Theo Dorgan explores poetic, mythical, historical and cultural links between Ireland and Galicia in north west Spain.

FORTHCOMING: Sunday 30th November 2025 at 6 pm on RTÉ lyric fm

Photo: Theo Dorgan watches currachs taking part in the La Ribeira Traditional Boat Festival.

In A Coruña, David Clark describes how the Celtic Revival inspired the Galician Revival, and in Santiago de Compostela Manuel Gago traces links back to neolithic times.

In the present day, Keith Payne is fostering exchanges between Irish and Galician poets, Su Garrido Pombo is reimagining traditional Galician music, and in Ribeira Brídín Cannon and Jack O’Keefe bring currachs to a Traditional Boat Festival.

Theo discovers that Galicians know a lot about Ireland, but we have a lot to learn about Galicia.

Producer: Claire Cunningham. Sound supervision by Tinpot. A Rockfinch Production for RTÉ lyric fm.

After broadcast, the programme will be available to podcast on the usual podcast platforms and on the RTÉ Radio Player.

Funded by Coimisiún na Meán with the Television Licence Fee. Producer for Lyric fm: Eoin O’Kelly.