RTÉ Radio

Saturday December 24th

Éagsúlacht na Nollag (9am)
Cathal Póirtéir speaks to members of immigrant populations in Ireland about Christmas traditions in their home countries.

Súil Siar Peile na hÉireann 2011 (2pm)
Gearóid Mac Donncha and guests look back at the GAA Football Championship 2011.

Sunday December 25th

oirmcheoil Fhéile na Laoch (3pm)
Highlights from a concert held in Cúil Aodha in Cork to commemorate Seán Ó Riada's life.

Siansa Gael Linn (7pm)
The final of the Siansa Gael Linn competition for young trad groups held in the National Concert Hall in Dublin earlier this year. .

Monday December 26th

Na Wrecks (11am)
Pól Mac Fhionnghaile describes some of the many shipwrecks that have occurred off the northwest coast of Ireland over the past 400 years.

Dúchas an Cheoil le Gary Hastings (1.30pm)
Belfast Flute player Gary Hastings explores the musical traditions in Northern Ireland in this programme.

Na Cruacha (2pm)
An atmospheric trip around the Bluestack Mountains of Donegal with fiddlers, brothers Jimmy and Vincie Campbell

Tuesday December 27th

Clann na Talmhan 1936-1965 (9am)
A documentary on the political party Clann na Talmhan established for small landowners in the West of Ireland.

Battery Chuan Casla (10am)
A documentary about the Martello tower near Ros an Mhíl in Connemara, known locally as An Battery.

Hughie Fada (11am)
An interview with Aodh Mac Laifeartaigh from Na Dúnaibh in Donegal about his life, and his work as a nurse in St. Conaill's Hospital in Letterkenny.

Gearóidín Breathnach (2pm)
A documentary on award-winning sean-nós singer Gearóidín Breathnach from Rann na Feirste in Donegal.

An Chaint sa Chathair (5pm)
An interview with Methodist Minister Clodagh Yambasu on her life, and her time spent living in places such as Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast.

Wednesday December 28th

CLG Ghaoth Dobhair 1961 (11am)
Members of the Gaoth Dobhair GAA team who won the championship 50 years ago remember their glory days!

Fear an Éisc (1.30pm)
In this programme we spend the day in the company of fishmonger Jack McDevitt from Rann na Feirste in Donegal, from the early morning fish sales in Killybegs, right through the day.

An Chaint sa Chathair (5pm)
Today the programme features an interview with singer Iarla Ó Lionaird.

Thursday December 29th

Cúrsaí Liteartha i nDún na nGall 1901 (11am)
The programme explores what the 1901 Census reveals to us about literacy in Donegal at that time.

Dúchas an Cheoil le Matt Cranitch (1.30pm)
Musician Matt Cranitch presents a special programme dedicated to the music and life of his friend and fellow fiddler Séamus Creagh who passed away in 2009.

Dúnmharaithe i Leitir Fraic (2pm)
A documentary about historic murders in Leitir Fraic in Connemara during the Land Wars.

Friday December 30th

Dún na nGall 2011 (11am)
Michelle Nic Grianna and Aodh Máirtín Ó Fearraigh look back at the big stories in Donegal over the past year.

Ábhar Cartlainne na Ranna Rialtais (1.20pm)
Pól Mac Donncha presents this programme about what has been revealed by Government State papers released today relating to 1981, the year of the H Block hunger strikes.

Ó Aird an Chaisleáin go Seattle (2pm)
A documentary about the life of legendary singer Seosamh Ó hÉanaigh, or Joe Heaney.