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.[2] Contributors are a mix of established authors and poets and novices who have submitted their written works for consideration.[1][3][4]
| Genre |
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|---|---|
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | RTÉ Radio One |
| Hosted by | none |
| Produced by |
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| Recording studio | RTÉ Radio Centre |
| Original release | 1968[2] |
| Opening theme | "Galliard Battaglia" by Samuel Scheidt[2] |
| Website | www |
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.[5][6]
A selection of pieces from the show entitled Sunday Miscellany: A Selection 2018 – 2023, won an Irish Book Award in 2023.[7]
The series had over 300,000 listeners in August 2024,[8] beating presenter-led shows such as Sunday with Miriam, and Liveline.[9]
Notable contributors
editContributors to the programme have included:
- Rachel Burrows
- Eric Cross[10]
- Rachael Hegarty[11]
- William Keohane[12]
- Benedict Kiely[13]
- Melosina Lenox-Conyngham
- Brian Leyden[14][15]
- Bill Long[16]
- John MacKenna
- Stella G. Mew[17]
- Éilís Ní Dhuibhne[18]
- Billy O'Callaghan[19]
- Madeleine O'Rourke[20]
- John Ryan
- Jessica Traynor
- Phil Young[21]
- Seán J. White
Bibliography
editSelections 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
edit- ^ a b Regan, Colin (11 October 2019). "A miscellany of a Sunday that will long live in the memory". Leitrim Observer.
- ^ a b c "Behind the scenes of an essential part of weekend radio for 50 years". Irish Examiner. 18 February 2019.
- ^ "'Sunday Miscellany' regular known for love of storytelling". The Irish Times.
- ^ McHugh, Michael (4 November 2023). "Gifted writer Olive Travers earthy tales reflect an amazing tapestry of life & living". Donegal Live.
- ^ "Festive storytelling and Christmas music as acclaimed RTÉ show comes to Wexford". Irish Independent. 27 November 2023.
- ^ McLaughlin, Rachel (23 September 2019). "Popular RTE Radio 1 show to be recorded live in Donegal". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ Fitzgerald, Cormac (22 November 2023). "Paul Murray's The Bee Sting wins Novel of the Year at An Post Irish Book Awards". TheJournal.ie.
- ^ English, Eoin (15 August 2024). "RTÉ listenership on the rise despite controversies and departures". Irish Examiner.
- ^ "Latest JNLR RTÉ listenership figures released". About RTÉ. 15 August 2024.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Couples at Christmas, by Rachael Hegarty". RTE Radio. 22 December 2024.
- ^ Keohane, William (3 May 2020). "3 May 2020". Sunday Miscellany. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023.
- ^ Tracy, Robert. "Tyrone Power!". Irish Literary Supplement. Vol. 27, no. 1 Fall2007. pp. 30–31. ISSN 0733-3390. EBSCOhost 26503321.
- ^ "Creative Blooming by Brian Leyden". RTE Radio. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Leyden, Brian (10 January 2021). "The Great Inventor". RTE Radio. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Author and broadcaster, well known for 'Change of Heart'". The Irish Times. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
- ^ Mew, Stella (1 August 2021). "The Yeats Centenary, 1965". Sunday Miscellany. RTÉ Radio 1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "24 November 2013". Sunday Miscellany. RTÉ Radio 1. 24 November 2013.
- ^ Lunney, Linde (2013). "O'Rourke, Madeleine C.". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "LibertiesPress.com: Patricia Lynch, Storyteller: Phil Young: Books: 0". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2009.
