Sunday Miscellany

Post-Christmas blues and a December birthday, angels of heaven and the origins of Gaelic football in Wexford, with Mary O’Donnell, John Toal, Jackie Lynam, Alison Ní Mháirtín, Paul Rouse, the late Manchán Magan and Eithne Hand (pic: Paula Malone Carty)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Palestrina in Rome, an outsize Santa suit, and gifts of kindness from the Liberties to Lagos… featuring recordings from the NCH with the RTÉ CO and more, with Eithne Shortall, Joseph O’Connor, John Toal, Quentin Fottrell, Rachael Hegarty, Chikere Ohoka, Lisa Lambe, the Palestrina Choir and Sarah ShineSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A winter wedding, a New Year’s Eve disaster, a Christmas baby and balm for the broken-hearted…Part 1 of Christmas Miscellany with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and special guests Kathleen MacMahon, Paul Muldoon, Mia Döring, Paul Howard, Cauvery Madhavan, the Palestrina Choir and Lisa LambeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Skerries to Strabane, East Galway to Alexandria: chance encounters, Christmastime musical delights and a deer of light, with Victoria White, Seán O’Gorman, Lisa McInerney, Jim Maguire, Judith Mok, Denise Blake and James HarpurSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John and Yoko in County Mayo, Con Houlihan at 100 and a sniff of Christmas, with Donal Fallon, Louise Kennedy, Niall McArdle, Peter Cunningham Aidan Hynes and Helen O’RahillySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.