Sunday with Miriam

80 years ago a poem by Patrick Kavanagh was published, called ‘Dark Haired Miriam Ran Away’. It subsequently became the song ‘Raglan Road’ and Lise has been looking at the story of the poem/song and the woman who inspired it – beautiful medical student Hilda Moriarty - and she wonders why there aren't more statues of the great women of Ireland, past and present
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Chat with Nicola Joyce, Noriana Kennedy and Noelie McDonnell about the life events that surround the making of their new album ‘When You Are Falling’ (accompanied by Eimhín Craddock and Sam Wright they perform 'When You Are Falling' and 'Calling' - for copyright reasons the full performance of these tracks cannot be podcast)

Official website: www.thewhileawaysmusic.com
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The former tv presenter chats about being in her 70's and the life lessons about relationships, parenting, faith and celebrating older age that she wanted to share in her book 'Now You Are Wonderful: A Celebration of Age, Freedom and Wisdom' (published by Hachette)
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The powerlifter and motivational speaker from Limerick talks about how, when he was just 18, an injury to his legs changed his life and motivated him to become a world record-holding athlete and disability advocate.

Official website: liambeville.com
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The founder of the legendary vegetarian Dublin restaurant has written ‘The Cornucopia Story’, which chronicles her life with her husband Neil in the mid-1980s, being vegetarian pioneers at the time, losing Neil at a very young age and her life since, which has seen the restaurant grow and thrive for a new generation
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