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Sunday Miscellany 31 January 2010 - New Writing on RTE Radio 1

New radio essays on a mix of subjects: The protests in Woolworths of Greensborough, in the US, fifty years ago, that led to subsequent civil equality; the importance of trees; days on a Buddist retreat; memories of John Updike and Michael Jackson and James Joyce and a teacher leave a lasting impression. Contributors are Mae Leonard, Denis Sampson, Leo Cullen, Bert Wright and Cyril Kelly.

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Sunday Miscellany - New radio essays on RTE Radio 1: Keeping a Diary by Dympna Murray Fennell, Holding on by Anne Sharpe, Granuaile by Anne Chambers, Robinson Crusoe by Denis Sampson and The Austin Clarke Portrait Caper by Karl O’Neill

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Ways of Seeing by Anne Sharpe, The Secret Life of Richard Crosbie by Brian MacMahon, A Place in the Bronx by Iggy McGovern, Walking into History: Richard the Broken-Backed Irishman by James Harper, The Round Window by Karl O’Neill and Salt and History by Colbert Kearney

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Snow-inspired radio stories and poetry from new and regular contributors to the programme arising from the snowy weather now general across the country: The Meaning of Snow – a poem by Liam Aungier, Snow before Porridge Sheila Maher, Fat Sultanas by Leo Cullen, Snow in Boston, Snow on Achill by John F Deane, Ice Cream in the Snow by Maureen Charleton, Bursting Through Snow by Joe Kearney and Distant Memory – a poem by Julie O’Callaghan

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Sunday Miscellany 3 January 2010: You can hear the following new radio essays and poetry: Frawley’s Department Store and Me by Catherine Foley, Coming Back by John F Deane, Remembering Paradise by James Harpur, Natham Tate by Colbert Kearney, To Beebo or not to Beebo by Sue Norton and An excerpt from the poem Déjà Vu by Gerald Dawe

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Sunday Miscellany 20 December 2009. You will hear the following new radio essays and poetry : Christmas Cake by Sheila Maher, The Morsby by Vivien Igoe, Angels by Mae Leonard, Yuletide Birth and Death by Cyril Kelly, The Touch of Ciarán’s Hand – a poem in memory of the late Ciarán Mac Mathúna by Joe Kearney and Newgrange by Vona Groarke.

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Sunday Miscellany content for 27 December 2009 - You will hear the following: The Spirit of Molly Keane by Catherine Foley, Travelling Man by John F. Deane, Panto! by Mae Leonard, Over the Moon by Aidan Bunting and An Teach Tuí – a poem by Vona Groarke

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On this Christmas Day Miscellany 2009 recorded in Studio 1 of the Radio Centre you heard contributions from Gina Moxley, Nuala Smith, Rita Ann Higgins James Harpur, Cathy Power and Brendan Graham.

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Sunday Miscellany 13 December 2009 - Harold Kenneth Long by Catherine Foley, The New York Riots by Colbert Kearney, Shelf Life by John F Deane, Liam Clancy in Kilkenny by Gerry Moran, House by Vona Groarke and Holly Gathering by Caroline Carey Finn

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Everything and The Kitchen Sink by Chuck Kruger, The Drinks Cabinet by Sheila Maher, William Lobb – Messenger of The Big Tree by Megan O’Beirne , The Monk by Michael Harding, British Queens and Epicures by Niall Weldon read by Enda Oates and The Volta Cinema – a poem by John O’Donnell

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Serendipity by Maurice Cashell, Sat Nav – a poem by Vona Groarke, The Flute Player by Michael Harding, Under the Kirschbaum by Andrew McKimm , Who Are your Influences? by Sue Norton and JFK and Me by Kevin MacAleer

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A Piece Of Our History – The Berlin Wall 1961 - 1989 by Kate Dempsey, Remembering Tennyson by Dympna Murray Fennell, Monte Cassino in Co Kerry by James Harpur, Heart of Glass by Pat Boran and Berlin by Tim Carey

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This edition of Sunday Miscellany, and first broadcast in May 2009 was broadcast to mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of Patrick Pearse on 10th November, and was recently short-listed for a 2009 PPI National Radio Award. This programme marks the publication of The Life and After Life of PH Pearse - Pádraig Mac Piarais: Saol agus Oidhreacht edited by Roisin Higgins and Regina Uí Chollatáin. The spoken contributions were written specially for Sunday Miscellany. The programme was reco ...

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Spoken contributions on the programme: Mary Ward by Dolores McKenna, Watching Animals by Sherra Murphy, Squirrel by Gerald Dawe, The Shadows of Writers by Evelyn Conlon, Onion Sandwiches by Sheila Maher and An Old Map of Dublin by Peter Sirr

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New Contributions on htis programme are: Wine by Evelyn Conlon, Acorns and Oak trees by Chuck Kruger, Guernica by Cyril Kelly, Greensborough by Vona Groarke and Barm Brack by Denise Blake – recorded at the recent Sunday Miscellany event at The Strule Arts Centre during The 2009 Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend

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Recorded in Strule Arts Centre, Omagh at the Benedict Kiely Literary Weekend, funded by Omagh District Council, Peace 3, and the Community Festivals. Contributors: Glenn Patterson, David Park, Val Mulkerns, Tommy Sands, Kevin Barry and John Wilson Foster.

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Contributions: Directions by Peter Sirr, The Lamp – a poem - by Gerald Dawe, Richard The Third by Mary Russell, Bicycles by Frank Kavanagh, The Forge by Mary O’Malley and Remembering Michael Hartnett by Bill Tinley - marking the tenth anniversary since the death of poet Michael Hartnett.

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New written contributions: Season of Mists and Fruitfulness by Hester Casey, The Master by Cyril Kelly - marking the centenary of the birth of writer Brian MacMahon, Porridge by Sheila Maher, Two Portraits by Sherra Murphy, The Thing is – a poem - by Peter Sirr and Greeks at Ventry by John O’Donnell

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New Spoken contributions on the programme were: Gold Rush in Pallas by Ann Egan, Mass in the Cinema in Mountmellick by Sheelagh Coyle, Tales out Of School by Gabriel Fitzmaurice, The Moon by Michael Harding, A Toast to Arthur Guinness by Mae Leonard, The End of The Battle of Britain by Pat Boran.

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Spoken Contributions are: The Night Before – a poem by John O’Donnell, Remembering Keith Floyd by Donal Hayes, Elizabeth The First Hadn’t a Clue by Cyril Kelly, Team Photo – another poem by John O’Donnell, Ghost Journeys by Joe O Muircheartaigh and We Shudda Won by Larry McCluskey

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