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Sunday Miscellany is an English-language Irish radio programme featuring new Irish writing of poetry and (mostly non-fiction) prose, broadcast on Sunday mornings on RTÉ Radio 1 since 1968. The programme does not have hosts, but contributions of writings, read by the writers are intercut with related music. Contributors are a mix of established authors and poets and novices who have submitted their written works for consideration.

The standard format is pre-recorded, but frequently, versions of the programme have been recorded in front of a live audience with a chamber or full orchestra and vocalists.

A selection of pieces from the show entitled Sunday Miscellany: A Selection 2018 – 2023, won an Irish Book Award in 2023.

The series had over 300,000 listeners in August 2024, beating presenter-led shows such as Sunday with Miriam, and Liveline.

Notable contributors

Contributors to the programme have included:

• Rachel Burrows
• Eric Cross
• Rachael Hegarty
• William Keohane
• Benedict Kiely
• Melosina Lenox-Conyngham
• Brian Leyden
• Bill Long
• John MacKenna
• Stella G. Mew
• Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
• Billy O'Callaghan
• Madeleine O'Rourke
• John Ryan
• Jessica Traynor
• Phil Young
• Seán J. White

Bibliography

Selections of pieces performed on the show have been published.

• Heaney, Marie, ed. (2000). Sunday Miscellany:A Selection from 1995-2000. Town House. ISBN 9781860591341.
• Heaney, Marie, ed. (2004). Sunday Miscellany:A Selection from 2003 and 2004. Town House. ISBN 9781860592300.
• Ní Anluain, Clíodhna, ed. (2006). Sunday Miscellany:A Selection from 2004-2006. New Island Books. ISBN 9781905494132.
• Heaney, Marie, ed. (2009). A Treasury of Sunday Miscellany. New Island Books. ISBN 1848400500.
• Ní Anluain, Clíodhna, ed. (2013). September Sundays:As Heard on Sunday Miscellany. New Island Books. ISBN 9781848402782.
• Ní Anluain, Clíodhna, ed. (2019). Miscellany 50:Fifty Years of Sunday Miscellany. New Island Books. ISBN 9781848407473.
• Binchy, Sarah, ed. (2023). Sunday Miscellany:A Selection, 2018-2023. New Island Books. ISBN 9781848409040.

References

1. ^ Regan, Colin (11 October 2019). "A miscellany of a Sunday that will long live in the memory". Leitrim Observer.
2. ^ "Behind the scenes of an essential part of weekend radio for 50 years". Irish Examiner. 18 February 2019.
3. "'Sunday Miscellany' regular known for love of storytelling". The Irish Times.
4. McHugh, Michael (4 November 2023). "Gifted writer Olive Travers earthy tales reflect an amazing tapestry of life & living". Donegal Live.
5. "Festive storytelling and Christmas music as acclaimed RTÉ show comes to Wexford". Irish Independent. 27 November 2023.
6. McLaughlin, Rachel (23 September 2019). "Popular RTE Radio 1 show to be recorded live in Donegal". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
7. Fitzgerald, Cormac (22 November 2023). "Paul Murray's The Bee Sting wins Novel of the Year at An Post Irish Book Awards". TheJournal.ie.
8. English, Eoin (15 August 2024). "RTÉ listenership on the rise despite controversies and departures". Irish Examiner.
9. "Latest JNLR RTÉ listenership figures released". About RTÉ. 15 August 2024.
10. Walsh, Ronnie, ed. (1975) Sunday Miscellany. Dublin: Radio Telefís Éireann ISBN 0-7171-0774-4; pp. 11-12, 20-21, 32-33, 65-66, 87-88, 102-03, 113-14, 129-30, 156-57
11. "Couples at Christmas, by Rachael Hegarty". RTE Radio. 22 December 2024.
12. Keohane, William (3 May 2020). "3 May 2020". Sunday Miscellany. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023.
13. Tracy, Robert. "Tyrone Power!". Irish Literary Supplement. Vol. 27, no. 1 Fall2007. pp. 30–31. ISSN 0733-3390. EBSCOhost 26503321.
14. "Creative Blooming by Brian Leyden". RTE Radio. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
15. Leyden, Brian (10 January 2021). "The Great Inventor". RTE Radio. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
16. "Author and broadcaster, well known for 'Change of Heart'". The Irish Times. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
17. Mew, Stella (1 August 2021). "The Yeats Centenary, 1965". Sunday Miscellany. RTÉ Radio 1.
18. Giovanna, Tallone. ""Stories Like the Light of Stars": Folklore and Narrative Strategies in the Fiction of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne". Estudios Irlandeses. 12 (2 - 2017 Special Issue): 155.
19. "24 November 2013". Sunday Miscellany. RTÉ Radio 1. 24 November 2013.
20. Lunney, Linde (2013). "O'Rourke, Madeleine C.". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
21. "LibertiesPress.com: Patricia Lynch, Storyteller: Phil Young: Books: 0". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2009.

External links

• Official website

• 1968 radio programme debuts
• RTÉ Radio 1 programmes
• Irish talk radio shows
• Irish music radio programs