A free-flowing montage of speech, sounds and music to celebrate June.

CREDIT LIST:

RTE ARCHIVE - Bank Holiday Temperatures Soar - An RTÉ News report broadcast on 5 June 1993. The reporter was Peter Cluskey, this segment also featured an RTÉ News report broadcast on 5 June 1976. The reporter was Derek Davis.

RTE ARCHIVE - From 1960 Monica Murphy, 6 years old from Inchicore in Dublin, speaks about her holidays on RTE Radio.

RTE ARCHIVE - People on Grafton Street and Camden Street recall previous vacations. The episode of 'Agenda' was broadcast on 1 August 1973. The reporter was Doireann Ní Bhriain.

POEM:June By Francis Ledwidge, sung by Branwen Kavanagh

POEM: Stepping In, written and read by Jane Clarke

RTE RADIO - Dr Shane Bergin, professor in science education at UCD, speaks to presenter Sean O'Rourke in 2019.

RTÉ ARCHIVE - A humorous look at an Irishman’s holiday. This was a feature from 'Summer Supplement’, broadcast in September 1986.

RTE RADIO ARCHIVE - RTE Reporter Paddy O’Gorman spends time on Dublin’s beaches. This piece was featured on Today Sean O’Rourke in 2017.

RTE RADIO - Irish Pagan Priestess Deirdre Wadding speaks to presenter Brendan O’Connor about the summer solstice in June 2023.

RTE ARCHIVE - An RTÉ News report broadcast on 21 June 1996 features a piece on the summer solstice. The reporter was Alasdair Jackson.

MUSIC CREDITS:

Sunny Afternoon, The Kinks (40 seconds)

Summer Holidays, Cliff Richard and The Shadows (2 minutes)

The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count, The Divine Comedy (20 seconds)

Staring at the Sun, U2 (2.40 minutes)