Miscellany50: The Archives is a series featuring writing Sunday Miscellany broadcast has across fifty years since 1968. This edition focused on the theme of Childhood.

Programme 3 (Childhood) 

This programme includes:

Childhood in Donnycarney by Val Mulkerns (1976) with music from Greig's Peer Gynt Morning Mood played by the Berlin Philharmonic

A Relation of Jack Doyle by Sam McAughtry (2008) followed by Pastorale from the Creatures of Prometheus by Beethoven, played by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Sea-side Days by Vona Groarke(2005) ….followed by Trasna na dTonnta performed by Gráinne Hunt and Brendan Walsh

Between the Walls by Nuala Hayes (1998) followed by Aquarium from Camille Saint Saen’s Carnival of the Animals performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra

Not a Fairy Tale by Peter Jankowsky (1996) followed by the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Tchaikovsky performed by the Orchestra Symphonique de Montreal

Bedtime Tales by Catherine Ann Cullen (2004)…followed by Les Salons by Marc Olivier Dupin

God Stole my Bike by Liz Nugent (2005) followed by the music Academy by Helen Blazy

The Cot by Michael Harding (1997)