11 Oct 2026 · 6 min
Bog Casket, by Claire Cotter
The physical items inevitably subsumed by the bog - human and otherwise (pic: Marguerite Sheridan) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Podcast · Arts & Books
Sunday Miscellany
by RTÉ Radio 1 · English · Arts & Books
Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.
- New episodes
- Several times a day
- Typical length
- 6 min
- Latest
- 11 Oct 2026
- Language
- English
Latest episode
Earlier episodes 29 most recent
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11 Oct 2026 · 6 min
The Bog Bothy, by Emmett Scanlon
Why the Irish Architecture Foundation wanted to build a Bog Bothy in the midlands See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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11 Oct 2026 · 4 min
The Bog, by Anthony Baggott
A childhood in the boglands taken for granted until it becomes a source of wonder for visitors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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11 Oct 2026 · 6 min
An Emigrant Bog-Dweller, by Karen McHugh
Translation challenges for the words 'turf' and 'bog' in cultures where they don't exist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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11 Oct 2026 · 5 min
The Old Bog Road, by Niamh Donnellan
Connecting with our Iron Age ancestors, who created something amazing in a bog in Corlea, Longford See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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11 Oct 2026 · 6 min
Monakeeba Meditation, by Margaret Hickey
What it takes, and the knowledge you need, to become a 'true' Monakeeba bog woman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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4 Oct 2026 · 3 min
Pangur Bán and Audrey, a poem by the late Gordon Snell
‘Pen in hand, a monk sat, bored – This translation had him floored…’ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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4 Oct 2026 · 6 min
Boys DO Cry, by Colin Regan
An emotional education in a Raphoe boarding school See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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4 Oct 2026 · 6 min
Ada Yeates & Sisters, by Antonia Hart
On a pioneering female-led family business of scriveners in 19th Century Dublin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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4 Oct 2026 · 5 min
Our Way of Talking, by Denise Blake
On a few wee Donegal and Derry sayings See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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4 Oct 2026 · 6 min
A Patch of Earth, by Jessica Freed
On the delights of taking charge of an allotment in Inchicore See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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4 Oct 2026 · 7 min
Gordon Snell, Wizard, by Barry McCrea
A life-expanding correspondence with a beloved children’s author See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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27 Sep 2026 · 2 min
Niamh Attends to the Sick of the Supermarket, a poem by Mícheál McCann
"They flock like brittle songbirds, chorusing after her to this impressively-sized Asda..." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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27 Sep 2026 · 3 min
One Time, a poem by AM Cousins
"Mr Heaney was at his desk, solid as the Sugarloaf, still cheerful after a day of lectures..." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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27 Sep 2026 · 7 min
The Abbey That Refused to Die, by John Egan
The kindly uncle who was instrumental in the restoration of 800-year old Ballintubber Abbey See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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27 Sep 2026 · 6 min
Showers, Sobriety and Synonyms, by Bernadett Buda
Cross-border hands of friendship and getting to grips with Irish linguistic idiosyncracies See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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27 Sep 2026 · 5 min
A Fax from Seamus Heaney, by Denis Tuohy
Rejection-guilt subsequently mollified by the eternal good grace of this world class poet and gentleman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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27 Sep 2026 · 7 min
Church Going, by Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha
Why there's something special to be found in almost all places of worship, whatever your faith, your beliefs, or none at all See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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20 Sep 2026 · 6 min
Heinrich Böll, by John F Deane
Post-war packages from Germany that make authorities nervous but were really literary treasures from the writer who made a home in Achill See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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20 Sep 2026 · 4 min
The German Refugees of Limerick, by Jody Clarke
Centuries of refugees fleeing religious persecution and the Methodist who came to rest in Limerick's Golden Vale in 1765 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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20 Sep 2026 · 5 min
Swimming Out to Caves along the Copper Coast, by Breda Joyce
The wondrous varieties of life that share the waters around Co Waterford See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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20 Sep 2026 · 5 min
Soufflage at the Staatstheater, by Jim Culleton
An Irish-German theatrical exchange - a reminder of the vital role of culture in national identity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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20 Sep 2026 · 5 min
Autumn and Harvest, by Grace Wells
Autumn, a season that demands our gratitude and awe See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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20 Sep 2026 · 6 min
We Close in October, by Georg Grote
Three friends on motorbikes, a torrential Irish summer and lifelong bonds secured along the Cork/Kerry coastline See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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14 Sep 2026 · 9 min
An Extraordinary Engineer, by Declan Phillips
On a remarkable friendship with the engineer of the Twin Towers, Leslie Robertson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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14 Sep 2026 · 5 min
The Irish Brigids, by Máirín O’Malley
On the much-maligned Irish domestic servants in the US in the late 19th century See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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14 Sep 2026 · 8 min
The Mayor of the World Trade Centre, by Helen O’Rahilly
How a childhood friend's destiny became entwined with the Ground Zero site See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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14 Sep 2026 · 6 min
New York, New York, by Peter Cunningham
On an uncle's treasured gold watch and "the nicest man he ever met" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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14 Sep 2026 · 9 min
Memories of 9/11, by Jim Nolan
Supporting an American couple on holiday in Ireland in their hour of tragedy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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6 Sep 2026 · 5 min
Kindred Swallows, by Kathy Donaghy
Marvelling at the enchantment of travellers from southern Africa to a Donegal garden See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
About Sunday Miscellany
Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.
Sunday Miscellany is a English arts & books podcast from RTÉ Radio 1. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.
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- RTÉ Radio 1
- Language
- English
- Category
- Arts & Books
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- Several times a day
- Typical length
- 6 min
- Latest episode
- 11 Oct 2026
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