The Lyric Feature

The Lyric Feature

By RTÉ lyric fmSociety & Culture Documentary

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The Lyric Feature episodes

March 08 A living Voice - Donegal | The Lyric Feature
Traditional Irish musicians from Donegal reinterpret scores collected by Séamus Ennis in the 1940s.
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53 min
March 01 A Living Voice, Episode 1 | The Lyric Feature
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. This episode revisits tunes and songs which were transcribed and notated by Séamus Ennis in Connemara and Donegal.
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53 min
February 22 Out of the Marvelous | The Lyric Feature
Out of the Marvellous asks what can artists learn from the monastic way of life? Writer Sara Baume visits St. Mary’s Cistercian Abbey in Glencairn, Co. Waterford. She speaks to the nuns there about prayer, silence and mystery and hears from other artists about how these themes also inform their work.
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48 min
February 15 The Lyric Feature
Sara Lodge tells the story of the life and work of the best-selling Belfast born Victorian Irish novelist Rosa Mulholland.

A Rockfinch production for RTÉ lyric fm. Supported by Coimisiún na Meán and RTÉ from the television licence fee.
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48 min
February 08 You talkin to me? | The Lyric Feature
Six artists create new radio art for The Mirror Lamp Press Radio Edition. With RTE lyric fm & Culture File this feature explores voice, performance, and the politics of being heard, using the line “You talkin’ to me?” from Taxi Driver as a starting point.
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58 min
February 01 Three men standing at the MET| The Lyric Feature
A focus and celebration of the work of Author and Radio producer John Quinn who passed away recently.
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56 min
January 25 Recalling the Layers | The Lyric Feature
Patricia Baker goes in search of the hidden history of a place behind a locked door in Dublin 8.
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47 min
January 18 Shaky Bridge | The Lyric Feature
The poet Louis de Paor was born in Cork, but has not lived there for many years. In this evening's Lyric Feature, he goes back to explore the Cork of his childhood, where he first learned Irish, and the Cork that his father knew, that run throughout his poetry.

A Rockfinch production for RTÉ lyric fm. Supported by Coimisiún na Meán and RTÉ from the television licence fee
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48 min
January 11 Among the heather rocks| The Lyric Feature
Poet Annemarie Ní Churreáin goes back to the Donegal Gaeltacht, where she grew up, and explores the folklore and history, landscape, language and personal experiences that all influenced her poetry.

A Rockfinch production for RTÉ lyric fm. Supported by Coimisiún na Meán and RTÉ from the television licence fee
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59 min
January 04 The Forgotten Migration | The Lyric Feature
Chris Nikkel follows the story of a forgotten Irish migration to Canada through folk music passed down orally, and a special bicentennial commemoration.
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58 min

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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.