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

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

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The story behind Patrick Kavanagh's On Raglan Road

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

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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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