8 minutes & 45 seconds to get to the starting voice on the actual show ( #SundayMiscellany) - that's ridiculous and really offputting - you can do better @rte.ie
#SpéirGorm
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#SpéirGorm
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Sunday Miscellany - 1 November 2026
A mix of 'music and musings' from radio essays to reportage, appreciations, memory pieces, poetry, travel writing to personal accounts of events and happenings
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November 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM
8 minutes & 45 seconds to get to the starting voice on the actual show ( #SundayMiscellany) - that's ridiculous and really offputting - you can do better @rte.ie
#SpéirGorm
www.rte.ie/listen/episo...
#SpéirGorm
www.rte.ie/listen/episo...
Sunday Miscellany (http://www.rte.ie/radio1/sundaymiscellany/) & home made buttermilk pancakes....And so to work... conference calls beckon
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December 3, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Sunday Miscellany (http://www.rte.ie/radio1/sundaymiscellany/) & home made buttermilk pancakes....And so to work... conference calls beckon
Long and lovely day.... and this helped to set the tone... http://www.rte.ie/radio1/sundaymiscellany/
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December 3, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Long and lovely day.... and this helped to set the tone... http://www.rte.ie/radio1/sundaymiscellany/
Sunday morning soundtrack: teeming rain and the McGarrigles singing Cohen. And not a single snowflake in sight.
#SundayMiscellany
#Sneachta
#WinterLady
#SundayMiscellany
#Sneachta
#WinterLady
January 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Sunday morning soundtrack: teeming rain and the McGarrigles singing Cohen. And not a single snowflake in sight.
#SundayMiscellany
#Sneachta
#WinterLady
#SundayMiscellany
#Sneachta
#WinterLady
Waking to The Decemberists, John Bowman’s pick of Christmassy archives and now the Sunday Miscellany signature tune, unchanged for my whole life. Love my radio.
#Risingtime
#Bowman:Sunday:8.30
#SundayMiscellany
#Speirgorm
#Risingtime
#Bowman:Sunday:8.30
#SundayMiscellany
#Speirgorm
December 29, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Waking to The Decemberists, John Bowman’s pick of Christmassy archives and now the Sunday Miscellany signature tune, unchanged for my whole life. Love my radio.
#Risingtime
#Bowman:Sunday:8.30
#SundayMiscellany
#Speirgorm
#Risingtime
#Bowman:Sunday:8.30
#SundayMiscellany
#Speirgorm
Deep connections in Irish names and mythology to the animal kingdom. And some fascinating examples of words to do with the sounds made by horses and cattle. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #SundayMiscellany #Audio
Aingil na bhFlaitheas, by the late Manchán Magan
The words of philospher John Moriarty that ring so true - when on Christmas Eve "the light of the highest heaven" enters a home
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December 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Deep connections in Irish names and mythology to the animal kingdom. And some fascinating examples of words to do with the sounds made by horses and cattle. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... #SundayMiscellany #Audio
Fascinating story of the rescue of 176 German sailors by an Irish fishing vessel, the Kerlogue during the second world war and the subsequent lives of those involved. #RTÉ #SundayMiscellany www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
The Kerlogue, by Fran O’Rourke
On the amazing story of an Irish merchant ship and it's role in World War II naval history
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September 2, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Fascinating story of the rescue of 176 German sailors by an Irish fishing vessel, the Kerlogue during the second world war and the subsequent lives of those involved. #RTÉ #SundayMiscellany www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Do I wrote a little note on events in #Dublin https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alan-howard-22a03410_learnsomethingdifferent-sundaymiscellany-activity-7134534671463243776-FiGt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
November 27, 2023 at 7:23 PM
Do I wrote a little note on events in #Dublin https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alan-howard-22a03410_learnsomethingdifferent-sundaymiscellany-activity-7134534671463243776-FiGt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
Woohoo! 🌼Dandelion Seed 🌼was played on #SundayMiscellany this morning @RTERadio1. Hear it at 30:18 after a lovely piece called "The Move" by Beth Kilkenny (25:55). Mo ghrá thú Sunday Miscellany!
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Sunday Miscellany Sunday 26 January 2025
New writing:
First Glimpse of the Antarctic Peninsula, by Hugh Weldon
A Few Sticks of Furniture, by Margaret Galvin
Uncle Doctor, by Mary Dowey
The Move, by Beth Kilkenny
Reliving the Life of O'R...
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January 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Woohoo! 🌼Dandelion Seed 🌼was played on #SundayMiscellany this morning @RTERadio1. Hear it at 30:18 after a lovely piece called "The Move" by Beth Kilkenny (25:55). Mo ghrá thú Sunday Miscellany!
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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!
June 28, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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!
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
May 24, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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
"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
May 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
"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
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.
Galliard Battaglia remains as the closing signature tune.
April 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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.
Galliard Battaglia remains as the closing signature tune.
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
@RTERadio1
December 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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
@RTERadio1
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
October 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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
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! 🎄❄️✨
listen in for details of our Christmas show with @rteco.rte.ie at the NCH Dublin! 🎄❄️✨
September 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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! 🎄❄️✨
listen in for details of our Christmas show with @rteco.rte.ie at the NCH Dublin! 🎄❄️✨
Owls, Oasis and a literary whodunnit, and tremors of history from the atom bomb to the fall of the Soviet Union. #sundaymiscellany is on the way, 9am 10 August 2025 @rteradio1.bsky.social with David Coughlan @maevelucia.bsky.social Joe Taylor Denise Blake Conor Hanratty Mary O'Donnell. Tune in!
August 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Owls, Oasis and a literary whodunnit, and tremors of history from the atom bomb to the fall of the Soviet Union. #sundaymiscellany is on the way, 9am 10 August 2025 @rteradio1.bsky.social with David Coughlan @maevelucia.bsky.social Joe Taylor Denise Blake Conor Hanratty Mary O'Donnell. Tune in!
Dreams of Sam Maguire from Killybegs to Kenmare, Leonard Cohen's magical Lissadell concert + more... #sundaymiscellany 9am @rteradio1.bsky.social 27/07/25 @johnnytoal.bsky.social Regina Devenney John S Doyle Tony Griffin Noel King Denise Blake John Cooney #allirelandfinal #Kerry #Donegal Tune in!
July 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Dreams of Sam Maguire from Killybegs to Kenmare, Leonard Cohen's magical Lissadell concert + more... #sundaymiscellany 9am @rteradio1.bsky.social 27/07/25 @johnnytoal.bsky.social Regina Devenney John S Doyle Tony Griffin Noel King Denise Blake John Cooney #allirelandfinal #Kerry #Donegal Tune in!
Hazy summer days from West Kerry to Beirut, saluting the pioneering Yeats sisters, + Live Aid 40 years on. #sundaymiscellany is on the way Michael Hilliard Mulcahy Eunan McKinney Mae Leonard Alexander McMaster Angela Keogh Mariam Tell Vincent Woods @rteradio1.bsky.social
9am 13/07/25 Tune in!
9am 13/07/25 Tune in!
July 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hazy summer days from West Kerry to Beirut, saluting the pioneering Yeats sisters, + Live Aid 40 years on. #sundaymiscellany is on the way Michael Hilliard Mulcahy Eunan McKinney Mae Leonard Alexander McMaster Angela Keogh Mariam Tell Vincent Woods @rteradio1.bsky.social
9am 13/07/25 Tune in!
9am 13/07/25 Tune in!
Footballs and faith healers, a nightwalk through Sydney, and a visit to Joyce’s Nighttown... Sunday Miscellany is on air now with Colin Regan Kieran Fitzgerald Grace Wells Fran O'Rourke Katrina Bruna and Christian O'Reilly. #Bloomsday #FathersDay Tune in! #sundaymiscellany
@rteradio1.bsky.social
@rteradio1.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Footballs and faith healers, a nightwalk through Sydney, and a visit to Joyce’s Nighttown... Sunday Miscellany is on air now with Colin Regan Kieran Fitzgerald Grace Wells Fran O'Rourke Katrina Bruna and Christian O'Reilly. #Bloomsday #FathersDay Tune in! #sundaymiscellany
@rteradio1.bsky.social
@rteradio1.bsky.social
On this morning's #sundaymiscellany 8 June 2025 Ways of Seeing: live at Belfast Book Festival at the Crescent Arts Centre with @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
@lucycaldwell.bsky.social Glenn Patterson Emily Byers-Ferrian Maria McManus Trú
Scott Flanigan Sinéad McKenna @rteradio1.bsky.social
@lucycaldwell.bsky.social Glenn Patterson Emily Byers-Ferrian Maria McManus Trú
Scott Flanigan Sinéad McKenna @rteradio1.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
On this morning's #sundaymiscellany 8 June 2025 Ways of Seeing: live at Belfast Book Festival at the Crescent Arts Centre with @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
@lucycaldwell.bsky.social Glenn Patterson Emily Byers-Ferrian Maria McManus Trú
Scott Flanigan Sinéad McKenna @rteradio1.bsky.social
@lucycaldwell.bsky.social Glenn Patterson Emily Byers-Ferrian Maria McManus Trú
Scott Flanigan Sinéad McKenna @rteradio1.bsky.social
6. Going for the Milk, a poem by Catherine Foley.
With music from Luka Bloom, Luke Kelly, Beth Orton, Nick Drake and more...
You can also listen live or later on the RTÉ Radio app #sundaymiscellany
With music from Luka Bloom, Luke Kelly, Beth Orton, Nick Drake and more...
You can also listen live or later on the RTÉ Radio app #sundaymiscellany
May 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
6. Going for the Milk, a poem by Catherine Foley.
With music from Luka Bloom, Luke Kelly, Beth Orton, Nick Drake and more...
You can also listen live or later on the RTÉ Radio app #sundaymiscellany
With music from Luka Bloom, Luke Kelly, Beth Orton, Nick Drake and more...
You can also listen live or later on the RTÉ Radio app #sundaymiscellany
Dinner with the (future) Pope, baby birds and empty nests, a tribute to a beloved brother and a kind of homecoming. #sundaymiscellany is on air now @rteradio1.bsky.social with Gráinne Quinlan William Wall Fabian McGrath Joan Shiels Eileen Heron Hugo Hamilton. Tune in! #eurovision @rte.ie
May 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Dinner with the (future) Pope, baby birds and empty nests, a tribute to a beloved brother and a kind of homecoming. #sundaymiscellany is on air now @rteradio1.bsky.social with Gráinne Quinlan William Wall Fabian McGrath Joan Shiels Eileen Heron Hugo Hamilton. Tune in! #eurovision @rte.ie
Easter miracles, bell chimes and baby chicks -- and taking the plunge to sing in public. #sundaymiscellany is on the way @fachtna.bsky.social Aidan Mathews Roslyn Dee Olivia O’Leary Maria Moynihan James Harpur Listen in/listen back: rte.ie/radio/radio1... Coming up 9.10am!
@rteradio1.bsky.social
@rteradio1.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Easter miracles, bell chimes and baby chicks -- and taking the plunge to sing in public. #sundaymiscellany is on the way @fachtna.bsky.social Aidan Mathews Roslyn Dee Olivia O’Leary Maria Moynihan James Harpur Listen in/listen back: rte.ie/radio/radio1... Coming up 9.10am!
@rteradio1.bsky.social
@rteradio1.bsky.social