyley, @jessicatraynor.bsky.social James Mulvihill, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, @lorrainenashmusic.bsky.social Dónal Clancy, Boris Hunka & Diane Daly

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This Sun, June 7, Pt 1 of live special from @stjohnstheatre.bsky.social @writersweek.bsky.social With Joanne Keane O'Flynn, Zaffar Kunial, Elaine Garvey, Bernard O'Donoghue, Colum McCann and musicians Colm Mac Con Iomaire, @lorrainenashmusic.bsky.social and West Coast Sounds @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We're dipping into archive waters this Sunday, for a summery, sun-shiny, beach-side selection. With Joe Rooney, Maeve Edwards, Romie Lambkin, @patboran.bsky.social Mae Leonard, the late Peter Jankowsky and Grace Wells. From 9.10am, Sunday 31 May @rteradio1.bsky.social @poetryireland.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The bewitching voice of Moya Brennan; cowbells, baby birds, the Brendan voyage... All on today's #sundaymiscellany Line-up: @johnnytoal.bsky.social Lani O'Hanlon @oliversearsgallery.bsky.social Eileen Heron Fr Alan Hillard Moya Cannon Listen in/ later: link in bio or @rteradio1.bsky.social app

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Whispers from the future, an encounter with a treasured poet, and the gift of a lifetime…Sunday Miscellany, 17 May, 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social This week's programme includes writers Emer Casey @patboran.bsky.social Caroline Heffernan, AM Cousins, @maryodonnell.bsky.social and Tom Conaty

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

"In Itanagar, our guide, a lovely young man, welcomed me by addressing me as Sir Jim. I told him that there was no need to call me Sir, that Jim was fine..." Culture Shock by Jim Culleton on a recent #Fishamble Indian tour #sundaymiscellany 10 May 9am @RTERadio1 Tune in! #PatKinevane

Jim Culleton, Pat Kinevane and crew on 'King', Fishamble's production on its Indian tour

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Sincere thanks to those who've been in touch about the new opening signature tune (part of a new station sound) about.rte.ie/2026/04/13/r... Emails to sundaymiscellany@rte.ie and info@rte.ie are also shared weekly with senior managers. Galliard Battaglia remains as the closing signature tune.

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A runaway dog’s mountain odyssey, football fever in Venice and tuning into the dawn chorus…Tune in from 9am, Sunday 3 May, for pieces by Zoë Devlin, Michael O’Loughlin, Tom Ryan, Roslyn Dee, Dermot Bolger and Grace Wells @rteradio1.bsky.social Listen in/listen back at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This week, Nat King Cole in Dublin, bus travel, famine in Kerry, Belfast Blitz and Lauren Bacall on Broadway. With Jim Doherty, Niamh Donnelly, Garrett Igoe, Marion O’Dwyer, Bryan MacMahon @wordwellbooks.bsky.social Mícheál McCann @poetryireland.bsky.social April 26, 9.10am, @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

All the pieces on today's programme (April 19) available any time on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Featuring John Egan, Carol Taaffe, Joe Hayes, Colin Regan, @antoniahart.bsky.social Barry Houlihan @uniofgalway.bsky.social ..with a trip into McGahern Country (pic courtesy University of Galway Archive)

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Sun 19 April, a feathery trespasser, an unforgettable French road trip, portal to McGahern Country and an Irish diplomat’s reflections on the Chernobyl disaster. With John Egan, Carol Taaffe, Joe Hayes, Colin Regan @antoniahart.bsky.social and Barry Houlihan. Tune in, 9.10am, @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Fairytales, faraway places, falling in love, In Dublin fifty years on, and a poem from the late much-missed Gabriel Rosenstock. Sunday Miscellany, April 12, with Grace Wells, Alexander McMaster @timcarey1.bsky.social Daniel Mulhall @maryodonnell.bsky.social Mary O'Malley @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

If you missed any of the pieces on last week's programme (April 5), you can listen back at any stage on rte.ie/radio/radio1... Featuring: JohnMacKenna, Liz McSkeane, @rorycarroll72.bsky.social Doireann Ní Bhriain, Fiona Hyland, John F Deane and Tom Conaty @rteradio1.bsky.social

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

On the trail of Roger Casement’s roots in County Antrim, Semana Santa in Seville, radio days in Henry Street and meeting the founder of the Simon Community…with @rorycarroll72.bsky.social Liz McSkeane, Doireann Ní Bhriain, John MacKenna and more. Easter Sunday, April 5, 9.10am. Tune in! #rte100

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

This week, a 1916 Rising commemoration special from National Opera House Wexford (first broadcast 2016). With Billy Roche, A.M. Cousins, Eiléan Ní Chuileanáin, Proinsias Ó Rathaille, Jackie Morrissey, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, RTÉ Contempo Quartet, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Morgan Crowley, Jimmy O’Brien Moran

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

If you missed any of our 2-part prog live from Ennis Book Club Festival, listen-back any time on our website www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Writers including Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha....+ more, with a musical range from trad to contemporary to classical

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Part 2 of Ennis Book Club Festival special this week, March 22 (Part 1 March 15, listen back at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... With Hugo Hamilton, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Karen J McDonnell, Niamh Campbell, and music from Diane Daly, Boris & Liam Hunka, pipers Blackie O’Connell & Mickey Dunne and The Metals

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This weekend, Part 1 of our special event at recent Ennis Book Club Festival. Performers included Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Éilis Ní Dhuibhne, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Abi Daré and more. Musicians Boris Hunka & company, Blackie O'Connell & Mickey Dunne and The Metals. 9.10am, Sunday 15 March

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Sunday Miscellany @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Embers and Oscars, gold from the dairy, pigs, crows +a curly-haired girl... Miscellany is on air 9am 8 March with Ciarán Cannon, Margaret Hickey, John MacKenna, Rosaleen McDonagh, Kathleen Murphy, Antonia Karelina, Tom Conaty, Mary O'Malley #fridakahlo #jessiebuckley Tune in! @rteradio1.bsky.social

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