Recalling a sun-soaked summer of suspense in 1976, awaiting the Leaving Cert results... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to The Summer of '76, by Denise Blake above.
"The sun shone all through my Leaving Cert summer. I'm not imagining that, or holding it in some eternal blossom of memory. It was the summer of 1976 with record high temperatures..."
This essay appeared on the programme of 24 August 2025 - listen to that full programme here
