Sunday Miscellany Sunday 8 September 2019
Our next live Sunday Miscellany takes place as part of Imagine Arts and Waterford Writers Festival in the Theatre Royal Waterford on Saturday 26th October at 11.45 a.m. To book phone 051 - 874402 or click here
The writers are John MacKenna, Ian Maleney, Catherine Foley, AM Cousins, Andrew Doherty and Lani O’Hanlon and there’ll be music from piper David Power, folk acoustic trio The Kalimbas, Benny McCarthy, Brendan Clancy, Donnchadh Gough and Dónal Clancy.
Ticket for Christmas Miscellany in the National Concert Hall on Wednesday, 4th December, are now on sale through the National Concert Hall website. To book your seat click here
A new book celebrating 50 years of Sunday Miscellany has just been published by New Island Books. This anthology of essays and poetry were read for the first time at Miscellany50, a live event in the Project Arts Centre last December. For further information click here
Sunday Miscellany
New Writing:
On this morning’s programme, we heard:
The Tribes of These Islands, by Grace Wells;
A Long Drawn Out Dream, by John Egan;
A Day in September, by Nollaig Rowan;
My Pre-University, University Challenge, by Jennifer Carey;
Selfies, a poem by Gerald Dawe;
And
Bogland, Horseback Brown, by John F Deane
Music:
Dancing Queen, by Abba;
Mayo Anthem 96, by Tom Tom and the Byrnes Babes, introduced by the late Liam Ó Murchú;
Somewhere A Voice is Calling, sung by Simon Morgan with Rónán Murray on piano;
The theme to University Challenge: College Boy, by the Balanescu Quartet;
and
My Lagan Love, played on baroque oboe by Lindsay Armstrong;
Sunday Miscellany Podcast, 8th September 2019
On this morning's programme we heard: The Tribes of These Islands by Grace Wells; A Long Drawn Out Dream by John Egan; A Day in September by Nollaig Rowan; My Pre-University, University Challenge, by Jennifer Carey; Selfies, a poem by Gerald Dawe; And Bogland, Horseback Brown by John F Deane
A Long Drawn Out Dream by John Egan
John Egan from Castlebar on rugby, All-Ireland replays, and Mayo's dream of Sam
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A Day in September by Nollaig Rowan
Nollaig Rowan makes a WW1 war graves pilgrimage for Tom Kettle, who was killed in action near the Somme on 9 September 2019
My Pre-University, University Challenge by Jennifer Carey
A daughter's weekly contest with her Dad finally ends in victory
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About The Show
New writing for radio, accompanied by complementary music, broadcast every Sunday morning since 1968.
Music Played on the Show
Dancing Queen
Abba
4:05
Mayo Anthem 96
Tom Tom And The Byrnes Babes
2:12
Somewhere A Voice Is Calling
Simon Morgan With Rónán Murray On Piano
1:23
College Boy
Balanescu Quartet
0:30
My Lagan Love (For Baroque Oboe)
Lindsay Armstrong (Baroque Oboe)
2:01
Sunday Miscellany
Contact the Show
sundaymiscellany@rte.ie
Producer: Sarah Binchy
Broadcasting Co-ordinator: Carolyn Dempsey