Sunday Miscellany

If you missed any of last week's programme, or were wondering about any of the content, you can listen back or find all the details at any time on our webpage at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social

A tribute to the late, great Michael Longley, the politics of dress code, a celebration of lambing season, and a classic piece from the much-missed Manchán Magan... with Olivia O'Leary Peter Cunningham Kate O'Shaughnessy Denis Tuohy
Catherine Foley
Tune in! 9am 1 March
@rteradio1.bsky.social

This weekend, a very personal connection to Ireland's Six Nations triumph in 2006, the (possible) Dalkey links with composer John Dowland, the Lucy of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and a friendship forged over pancakes. Tune in, 22 Feb, from 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social @secondcaptains.bsky.social

If you missed our water-themed prog this week (February 15), catch up any time at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... The joys/madness of sea swims, leisurely waterways and aquatic harvesting...with Mervyn Wall, Mae Leonard, Benedict Kiely, Marie McSweeney, Gerald Dawe, Joe McGowan and Anne Hartigan

Bracing seas, salty dogs and freshwater serenity - all forms of water life feature in this week's Sunday Miscellany, with Mae Leonard, Mervyn Wall, Benedict Kiely, Marie McSweeney, Gerald Dawe, Joe McGowan and Anne Le Marquand Hartigan Tune in, Sun 15 Feb, from 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social

If you missed the programme of February 8th, catch up any time on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Variations on the theme of 'home' - whether that means sanctuaries, places of legend or unintentional chaos!

The comforts of home, the buildings we choose and things we can't do without...Sunday Miscellany's archive treasures, 8 Feb, 9.10am. With Maurice Craig, Treasa Brogan, Bill Hammond, Mary Arrigan, @fachtna.bsky.social Tommy Sands and Elaine Sisson @rteradio1.bsky.social @rternag.bsky.social

If you missed any of the childhood-themed pieces this weekend, you can catch up at any time on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Writers included Liz Nugent, Michael Harding, Vona Groarke, Nuala Hayes, Sam McAughtry, Catherine Ann Cullen, Val Mulkerns and Peter Jankowsky

Liz Nugent

Michael Harding

Catherine Ann Cullen

Nuala Hayes

Magical woodlands, stone sanctuaries & divine intervention, all marking Brigid's Day via childhood memories. With Val Mulkerns, Sam McAughtry, Vona Groarke, Nuala Hayes, Peter Jankowsky, Catherine Ann Cullen, @liznugent.bsky.social and Michael Harding. Tune in Feb 1st, 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social

The many forms of work - doing it yourself or watching others - was the theme this week (a special Miscellany50: The Archives series). Listen back any time at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... With contributions from John Ryan, Angela O'Rourke, Lar Redmond, Benedict Kiely, James Plunkett and Sharon Hogan

Benedict Kiely in RTÉ studio

Sharon Hogan in RTÉ studio

James Plunkett on The Late Late Show

Work in its many forms is the theme this Sunday 25 January, dipping into Miscellany50: The Archives. Moving from the domestic, to the cerebral, to sheer hard graft, writers include John Ryan, Angela O’Rourke, Lar Redmond, Benedict Kiely, James Plunkett and Sharon Hogan @rteradio1.bsky.social

Paul O'Dwyer

Dr Sinéad McCoole

There were some lovely pieces on the theme of 'ritual' this weekend. Listen back on www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... - all from a special series Miscellany50: The Archives. Voices included Hilda Murphy, Nuala O’Faoláin, Eamon Keane, Margaret Hawkins, Paul O’Dwyer, Sinéad McCoole and Tadhg Ó Dubhláine

Dr Sinéad McCoole

Nuala O'Faolain

Margaret Hawkins

This week, a dip into Miscellany50:The Archives (a series celebrating the writing featured in our first 50 years). This theme was ‘ritual’ and featured writings from Hilda Murphy, Nuala O'Faolain, Eamon Keane, Margaret Hawkins, Paul Dwyer, Sinéad McCoole and Tadhg Ó Dubhláine @rteradio1.bsky.social

If you missed any of today's programme, listen back any time at rte.ie/radio/radio1... Lovely reflections on 100 years of Irish public service broadcasting from Felicity Hayes, the late JM Dolan, Gerry Stembridge, Margaret Galvin, John Toal and Olivia O'Leary @rteradio1.bsky.social

If you missed any of our seasonal programmes, listen back any time at www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... Some amazing performances at our Christmas concert (in 2 parts, Sun 21 and Thurs 25 December), highlights from previous Christmas's on Sun 28 and welcome to a new year on Jan 4 @rteradio1.bsky.social

Honoured to include it Jan!

Thank you Jackie and for your part in it!! ☺️

Special Christmas Day Miscellany - Palestrina in Rome, Santa suits, kindness from Ireland to Lagos. Music from @rteco.rte.ie + guests, with writers Eithne Shortall, Joseph O’Connor, John Toal, Quentin Fottrell, Rachael Hegarty and Chikere Ohoka. Tune in, 9.10am, Thurs 25 Dec @rteradio1.bsky.social

Songs, seafarers and a guiding star, the story of a smash-hit Irish hymn writer and a meeting with Wham! #sundaymiscellany coming up now... Victoria White, Seán O'Gorman, Lisa McInerney, Jim Maguire, the late Judith Mok, Denise Blake and James Harpur. Tune in!
@RTERadio1

Honoured to include you, Neil!

And you too Jackie! Thank you kindly

Ghosts, matinee idols + a lost manuscript...
Full ine-up 1 Nov 2025
Not Walking with Kofi: Georg Grote
November Dead List: Louise Kennedy
Trying to Remember: Beth Kilkenny
Dylan Thomas’s Lost Manuscript: Justin MacCarthy
Opera Nights: Roslyn Dee
Then and Now: John F Deane @rteradio1.bsky.social

A selection 19/10/25 @rteradio1.bsky.social Red Line Book Festival + Waterford Writers Weekend: Frankie Gaffney, Eileen Battersby, John Connell, AM Cousins, Rosaleen McDonagh, Catherine Foley, Donal Clancy, Far Flung Trio, The Finns, Cór Fear na nDéise: listen: rte.ie/radio/radio1/sunday-miscellany

Emmett Scanlon

Éimear Arthur

Cormac Murray

FeliSpeaks

How our built environment shapes us: Architecture & the City, marks Open House Dublin '25 (first broadcast 13 October 2024). From 9.10am, Sunday 12 Oct. With Éimear Arthur, Cormac Murray, Emmett Scanlon, Kevin Marinan, Graham Hickey, Julie Cruickshank, @felispeaks.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social

Ringing bells, magical nights in Dublin theatres+ Cork's Lobby Bar, + foraging for treasure... #sundaymiscellany is on air now with Dominic Dromgoole Adam Trodd Bernadett Buda Aoife Barry David Grant and Noelle Lynskey #brianfriel #MaeveBinchy #manchanmagan Tune in! @sweetoblivion.bsky.social

Michael Hartnett

Eavan Boland

Derek Mahon

Mary O'Donnell

A poetry-infused line-up today... 28/09 @rteradio1.bsky.social
Zero Degrees: Donal Hayes
September Migration: Grace Wells
Free Books: Joe Whelan
The Other House: Mary O’Donnell
Hartnett Back By the Arra: Mike MacDomhnaill
In Between: Beth Kilkenny
The Shipping Lanes: Mary O’Malley i.m. Derek Mahon

Strange days, pangs of youth and a “whistling city”… #sundaymiscellany is coming up with Paul Muldoon Carol Taaffe Conall Hamill Georg Grote Antonia Hart Frank Shouldice, 9am-10am @rteradio1.bsky.social 21 Sep
listen in for details of our Christmas show with @rteco.rte.ie at the NCH Dublin! 🎄❄️✨

President Michael D Higgins reads 'Stardust'

Rita Ann Higgins reads her poems 'Hermit of Glendalough' and 'Edict'

Manchán Magan reads 'Samradh'

Cormac Begley performing

This Sunday, a re-broadcast of our 2024 Culture Night special from Áras an Uachtaráin-great writing &music. 14 Sept, 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social with @manchanmagan.bsky.social @timcarey1.bsky.social Mia Döring, Rita Ann Higgins, Donal Ryan, @president.ie www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/sunday-miscellany/

Margaret Hickey

Karen McHugh

Anthony Baggott

Emmett Scanlon

A special @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social celebrating Irish boglands, in collaboration with Irish Architecture Foundation. With Margaret Hickey, Niamh Donnellan, Karen McHugh, Anthony Baggott, Emmett Scanlon and Claire Cotter. Sept 7, 9.10am @irisharchitecturef.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social

Ireland’s State Coach, bittersweet first day of school, Thackeray’s travels in Ireland, and robbing orchards. @sundaymiscellany.bsky.social is coming up, with Jonathan White, Zoë Devlin, Enda Wyley, Lourdes Mackey, John MacKenna, Grace Wells and Tom Conaty. Aug 31, 9.10am @rteradio1.bsky.social