Sunday Miscellany

by RTÉ Radio 1

Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.

Bell Chimes and Baby Chicks
Apr 20, 2025 – 0:35:00
Wobbly Lambs and Swooping Swallows
Apr 13, 2025 – 0:37:02
Bedsit Blues and Poker Nights
Apr 6, 2025 – 0:37:10
Dedicated to the One I Love
Mar 30, 2025 – 0:35:02
Bittersweet Memories and a Mighty Mouse
Mar 23, 2025 – 0:35:38
Riverdance and Ronnie Drew, Saint Patrick and the Pogues
Mar 16, 2025 – 0:32:07
Red Books and Yellow Sand
Mar 9, 2025 – 0:33:25
Gongs and Goldfinches
Mar 2, 2025 – 0:32:41
Emigrant Tears and Encounters with Strangers
Feb 23, 2025 – 0:37:12
Second Chances and Stormy Seas
Feb 16, 2025 – 0:36:21
Weepy Movies and Meeting Marianne
Feb 9, 2025 – 0:32:07
Candlemas, Chaplin and the Curragh
Feb 2, 2025 – 0:34:58
Stormy Seas and a Stitch in Time
Jan 26, 2025 – 0:36:00
Rainy Days and Range Anxiety
Jan 19, 2025 – 0:35:32
Tea Leaves and Theatre Tales
Jan 12, 2025 – 0:36:53
Snowy Landscapes and Fresh Beginnings
Jan 5, 2025 – 0:35:05
Music, Memories and Miracles
Dec 29, 2024 – 0:36:37
Turkeys, traditions and Christmas contemplation
Dec 26, 2024 – 0:45:03
Seasonal reflections and unexpected guests
Dec 24, 2024 – 0:10:52
Starry Nights and Ghostly Bells
Dec 22, 2024 – 0:32:59
Meeting Wham, and a Christmas Angel
Dec 15, 2024 – 0:40:13
Gargoyles, Geese and Election Blues
Dec 8, 2024 – 0:34:35
Turf, Thatch and Secret Worlds
Nov 24, 2024 – 0:34:54
Soft Days, a Swing and a Swedish Song
Nov 17, 2024 – 0:40:00
Persimmons and Poppies
Nov 10, 2024 – 0:34:48
Jewelled Fruits and a Late, Late Harvest
Nov 3, 2024 – 0:39:20
Angelus Bells, Opera Nights and Nosferatu
Oct 27, 2024 – 0:37:26
Poetry of the Skies
Oct 21, 2024 – 0:39:17
Architecture and the City
Oct 13, 2024 – 0:42:50
Autumn Apples in Leitrim
Oct 6, 2024 – 0:29:59
Libraries and a Lost Key
Sep 29, 2024 – 0:33:28
Live at the Áras: Culture Night
Sep 22, 2024 – 0:34:44
Artistic treasures and Romantic Ireland
Sep 15, 2024 – 0:32:12
Sweet Treats and Sweet Music
Sep 8, 2024 – 0:39:17
A Sea Rescue, and School Leavers Set Sail
Sep 1, 2024 – 0:35:35
Urban animals, Frankenstein in Tuscany, and Nell McCafferty at Italia 90
Aug 25, 2024 – 0:39:05
Angels, Animals and Daughters of Memory
Aug 18, 2024 – 0:40:45
Olympians, Elvis and a Storytelling Queen
Aug 11, 2024 – 0:37:35
Olympians, Artists and Innisfree
Aug 4, 2024 – 0:42:43
Tribes, Bards and Olympic Dreams
Jul 28, 2024 – 0:35:06
Radio Games and Hurling Dreams
Jul 21, 2024 – 0:34:43
French culture, Irish sporting history and the physical world
Jul 14, 2024 – 0:40:35
Skyscrapers, painting by owl-light and wigs
Jul 7, 2024 – 0:37:54
Safe Harbours and a Selkie Song
Jun 30, 2024 – 0:29:15
Sunflowers, Spirit Animals and Ziggy Stardust
Jun 23, 2024 – 0:31:57
Butterballs, Bullseyes and Bloomsday
Jun 16, 2024 – 0:33:08
Celestial Considerations and Serendipity
Jun 2, 2024 – 0:33:44
Baby Birds and Barefoot Running
May 26, 2024 – 0:35:07
Spring blooms and a batch loaf
May 19, 2024 – 0:32:19
Chieftains and Cherry Blossoms
May 12, 2024 – 0:33:53

Recent Reviews

Mac an tSionnaigh

RTE Radio’s flag ship.

A must for radiophiles all over the world
knockatee

Live in Ennis

I live in NYC and listened to this episode as I was walking along the path by the Hudson River yesterday. I was so moved that I had to sit on a bench and listen. Each segment was spectacular but I loved the donkey one most of all. Thank you so much for making my walk so special.
incognito82

Jan 26 2020 episode is unbearable

I believe it is Barbara Scully. She has a stuffy nose and listening to her reading is unbearable. Why would you air this? I can’t breathe just listening to it.
Ferg-Is

Appreciation from across the pond.

Just a fantastic program. From HF/VHF to podcasts, RTÉ and Sunday Miscellany has been a companion to me for more years than I care to count. What a wonderfully entertaining program. How lucky am I to be able to listen from so far away, and for a short time I am transported to another world through the beautifully crafted words and stories. Always something new and captivating.