Episodes

  • Magical childhoods

    Magical childhoods
    Feb 1 2026
    Magical woodlands, stone sanctuaries and divine intervention, with Val Mulkerns, Sam McAughtry, Vona Groarke, Nuala Hayes, Peter Jankowsky, Catherine Ann Cullen, Liz Nugent and Michael Harding

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    43 mins
  • Working yourself, or watching others at it

    Working yourself, or watching others at it
    Jan 25 2026
    Labour-saving devices, hard labour, labouring cerebrally or otherwise, all forms of work are the theme of today's archive programme, with John Ryan, Angela O'Rourke, Lar Redmond, Benedict Kiely, James Plunkett and Sharon Hogan

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    34 mins
  • Rituals at home, rituals in the community

    Rituals at home, rituals in the community
    Jan 18 2026
    Miscellany 50: The Archives was a special series that celebrated the writing Sunday Miscellany featured in its first 50 years. This programme focused on the theme of ‘ritual’ and featured Hilda Murphy, Nuala O'Faolain, Eamon Keane, Margaret Hawkins, Paul Dwyer, Sinéad McCoole and Tadhg Ó Dubhláine

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    38 mins
  • A flash of pink, a magic box and a bird’s eye view

    A flash of pink, a magic box and a bird’s eye view
    Jan 11 2026
    Over the past 100 years, the seismic impact of Ireland's new public service broadcasting service on individual homes, society and our political landscape, with Felicity Hayes-McCoy, the late JM Dolan, Gerard Stembridge, Margaret Galvin, John Toal and Olivia O'Leary

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    39 mins
  • Roses, Rain and a Door Ajar

    Roses, Rain and a Door Ajar
    Jan 4 2026
    Wedding vows, thoughts of home and New Year wishes, from Sweden to Vancouver Island to Rostrevor, County Down, with Conall Hamill, Lani O’Hanlon, Neil Hegarty, Mattie Brennan, Denis Tuohy and Enda Wyley

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    33 mins
  • A Piano Man and a Wexford Ball

    A Piano Man and a Wexford Ball
    Dec 28 2025
    Post-Christmas blues and a December birthday, angels of heaven and the origins of Gaelic football in Wexford, with Mary O’Donnell, John Toal, Jackie Lynam, Alison Ní Mháirtín, Paul Rouse, the late Manchán Magan and Eithne Hand (pic: Paula Malone Carty)

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    39 mins
  • A Christmas Day Miscellany

    A Christmas Day Miscellany
    Dec 25 2025
    Palestrina in Rome, an outsize Santa suit, and gifts of kindness from the Liberties to Lagos… featuring recordings from the NCH with the RTÉ CO and more, with Eithne Shortall, Joseph O’Connor, John Toal, Quentin Fottrell, Rachael Hegarty, Chikere Ohoka, Lisa Lambe, the Palestrina Choir and Sarah Shine

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    42 mins
  • Joy to the World: Christmas Miscellany Part 1

    Joy to the World: Christmas Miscellany Part 1
    Dec 21 2025
    A winter wedding, a New Year’s Eve disaster, a Christmas baby and balm for the broken-hearted…Part 1 of Christmas Miscellany with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests Kathleen MacMahon, Paul Muldoon, Mia Döring, Paul Howard, Cauvery Madhavan, the Palestrina Choir and Lisa Lambe

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    40 mins