Sunday Miscellany

On a remarkable friendship with the engineer of the Twin Towers, Leslie RobertsonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the much-maligned Irish domestic servants in the US in the late 19th centurySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How a childhood friend's destiny became entwined with the Ground Zero siteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On an uncle's treasured gold watch and "the nicest man he ever met"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Supporting an American couple on holiday in Ireland in their hour of tragedySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marvelling at the enchantment of travellers from southern Africa to a Donegal gardenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Losing Leonard, a labrador non-pareilSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brawling, carousing and sapient pigs at the famous Dublin festival through the centuriesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One family's very personal ties to the very origins of Irish national broadcastingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Relocating to Japan, where the weather, the language and the way of life mean major re-adjustmentsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Automatic responses when nature strikes, even in the most unforgiving of placesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A retiring school principal clears out his officeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A school spelling bee, and the moral dilemma posed by the prize of a green iced lollySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

A schoolboy business venture involving homemade lemonade, and the painful consequences of its successSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reflections on parenthood and the passage of time, as a daughter is about to begin secondary schoolSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

His children beginning school marks a new beginning for Seamus HeaneySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A chance encounter with an old schoolmaster, and an unexpected musical requestSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Considering the fickleness of memory, and why seemingly insignificant moments can remain with us for a lifetimeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On life in a lodging house called Kilkenny House in Dublin – an All-Ireland meccaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A childhood summer on the family farm, and a scene perceived from a hiding place in the long grassSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The closure of the Grafton Gallery evokes memories of the artists, writers and characters of Dublin’s bohemian lifeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recalling childhood memories of family life, and understanding why a father was “always looking backwards”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An appreciation of the writer and academic Seán Ó Tuama, and his contribution to Irish-language literary criticismSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A glorious serenade to the power of songSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A mother's knowledge and love of music passed on through the Pye record playerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Early musical experimentation that ranged wildly before finally settling at the organ in a Limerick cinemaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Choral competitiveness in a small Welsh village, with a legend-in-waiting amongst the performersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The eternally patient piano teacher striving to teach less-than enthusiastic pupils...and one less-than-competent sight readerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The transportive powers of Count John McCormack stretch across generations - and oceansSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meditations on character from the Miscellany archive, with John Ryan, Bill Kelly, Catherine Marshall, Michael Harding, Val Mulkerns and Maria O'Rourke.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The mysteries of cricket, the joy of the Park Run, celebrations of writer Maura Laverty and musician Glen Hansard — and a tempting treat for a magpie, with John O'Donnell, AM Cousins, John Egan, Breda Joyce, Denis Tuohy, Jackie Lynam and Grace Wells.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From a mighty session in Dingle to Croagh Patrick to the Heinrich Böll cottage in Achill, an All-Ireland state of mind, with Séamus Moran, Grace Wells, John Lawler, Mary Lavery Carrig, Frank Shouldice and Geraldine Mitchell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Limerick and Galway All-Ireland hopes, a Ukrainian love story and the sweet pleasures of a day on the bog, with Antonia Gunko Karelina, Barry Houlihan, Anne Marie Kennedy, Mike MacDomhnaill, Ann Lane O’Connell, John Vincent Cunningham and Bob Kelly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

High-achieving couples, musical ambitions, freedom in a pre-legislative life, learning to swim and the dangers hiding in plain sight....with Evelyn Conlon, Gemma Tipton, John MacKenna, Mary O'Malley, Pat Boran and Joe Kearney

A selection from the 2013 and 2014 archives, from Grace Wells, John MacKenna, AM Cousins, Sara Baume, Iggy McGovern, Susan Stairs and Cyril Kelly

Veronica Guerin remembered, a voyage into the past on a Donegal island, and a tribute to David Hockney, with Brian Farrell, Fiachra Gallagher, John MacKenna, Gail Seekamp, Billy Collins, Mícheál McCann and Moya Cannon

The father-daughter bond over books, football and furniture, Solstice meditations and remembering the great Tommie Gorman, with Christian O'Reilly, Ann Breslin, Paul Johnston, Nollaig Rowan, Grace Wells, Kevin McDermott and Durgham Mushtaha

Foxes, Fairy Paths and a Midnight Swim - (including some recordings from past Miscellany Live shows) with James Mulvihill, Cyril Kelly, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Enda Wyley, Jessica Traynor, Colin Murphy, Lorraine Nash, Boris Hunka & Diane Daly, Dónal Clancy and West Coast Sounds

Dandelions, foxgloves and bohemian trailblazers, life over John B Keane's pub and a friendship forged in literature and music — first of two programmes recorded in St John's Theatre, Listowel, with Joanna Keane O'Flynn, Zaffar Kunial, Elaine Garvey, Bernard O'Donoghue, Colum McCann, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, West Coast Sounds and Lorrraine Nash

Barefoot runs on Bettystown beach, summers at Dollymount, formative swims, a cliff walk and a fateful family boating trip. With Joe Rooney, Maeve Edwards, Romie Lambkin, Pat Boran, Mae Leonard, Peter Jankowsky and Grace Wells

Cowbells and baby birds, the highs and lows of Arsenal fandom, scaling Mount Brandon and saluting the extraordinary voice of Moya Brennan, with John Toal, Lani O’Hanlon, Oliver Sears, Eileen Heron, Philip Judge, Fr Alan Hilliard and Moya Cannon

Strawberries and sunshine, one family’s Census night story, a tribute to beloved poet Paul Durcan, and a gift of a lifetime… with Emer Casey, Pat Boran, Caroline Heffernan, AM Cousins, Mary O’Donnell and Tom Conaty

Secrets of the landscape and the art of songwriting; dogs, dharma and a jar of pickles, with Jim Culleton, Michael Cullen, Katrina Bruna, John Toal, John MacKenna, Grace Wells and Billy Collins

A runaway dog, the gift of music and football fever in Venice, with Zoë Devlin, Michael O’Loughlin, Tom Ryan, Roslyn Dee, Dermot Bolger and Grace Wells

A jazz legend and the joys of bus travel; delving into the Famine records of North Kerry, and a brown bread gift for Lauren Bacall. With Jim Doherty, Niamh Donnelly, Garrett Igoe, Marion O’Dwyer, Bryan MacMahon and Mícheál McCann

An unforgettable road trip, an Irish diplomat’s memories of the Chernobyl disaster and an archivist’s portal to McGahern Country, with John Egan, Carol Taaffe, Joe Hayes, Colin Regan, Antonia Hart and Barry Houlihan

A tribute to In Dublin Magazine, a visit to a Buenos Aires hurling club and advice to the young, with Tim Carey, Alexander McMaster, Grace Wells, Daniel Mulhall, Mary O’Donnell, Mary O’Malley and the late Gabriel Rosenstock

Radio waves and Roger Casement, a Rhode Island Red sisterhood and Semana Santa in Seville, with John MacKenna, Liz McSkeane, Rory Carroll, Doireann Ní Bhriain, Fiona Hyland, John F Deane and Tom Conaty

A special live programme from Wexford Opera House, originally broadcast for the centenary of the Easter Rising, with Billy Roche, AM Cousins, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Prionsías Ó Rathaille and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, and music from the Contempo Quartet and more