Me Dog is Buried in Thomond Park | The Lyric Feature

Brothers Ron and Greg Carey go back to Limerick, the city of their childhood, which holds memories that have inspired poems for both of them.

A Sonic Arctic Return | The Lyric Feature

Composer and sound recordist, Karen Power and her microphones revisit the remote, magnetic spaces of the Arctic which she first visited and recorded more than a decade previously.

Green White Enamel | The Lyric Feature

After lying forgotten for decades, the poems of Ethna MacCarthy, linguist, doctor, poet, and life-long friend of Samuel Beckett, were finally published in 2019.

Master of the Musick | The Lyric Feature

Conductor Peter Whelan's fascinating research into the 18th century Irish baroque musician, Matthew Dubourg. Presenter : Máire Nic Gearailt Producer: Joe O’Dubhghaill  Producer for lyric: Eoin O Kelly

Tenducci in Ireland | The Lyric Feature

An Italian superstar castrato in Georgian Ireland as reimagined by the Irish Baroque Orchestra

Saucy Mistress Boldface | The Lyric Feature

Saucy Mistress Boldface is a peek through a Georgian window at life for women from 1746 to 1751 through a series of 221 letters from the Bishop Of Elphin to his only teenage daughter Alicia.

The Blind Poetess of Ulster | The Lyric Feature

Born in Donegal in 1816, Frances Browne was blinded by smallpox at an early age, but despite this became a prolific and well-known Victorian author of poetry, novels, essays, and a best-selling collection of children's stories.  Producer: Claire Cunningham - Sound design by Regan Hutchins.

Without Dependence | The Lyric Feature

Without Dependence tells the story of Críostóir Ó Floinn – bilingual Limerick-born poet, playwright, teacher, and perhaps the most censored writer you’ve never heard of.  Presented by Daragh O’Malley Produced by Michael Glennon.

A living Voice - Donegal | The Lyric Feature

Traditional Irish musicians from Donegal reinterpret scores collected by Séamus Ennis in the 1940s.

A Living Voice, Episode 1 | The Lyric Feature

This two-part series presented by J.J. O'Shea brings us the fruits of a project initiated by folklorist Ríonach Uí Ógáin and supported by the Irish Traditional Music Archive. This episode revisits tunes and songs which were transcribed and notated by Séamus Ennis in Connemara and Donegal.