This morning’s programme was recorded in the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon as part of the Donegal Bay and Blue Stacks Festival 2014, in association with the Donegal Arts Office and the Sandhouse Hotel, Rossnowlagh.

The spoken contributions were:

Miracles by Marie Hannigan

Surprised by Something that Stayed the Same by Siobhán McNamara

Stories and Memories by Denise Blake

Antrim Conversation – a poem by Moya Cannon

The Constellations of the Heart by Pat Boran

Music:

Adiós Nonino by Astor Piazzolla and Intermède-pizzicato by Louis Laporte performed by the Donegal Camerata Quintet

Fantasie Impromptu (slow movement) by Chopin performed by Marie Askin (piano)

Iníon an Bhaoilligh sung by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

James Byrne’s Waltz, The Road to Glenlough performed by Martin McGinley (fiddle) and Brian O’Sullivan (guitar)