On the "magic box" and other radio delights... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Henry Street Days, by Doireann Ní Bhriain above.
The Radio Éireann of my childhood wasn't just a box in the corner that we gathered around to listen to things like Michael P.O'Connor's children's stories, Din Joe's Take the Floor (the 'dancing on the radio' programme) or Marion King's drawing and painting programmes. It was also my mother's workplace...
This essay appeared on the programme of April 5th - listen back here
