Seán Doherty explores the life and music of Chicago Police Chief and Irish music collector Francis O’Neill. First Broadcast: Sunday […]
Among the Heather Rocks
Poet Annemarie Ní Churreáin explores the folklore, history, landscape and language of Donegal that inspire her poetry. Among the Heather […]
The Shaky Bridge
Poet Louis de Paor explores the Cork of his childhood, where he first learned Irish, and the Cork that his […]
Where the River Rises
FIRST BROADCAST in The Lyric Feature, RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 2nd February 2025 Listen back here. Poet Jane Clarke explores […]
Lament for Art O’Leary
The premiere of a new opera by composer Irene Buckley, inspired by the poem Chaoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, preceded by […]
The Musician That Is Me
A profile of contemporary music composer Jane O’Leary. First broadcast: The Lyric Feature, RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 20th October 2024 […]
Michael Longley’s Life of Poetry
In a series of The Essay on BBC Radio 3, poet Michael Longley (1939 -2025) talks with Olivia O’Leary about […]
A Jamaican Poet in Dublin
FIRST BROADCAST: 17th March 2024, BBC Radio 4; re-broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Xtra on 16th March 2025. Link to […]
These Things I Wish
Bairbre O’Hogan tells the story of the life and writing of Winifred Letts, poet, playwright and novelist, in ‘These Things […]
Remembering Seamus Heaney
Ten people each choose a favourite poem by Seamus Heaney. First broadcast daily in September 2023 on Niall Carroll’s Classical […]