Sunday Miscellany

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  Heinrich Böll, by John F Deane 20.09.2026 5min

  Post-war packages from Germany that make authorities nervous but were really literary treasures from the writer who made a home in AchillSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The German Refugees of Limerick, by Jody Clarke 20.09.2026 4min

  Centuries of refugees fleeing religious persecution and the Methodist who came to rest in Limerick's Golden Vale in 1765See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Swimming Out to Caves along the Copper Coast, by Breda Joyce 20.09.2026 5min

  The wondrous varieties of life that shares the waters around Co Waterford See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Soufflage at the Staatstheater, by Jim Culleton 20.09.2026 4min

  An Irish-German theatrical exchange - a reminder of the vital role of culture in national identitySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Autumn and Harvest, by Grace Wells 20.09.2026 4min

  Autumn, a season that demands our gratitude and awe  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  We Close in October, by Georg Grote 20.09.2026 6min

  Three friends on motorbikes, a torrential Irish summer and lifelong bonds secured along the Cork/Kerry coastline See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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   An Extraordinary Engineer, by Declan Phillips 14.09.2026 8min

  On a remarkable friendship with the engineer of the Twin Towers, Leslie RobertsonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Irish Brigids, by Máirín O’Malley 14.09.2026 5min

  On the much-maligned Irish domestic servants in the US in the late 19th centurySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Mayor of the World Trade Centre, by Helen O’Rahilly 14.09.2026 8min

  How a childhood friend's destiny became entwined with the Ground Zero siteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  New York, New York, by Peter Cunningham 14.09.2026 5min

  On an uncle's treasured gold watch and "the nicest man he ever met"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Memories of 9/11, by Jim Nolan 14.09.2026 9min

  Supporting an American couple on holiday in Ireland in their hour of tragedySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Kindred Swallows, by Kathy Donaghy 06.09.2026 4min

  Marvelling at the enchantment of travellers from southern Africa to a Donegal gardenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Blue Bag in the Corner, by John MacKenna 06.09.2026 5min

  Losing Leonard, a labrador non-pareilSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Donnybrook Fair, by Ann Marie Durkan 06.09.2026 5min

  Brawling, carousing and sapient pigs at the famous Dublin festival through the centuriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Radio Days, by Stephen Brennan 06.09.2026 4min

  One family's very personal ties to the very origins of Irish national broadcastingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Letter from Okinawa, by Michael Bradley 06.09.2026 6min

  Relocating to Japan, where the weather, the language and the way of life mean major re-adjustmentsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Bless You, by Molly Furey 06.09.2026 3min

  Automatic responses when nature strikes, even in the most unforgiving of placesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  School Principal, by Bryan Gallagher (from 1997) 30.08.2026 2min

  A retiring school principal clears out his officeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Spelling Bee, by Nuala Hayes (from 1997) 30.08.2026 4min

  A school spelling bee, and the moral dilemma posed by the prize of a green iced lollySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Teacher Cried, by Kathleen Hardie (from 1997) 30.08.2026 3min

  Memories of school in London at the outbreak of war, and the day the author and her classmates were evacuateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.