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]]> full RTÉ Radio 1 relay-42332 ecd77017-4230-45d3-af75-b4af00d195ff Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:43:04 +0000 374 https://omny.fm/shows/sunday-miscellany-1/a-field-called-love-by-catherine-donnelly-from-1993 Grafton Gallery, by John Ryan (from 1971) Grafton Gallery, by John Ryan (from 1971) The closure of the Grafton Gallery evokes memories of the artists, writers and characters of Dublin’s bohemian life

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]]> full RTÉ Radio 1 relay-42330 7e179361-5fc3-453f-8900-b4af00d095f6 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:39:25 +0000 257 https://omny.fm/shows/sunday-miscellany-1/ghosts-by-louise-delaney-from-1995 Remembering Seán Ó Tuama, by Eoghan Ó hAnluain (from 2006) Remembering Seán Ó Tuama, by Eoghan Ó hAnluain (from 2006) An appreciation of the writer and academic Seán Ó Tuama, and his contribution to Irish-language literary criticism

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]]> full RTÉ Radio 1 relay-42329 1bb826d3-8588-407e-887c-b4af00d00a67 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:37:26 +0000 364 https://omny.fm/shows/sunday-miscellany-1/remembering-se-n-tuama-by-eoghan-hanluain-from-2006 I am a Song, by Joseph O’Connor (from a 2018 Miscellany Live at the University of Limerick) I am a Song, by Joseph O’Connor (from a 2018 Miscellany Live at the University of Limerick) A glorious serenade to the power of song

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]]> full RTÉ Radio 1 relay-40285 7cb64076-7d38-4f29-a1d6-b4a800e988ce Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:10:16 +0000 252 https://omny.fm/shows/sunday-miscellany-1/i-am-a-song-by-joseph-o-connor-from-a-2018-miscellany-live-at-the-university-of-limerick The Black Box, by Olivia O’Leary (from 2021) The Black Box, by Olivia O’Leary (from 2021) A mother's knowledge and love of music passed on through the Pye record player

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]]> full RTÉ Radio 1 relay-40284 db025578-a2f5-458f-88d4-b4a800e8b45d Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:07:14 +0000 310 https://omny.fm/shows/sunday-miscellany-1/the-black-box-by-olivia-o-leary-from-2021 A Musical Formation, by Norman Metcalfe (from 1974) A Musical Formation, by Norman Metcalfe (from 1974) Early musical experimentation that ranged wildly before finally settling at the organ in a Limerick cinema

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]]> full RTÉ Radio 1 relay-40283 ea1d70a2-c7f4-4e84-90a0-b4a800e76913 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:02:32 +0000 248 https://omny.fm/shows/sunday-miscellany-1/a-musical-formation-by-norman-metcalfe-from-1994 Luciano and Myself, by Lydia Carroll (from 1995) Luciano and Myself, by Lydia Carroll (from 1995) Choral competitiveness in a small Welsh village, with a legend-in-waiting amongst the performers

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]]> full RTÉ Radio 1 relay-40280 e365b894-295a-40ec-9d4c-b4a800e6513f Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:58:33 +0000 217 https://omny.fm/shows/sunday-miscellany-1/the-power-of-music-by-aideen-okeefe-from-2003 What Are We Like? What Are We Like? Meditations on character from the Miscellany archive, with John Ryan, Bill Kelly, Catherine Marshall, Michael Harding, Val Mulkerns and Maria O'Rourke.

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]]> full RTÉ Radio 1 22636137 41ac80d6-b45a-4ea5-8577-b4a800f0c542 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:49:00 +0000 2217 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22636137/ Feasting Galore and Glen’s Gift Feasting Galore and Glen’s Gift The mysteries of cricket, the joy of the Park Run, celebrations of writer Maura Laverty and musician Glen Hansard — and a tempting treat for a magpie, with John O'Donnell, AM Cousins, John Egan, Breda Joyce, Denis Tuohy, Jackie Lynam and Grace Wells.

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]]> full RTÉ Radio 1 22634639 1161c43c-8012-4ae8-8523-b4a800f0c580 Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:46:00 +0000 2246 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22634639/ Kerry Dances and Moonlight in Mayo Kerry Dances and Moonlight in Mayo From a mighty session in Dingle to Croagh Patrick to the Heinrich Böll cottage in Achill, an All-Ireland state of mind, with Séamus Moran, Grace Wells, John Lawler, Mary Lavery Carrig, Frank Shouldice and Geraldine Mitchell.

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