An unexpected exhibit in Derry, a schoolboy faces losing his best friend, seeking refuge from a New York heat wave, an Ecuadorian aeroplane in Galway, adventures in cat sitting and a tribute to Donal Musgrave, with Neil Hegarty, Joe Whelan, Yvonne Judge, Pat Coleman, Quentin Fottrell and Catherine Foley

Bittersweet homecoming journeys, Donnybrook Fair carousing through the ages, an extraordinary encounter with Princess Diana and tributes to Séamus Heaney, with Peter Trant, Paul Doran, Ann-Marie Durkan, Chris McHallem, Kevin McDermott and Rita Ann Higgin

A walk-on part in the Michael Collins film, the craze for Collins in London, a grandfather’s secret, travel discombobulations in JFK and more, with Joyce Hickey, John MacKenna, Margaret Galvin, Lourdes Mackey, Thomas McCarthy and Ruth Deasy

Aga Khan Cup dreams, the celebrated 1792 Belfast Harp Assembly, Irish-Libyan family memories and recalling “the King”, with Amy Redmond, Kevin McDermott, Emily Cullen, Farah Abushwesha, Gerry Moran and Noel King

Mel Gibson in Meath, the legendary Con Houlihan remembered, the art of letter-writing and more, with Christina Hession, John MacKenna, Denis McClean, Rita Ann Higgins, AM Cousins and Oliver Sears

The Irish abroad, door dancing, stargazing and more, with Margaret Hickey, Brian Farrell, Tim Carey, Daniel Mulhall, John Toal and, from the Miscellany archive, Maeve Binchy

A beloved vintage Galway jersey, a life-expanding sea voyage, swimming on the radio and the silence of Valentia Island, with Christina Hession, Joe Kearney, Brendan O’Sullivan, Breda Joyce, Brian Cosgrove and Noel King

Hurling heroes of Kilkenny and Limerick, a fox at midnight, a female freemason, and channelling your inner Kate Bush, with Gerry Moran, Christina Hession, Stephen O’Byrnes, Emer O’Kelly, Catherine Foley and Joe Kearney

Inspirational art of ancient Greece, Paris under the Nazi's, being a Francophile, a life at sea and the small things that give us hope, with Isabel Nolan, Maylis Besserie, Clíona Ní Ríordáin, John Tuomey and Niamh O'Malley

Summer swimsuits, student summers abroad, evocations of New York and Greece and links between Ireland and Brittany, with Mae Leonard, Shane O’Sullivan, Lauren Green, Gary Coyle and Neil Hegarty