Listen BackNew short essays:

Dollymount Days: Remembering Severiano Ballesteros by Joe Ó Muircheartaigh

Our First Royal Visit by Michael Fewer

Jerusalem Two Ways by Ann Hull

The Visit of King George IV to Ireland by Gail Seakamp

The Queen Like Céilís by Nicola Garrett – Elovsson

Buildings by architectural historian and frequent contributor to the programme – Maurice Craig - from the Sunday Miscellany archive – saluting his life following his death earlier this week

Music:

Spanish Heartland by Graham Preskett

Jerusalem by Hubert Parry performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and the audience at the BBC Proms Concert from a recording from 1996

Anna Mhic Dhiarmada Rua performed by Aibhlín McCrann

The Celebration and The Gallop Home from The Fox Chase by Micheál Ó Súilleabháin

The Arrival of The Queen of Sheeba performed by Dé Danainn