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The Lyric Feature

Irish broadcaster RTÉ lyric fm"s weekly documentary slot. Programmes about music, literature, visual arts and other areas where creativity is manifest. Broadcast on Sundays at 6pm on RTÉ Lyric FM.

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0:50:29

Building a Ballet | The Lyric Feature

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2024/03/10

The story of the women behind Dublin's forgotten National Ballet Company.

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0:48:25

Queen of Nightclubs | The Lyric Feature

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2024/03/03

The story of Irishwoman Kate Meyrick who operated the most decadent London nightclubs of the Jazz Age

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0:50:26

A Living Voice, Episode 2: Donegal | The Lyric Feature

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2024/02/25

Traditional Irish musicians from Donegal reinterpret scores collected by Séamus Ennis in the 1940s.

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A Living Voice, Episode 1: Connemara | The Lyric Feature

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2024/02/18

This two-part series presented by J.J. O'Shea brings us the fruits of a project initiated by folklorist Ríonach Uí Ógáin and supported by the Irish Traditional Music Archive. The project revisits The Irish Folklore Commission's collection of tunes and songs which were transcribed and notated by Séamus Ennis in Connemara and Donegal.

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0:42:40

The Salt of Something New | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2024/02/11

Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan presents six poets from four continents who are making their mark on the world of Irish poetry.

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0:39:00

A Place of Pointed Stones | The Lyric Feature

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2024/02/04

In A Place of Pointed Stones, Jessica Traynor explores the history and folklore of Banagher with local historian James Scully, and we hear new poems and a new song inspired by her research

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0:42:02

Writing Yourself Home | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2024/01/28

Writing Yourself Home is presented by the Irish born but Manchester based poet Vona Groarke. Through a series of conversations with four fellow Irish poets, Vona muses on the complex relationship between national identity and writing.

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0:40:59

From Kingstown to Dun Laoghaire | The Lyric Feature

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2024/01/21

Gerald Dawe explores the social and cultural history of Dun Laoghaire, where he has lived for over 30 years, in poetry and conversation.

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0:39:51

Reflections on Lough Derg | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2024/01/14

Poet Eleanor Hooker reflects on Lough Derg and its place in the lives of those who live near it and on it

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0:40:48

Wild Nephin | The Lyric Feature

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2024/01/07

Poet Seán Lysaght explores the Wild Nephin area of north Mayo. For more episodes of The Lyric Feature go to the RTÉ lyric fm Podcasts.

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0:45:16

A Portrait of the Artist as a Radio Documentary | The...

The Lyric Feature ·

2023/12/31

The portrait painter James Hanley is the subject as sitter in this audio portrait of his life and work.

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0:53:28

The Dawning of the Day | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2023/12/24

The story behind Patrick Kavanagh's On Raglan Road

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0:56:42

For The Record | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2023/12/17

Laoise O'Brien explores a millennium of music through her own experiences as a recorder player.

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0:47:19

The First Pure Clear Place | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2023/12/10

Leontia Flynn, explores Sylvia Plath's lifelong admiration of WB Yeats. The programme also contains rare archive of Sylvia Plath speaking about Yeats and reading some of her work in a 1958 Library of Congress recording.

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0:56:04

Maria, La Callas | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2023/12/03

To mark the centenary of her birth, Liz Nolan explores the life and legacy of Maria Callas, the iconic Greek soprano, widely regarded as the most significant, inspiring and provocative opera star of the modern age.

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0:45:50

Ellen's Walk | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2023/11/26

Olivia O'Leary and poet Paddy Bushe follow the route of a long lost walk in Kerry, as described in a poem by Ellen Fitz-Simon, daughter of Daniel

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0:46:33

Dorothea The Doozy | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2023/11/19

Dorothea Herbet writer, poet, artist and proud spinster from Carrick On Suir. Ireland's Jane Austin. Unhoped for, unprecedented, discover the unique 'Dorothea The Doozy'.

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0:47:30

An Draíocht | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2023/11/12

Eoin ‘Stan’ O’Sullivan, Sliabh Luachra musician in residence, assists in the search for six old vinyl records. A story looking back at a musical tradition’s past and an effort to safeguard its future

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0:58:17

Vocal Chords with Sinéad O'Connor

The Lyric Feature ·

2023/11/05

When Sinéad O'Connor died in July this year the world was deprived of one of its most distinctive and significant voices. In 2015 Sinéad explored that voice with Iarla Ó Lionáird as part of his series Vocal Chords which was made for the Lyric Feature.

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0:54:10

The Western Island | The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature ·

2023/10/29

The literature and storytelling traditions associated with The Great Blasket have long been acclaimed both internationally and at home. It is surprising therefore that the music traditions of The Blaskets remain little heard. In The Western Island, J.J. O’Shea seeks to address this imbalance and explores this rich but lesser-known aspect of Blasket

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