A school spelling bee, and the moral dilemma posed by the prize of a green iced lolly

A school spelling bee, and the moral dilemma posed by the prize of a green iced lolly

Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.

Radio essays, poems and complementary music, broadcast from Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1, Sunday mornings since 1968.

Sunday Miscellany

The Spelling Bee, by Nuala Hayes (from 1997)

Marvelling at the enchantment of travellers from southern Africa to a Donegal garden

Marvelling at the enchantment of travellers from southern Africa to a Donegal garden

Losing Leonard, a labrador non-pareil

Brawling, carousing and sapient pigs at the famous Dublin festival through the centuries

Brawling, carousing and sapient pigs at the famous Dublin festival through the centuries