Sunday Miscellany
Pangur Bán and Audrey, a poem by the late Gordon Snell
‘Pen in hand, a monk sat, bored – This translation had him floored…’
03:29
Boys DO Cry, by Colin Regan
An emotional education in a Raphoe boarding school
05:58
Ada Yeates & Sisters, by Antonia Hart
On a pioneering female-led family business of scriveners in 19th Century Dublin
06:01
Our Way of Talking, by Denise Blake
On a few wee Donegal and Derry sayings
05:11
A Patch of Earth, by Jessica Freed
On the delights of taking charge of an allotment in Inchicore
05:56
Gordon Snell, Wizard, by Barry McCrea
A life-expanding correspondence with a beloved children’s author
06:42
Growing Pains and a Wizard in Dalkey
Accents, allotments, pioneering women in business and emotional education for boys - and the magic created by a beloved children’s author. With Barry McCrea, Jessica Freed, Denise Blake, Antonia Hart, Colin Regan and Gordon Snell
49:47
Niamh Attends to the Sick of the Supermarket, a poem by Mícheál McCann
"They flock like brittle songbirds, chorusing after her to this impressively-sized Asda..."
01:40
One Time, a poem by AM Cousins
"Mr Heaney was at his desk, solid as the Sugarloaf, still cheerful after a day of lectures..."
03:23
The Abbey That Refused to Die, by John Egan
The kindly uncle who was instrumental in the restoration of 800-year old Ballintubber Abbey
06:58