Sunday Miscellany

"Tá an geimhreadh ag druidim isteach, Na laethanta ag éirí níos fuaire, Duilleoga á scuabadh chun siúil..." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On embracing the soft dark abyss of memory See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

300 years ago the Dean wrote a book with serious potential for trouble; would Gulliver's Travels find a publisher? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On tending to the perfect apple glade in East Mayo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of TG4, and the early pioneers pursuing their vision for the Irish language See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A decade on, one old friend remembers another - the incomparable Leonard Cohen  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Remembering the old Harcourt Street Railway Line, and mourning its rapid disappearance from the landscape See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How Eileen Gray created her modernist villa in 1920s France, and a visit to the crumbling house many decades later See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Describing the Spanish ritual of the ‘paseo’, and comparing Sunday customs in Dublin and Barcelona See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On 'nature's infirmary', as it runs through the heart of the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recalling the simple pleasures of a favourite West Cork beauty spot, and wondering what might be lost as modern tourism rapidly develops See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On a lifelong fascination with mountains, and the sense of awe and spiritual discovery they inspire See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some amusing local anecdotes of Ireland during World War 2, stories that might otherwise have been forgotten See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"The town fills its lungs full, and sweeps shawls and scarves and suits along streets…” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On volunteering for Zaide, starring a young Lesley Garrett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rich and complex Irish history is on display in this small Protestant church See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The night the starlings gatecrashed the opera house See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On growing up with the lore of Wexford See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Man bags, scarves, and “the lads”, blessed with love See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

45 years on and this soprano's 3-minute Beethoven performance is still seared into the memory See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Man bags, scarves, and “the lads”, blessed with love See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The physical items inevitably subsumed by the bog - human and otherwise (pic: Marguerite Sheridan) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why the Irish Architecture Foundation wanted to build a Bog Bothy in the midlands See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A childhood in the boglands taken for granted until it becomes a source of wonder for visitors See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Translation challenges for the words 'turf' and 'bog' in cultures where they don't exist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.