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Kildare's kaleidoscope of culture celebrated

RTÉ Radio 1's The County Measure explores the rich culture and identity of Co. Kildare

RTE Radio 1 Album of the Week: Trustfall by Pink

The RTÉ Radio 1 Album of the Week is Trustfall, the ninth studio album from Pink - an artist who has sold (count 'em!) more than 135 million records worldwide.

RTÉ Radio 1 Album Of The Week • 01 Mar 23

Sunday Miscellany: Peter Cunningham on a forgotten revolutionary

On the forgotten revolutionary Darrell Figgis

Sunday Miscellany • 22 Feb 23

Sunday Miscellany: The Filthy Lucre by Miriam Uhlemann

On pounds, shillings and pence, as a cashless society looms

Sunday Miscellany • 21 Feb 23

RTÉ Radio 1 Album Of The Week: Fragments by Bob Dylan

Our RTÉ Radio 1 Album Of The Week is the latest chapter in Bob Dylan's acclaimed Bootleg Series.

RTÉ Radio 1 Album Of The Week • 13 Feb 23

Sunday Miscellany: A love letter to the Ford Fiesta

They're no longer rolling off the production lines, but for this driver the Ford Fiesta was a passport to freedom and independence

Sunday Miscellany • 31 Jan 23

Radio 1 Album Of The Week: Belle & Sebastian's Late Developers

Album of the Week • 17 Jan 23

RTÉ Radio 1 Album Of The Week: Every Loser by Iggy Pop

RTÉ Radio 1 • 12 Jan 23

Zoe Comyns returns for a new season of Keywords (Pic: Siobhan Byrne)

What's the story? Keywords returns with more adventures in sound

RTÉ Radio 1 • 08 Jan 23

Spoken Stories: Flatland with Monuments by Caoilinn Hughes

Flatland with Monuments by Caoilinn Hughes is read for RTÉ's Spoken Stories by Maria Doyle Kennedy...

Spoken Stories • 16 Dec 22

Sunday Miscellany: November Fair, by Patrick Kavanagh

From the very first edition of Sunday Miscellany in November 1968, the great poet recounts a scene at the fair in Carrickmacross, when he strikes a dubious deal for two calves (read by actor Pat Layde)

Sunday Miscellany • 07 Dec 22

Sunday Miscellany: My Voice by Mary Kate O'Flanagan

Finding your voice in the most unexpected of places, where perhaps hidden powers lie...

Sunday Miscellany • 01 Dec 22

Spoken Stories: Listen to Colin Walsh's Night on Earth

Spoken Stories • 29 Nov 22

Spoken Stories: Lisa McInerney's Law of the Instrument

Spoken Stories • 28 Oct 22

Documentary on One: Coffin Falls from the Sky

Documentary On One • 29 Oct 22

Sunday Miscellany: Three Women of 1798, by AM Cousins

Elizabeth, Dinah and Jane, three unsung Wexford women who gave their all in 1798....and an understanding of why Her-story is as important as His

Sunday Miscellany • 25 Oct 22

A very earthy Spoken Story from Christine Dwyer Hickey

Spoken Stories • 24 Oct 22

Sunday Miscellany: A Soft Day Poet, by Mae Leonard

Searching for a female war poet in a graveyard in Rathcoole

Books • 23 Oct 22

Spoken Stories 2: Daryl McCormack reads Donal Ryan's Bride

Spoken Stories 2: Creatures of the Earth is a brand-new collection of 12 themed radio half-hour stories on RTÉ Radio 1, commissioned by RTÉ Arts and Culture from eminent Irish and Irish-based writers...

Spoken Stories • 17 Oct 22