Sunday Miscellany Sunday 7 February 2021
Sunday Miscellany
New Writing:
The Secret Gardens, by Henrietta McKervey
Napoli Bella, by William Wall
Sybil Connolly: Ireland's Forgotten National Treasure, by Deirdre McQuillan
At Ruadhan’s Well, by Donal Ryan
Turf Wars, by John Horgan
And
Lady of the Sands, by Olive Travers
Music:
Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite, by the Beatles
Santa Lucia, sung by Enrico Caruso
Too Marvellous For Words, by Johnny Mercer, sung by Frank Sinatra
From My Irish Sketch Book, The Rose Tree, by Michele Esposito, played on piano by Míceál O'Rourke
and
The Marino Waltz, played on fiddle by John Sheahan
Sunday Miscellany, 7th February 2021
Neapolitan delights. pyrotechnics in Portobello... turf wars . evolving burial rituals... and remembering designer Sybil Connolly, in her centenary year with Henrietta McKervey, William Wall, Deirdre McQuillan, Donal Ryan, John Horgan and Olive Travers
The Secret Gardens, by Henrietta McKervey
A peep into the Portobello Zoological and Pleasure Gardens, a mid-19th century Dublin gem
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Napoli Bella, by William Wall
Beautiful Naples: falling in love with a fallen paradise
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Sybil Connolly: Ireland's Forgotten National Treasure, by Deirdre McQuillan
Saluting the pioneering designer in her centenary year
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At Ruadhan's Well, by Donal Ryan
"The land was opened around Ruadhán's Well/ So a ring fort appeared by the path."
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Turf Wars, by John Horgan
As we bid goodbye to the briquette, some recollections on peat and politics
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Lady of the Sands, by Olive Travers
On new and old ways of remembering the dead
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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
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
The Beatles
2:34
Santa Lucia
Enrico Caruso
4:00
Too Marvellous For Words
Frank Sinatra
2:25
My Irish Sketch Book - Five Irish Folk Tunes - The Rose Tree
Miceal O' Rourke (Piano)
1:32
The Marino Waltz
John Sheahan (Fiddle)
2:39
Sunday Miscellany
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Producer: Sarah Binchy
Broadcasting Co-ordinator: Carolyn Dempsey