New writing:

The Last Irish Wolf, by John MacKenna

Story Time, by Denise Blake

The Magnificent Seven, by Zoe Devlin

The Revenant, a poem by Paul Muldoon

Cyphers 100, by Nell Regan

My Journey to Settling in Dublin, by Paul Johnston

Consolations of Time, a poem by James Harpur

A Dog on his Master, a poem by Billy Collins

Music:

Scarúint na gCompánach/The Parting of Friends, played by Matt Molloy

Old Friends, by Guy Clarke, sung by Steve Earle and Emmylou Harris

The Magpie theme tune, by the Spencer Davis Group

from Schubert's Winter Song Cycle: the Hurdy Gurdy Man, played by Matthew Gee on trombone with Christopher Glynn on piano

Thank You For The Days, by Ray Davies, sung by Luke Kelly

It Had To Be You, by Frank Sinatra

The Lark in the Clear Air, played on violin by the late Geraldine O’Grady, whose death was announced this week; we broadcast it in tribute to her