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Sunday Miscellany: Meeting Frank O'Connor, by Eamon Keane

Eamon Keane describes meeting the great writer, for the first time, in Dublin in the 1940's

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The Reckoning by Martina Murphy - her new thriller extracted

In an isolated house by Dugort pier a body is found. DS Lucy Golden is shocked to discover that the victim, Sandra Byrne, is a sister of one of her old school friends.

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Unsinkable - the man who swam the length of Ireland

We present an extract from the new book from by Alan Corcoran.

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The dawn of the flapper - Ireland's Jazz Age revisited

We present an extract from A Year of Glory and Gold: 1932, Ireland's Jazz Age, the new book from bestselling social historian Kevin C. Kearns.

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Book Of The Week: Open Up by Thomas Morris

Tackling issues of modern masculinity through the prism of childhood can be difficult.

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Alan Nolan on resurrecting Bram Stoker and Molly Malone

Writer, cartoonist and occasional Culture contributor Alan Nolan introduces his latest children's book, the latest in a series which pairs an unlikely duo of Dublin icons

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Remembering Seamus Heaney in 10 selected broadcasts

At the time of his 10th anniversary, it is only natural to turn again to the work and to the voice of Seamus Heaney.

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Heaney remembered: Seamus Heaney celebrated by Sunday Miscellany

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney, RTÉ presents a series of essential recordings from the archives.

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Book Of The Week: Elsewhere by Yan Ge

The short story form is by its nature made to focus on those on the fringes of society, or so says Frank O'Connor.

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Heaney remembered: Seamus Heaney - Reading the Future

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney, RTÉ presents a series of essential recordings from the archives.

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Heaney remembered: Professor Heaney at Oxford

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney, RTÉ presents a series of essential recordings from the archives.

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Heaney remembered: Professor Heaney at Harvard

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney, RTÉ presents a series of essential recordings from the archives.

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Heaney remembered: Seamus Heaney celebrates his 65th birthday

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney, RTÉ presents a series of essential recordings from the archives.

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Heaney Remembered: Seamus Heaney's collected poems celebrated

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney, RTÉ presents a series of essential recordings from the archives.

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Heaney remembered: Stepping Stones with Heaney & O'Driscoll

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney, RTÉ presents a series of essential recordings from the archives.

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Heaney remembered: Seamus Heaney at the Poetry Now Festival

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney, RTÉ presents a series of essential recordings from the archives.

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Heaney Remembered: Seamus Heaney talks District and Circle

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney, RTÉ presents a series of essential recordings from the archives.

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Did Tolkien find Middle Earth in the west of Ireland?

The Lord of the Rings' author had many connections to the Burren, Galway and Connemara

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Heaney remembered: The Arts Show celebrates Seamus Heaney at 70

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Seamus Heaney, RTÉ presents a series of essential recordings from the archives.

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Poem Of The Week: New poems by Patrick Kehoe

We present a new series of poems

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