Looking forward to this great fixture of the RTÉ Radio 1 calendar! #DawnChorus

Congratulations to RTÉ lyric fm on your silver jubilee. Marty Whelan and co are one of my favourite discoveries since coming to this lovely country. Here’s to the next quarter century!

And our last poem this morning: Voyagers, in memory of Michael Coady, by Catherine Twomey
'A swallow dips and loops
as if to catch the words he wrote
read out now and carried on the wind:
'Boys are fishing from a bridge
built before Columbus raised a sail'...'
The Gallery Press

'It was said that a crafty painter's use of thinned out varnish in the Corpus Christi operations ensured the need for refurbishment next year...' Next, from the Miscellany archive, the late, much-missed poet Michael Coady on growing up in Carrick-on-Suir RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ

“Some time in the future one who worked here
Gliding on an escalator...
or strolling on marble walkways past elegant shops...
Will think of dust and unforgiving concrete
The camaraderie of men
The east wind blowing from the sea…” Next, Building Site, a poem by Michael O'Connor

“As a student, I wrote to Imogen out of the blue to ask if I could interview her about her work. The answer came back on a postcard. I still remember her exact words, and the exclamation mark at the end … 'I like your plans!'” Next, Imogen Stuart: Rara Avis by Alison Fitzgerald

'The boots smell like Christmas morning and being a child and the unbridled joy of opening a box, knowing what’s going to be in there, but being wild with excitement anyway.
You smell away and it’s intoxicating...' Next: New Boots by Paul Rouse Merrion Press University College Dublin RTÉ

'Who will wear our father’s coat?
Navy blue and lined with gingham –
it was a bargain in Wallace’s at the time.
We agree he always had a sense of style...'
Next, Fitting, a poem by AM Cousins #sundaymiscellany RTÉ Radio 1 Culture on RTÉ RTÉ

'‘There’s nothing to it. A bit of simple carpentry work – fixing doors, windows, maybe a bit of painting –nothing too taxing. You’d be a glorified handyman,’ he said. 'But I’m not handy,' I told him...' Peter Trant is up first this morning #Mayday #BonnyLabouringBoy RTÉ Radio 1

A bonny labouring boy, new boots, and swallows over Carrick-on-Suir. With tributes to the late Imogen Stuart and Michael Coady, #sundaymiscellany is on the way Peter Trant AM Cousins Paul Rouse Alison Fitzgerald Michael O'Connor Catherine Twomey Tune in! RTÉ Radio 1 Culture on RTÉ

Remembering a great artist...

Art historian Alison Fitzgerald pays tribute to her friend, Imogen Stuart (1927-2024), the German sculptor who made Ireland her home and whose work can be seen all over Ireland.

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Award winning actors.
Award winning stories.
Experience the thrill of hearing your story on the radio
Enter the RTÉ Short Story Competition now!
Get the details at rte.ie/writing
The #rteshortstory competition, in honour of Francis McManus.
Sunday Miscellany #writing #stories

Calling all writers-- the RTÉ Short Story Competition #FrancisMacManus is closing soon! Deadline Friday 10 May. You can enter online: see rte.ie/writing for all details. Free to enter, top prize of 5000 euros... Good luck! RTÉ Radio 1 Culture on RTÉ

Listen in to Sunday Miscellany with Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh. This is a real beauty.

Sunday Miscellany RTÉ Radio 1 Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh This morning eased the terrible sadness. Music gorgeous. Thank you each and all. Stories do and transform a day.

Stunning piece this morning on the life of a traveler girl. Brought me right back to Pavee Lackeen Sunday Miscellany #sundaymiscellany Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh #RTERadio2

'Most of us think of superstitions as relics of a simpler age, yet not long ago a friend of mine in Inishnee, showed me that belief in liminal forces was alive and well...' To close, Miracles and Cures and Healing Wells, by Conall Hamill RTÉ Radio 1 RTÉ #sundaymiscellany

'My grandmother Brigid wore her hair in two long plaits until the day she died. The ritual of oiling hair was passed on to her grandchildren, a form of female bonding...' Next, Crowning Glory by Rosaleen McDonagh, read by Kathleen Murphy Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh Skein Press RTÉ Radio 1

“What struck me was the bizarre nature of the revenge Hotspur fantasises against the bad king. For Hotspur, the perfect weapon would be a common, even a vulgar, bird: the starling.” Next, Pat Boran, on the starling and other birds in Shakespeare #HenryIV #Portlaoise RTÉ Radio 1

“'There are only three reasons for a man to write,' he declared. 'To get women, to get money, to get even!'' Dermot Bolger, next, on making friends with the Swedish novelist -- and force of nature -- Stig Claesson #sundaymiscellany RTÉ Radio 1 Culture on RTÉ RTÉ