A Corner of the Burren
Award-winning poet Moya Cannon explores a corner of the Burren that has inspired her poetry for more than 30 years, meeting experts in the local landscape, archaeology and history.
FORTHCOMING: RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 5 October 2025 at 6 pm.
The Blind Poetess of Ulster (working title)
The life and work of Frances Browne (1816-1879), poet, journalist, novelist, short-story writer and best-selling children’s author. Presented by Shirley-Anne Godfrey.
FORTHCOMING: RTÉ lyric fm, autumn 2025.
Not to be taken at Bed-time (working title)
The life and work of the writer Rosa Mulholland (1841-1921), poet, novelist and, above all, writer of spine-chilling ghost stories. Presented by Sara Lodge.
FORTHCOMING: RTÉ lyric fm, autumn 2025.
Our lost half cousins (working title)
Poet Theo Dorgan explores poetic, mythological, historical, linguistic and cultural links between Ireland and Galicia.
FORTHCOMING: RTÉ lyric fm, autumn 2025.
Lament for Art O’Leary
Lament for Art O’Leary has been SHORTLISTED for the IMRO Radio Awards 2025 in the ‘Irish Music Programme or Initiative’ category. (Results announced 3 October 2025.)
The programme has also been SHORTLISTED for the prestigious Prix Italia 2025. (Results 24 October 2015.)
The premiere of this new opera by composer Irene Buckley, inspired by the poem Chaoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, and preceded by a short introductory programme, was first broadcast on The Lyric Feature, RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 15th December 2024.
1001 Gems
Composer Seán Doherty explores the story and dance tunes of Francis O’Neill.
FIRST BROADCAST: RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 4th May 2025
Michael Longley’s Life of Poetry
Marking his 85th birthday on 27th July 2024, Belfast poet Michael Longley looks back, in conversation with Olivia O’Leary, and on a life of 60 years of poetry. Re-broadcast as a tribute to the poet’s life and work following his death on 22nd January 2025.
FIRST BROADCAST: BBC Radio 3 The Essay, 8-12th July 2024
RE-BROADCAST: BBC Radio 3 The Essay 10-14th February 2025
ADDITIONAL BROADCAST: Proms Interval (compilation of extracts from The Essay), BBC Radio 3, 11th August 2024
The Shaky Bridge
Irish poet Louis de Paor goes back to Cork, recalling family, friends, places, and the Cork writers he grew to know and who would influence his work.
FIRST BROADCAST: RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 16th March 2025.
Where the River Rises
Poet Jane Clarke explores the Avonmore River in County Wicklow through poetry and conversation.
FIRST BROADCAST: RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday 2nd February 2025.