Connie Gets a Rewrite | The Lyric Feature

"Ahead of her celebratory concert with the NSO, this feature reflects on the career of US-born composer Jane O'Leary, who has made an immeasurable contribution to contemporary Irish classical music since moving to Ireland in 1972."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Constance "Connie" Smith was born in 1929 on Limerick's Wolfe Tone Street and would later become a star who burned brightly, but all too briefly, during the golden age of Hollywood cinema.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The poet Moya Cannon takes us to A Corner of the Burren to a place she discovered through her reading of Tim Robinson's maps, the triangle formed by Corcomroe Abbey, St. Colman's Well, Ought-mama and the 'Seven Churches’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part 3 - The romantic imagination - Michael Lee explores the rich imaginative idealism that informed so much music in the Romantic Era.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part 2 - Virtuosity and PoetryIn this three-part series, Michael Lee explores the rich imaginative idealism that informed so much music in the Romantic Era.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this three-part series, Michael Lee explores the rich imaginative idealism that informed so much music in the Romantic Era. Part 1  - The SublimeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patricia Baker goes in search of the hidden history of a place behind a locked door in Dublin 8.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

'Wild' tells the story of Ireland's landscapes and its wildlife across past, present and future, exploring the ever changing relationship between people and nature through time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Dream of Foreign Lands commemorates the 40th anniversary of Rum Sodomy & The Lash, the groundbreaking album by The Pogues. Featuring exclusive contributions from James Fearnley and Jem Finer of the band, as well as Shane's sister Siobhan MacGowan, the programme delves into the album's enduring creative and cultural significance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ye Vagabonds Brían Mac Gloinn tells the story in word and song of the rescue of 18 Dutch sailors off Arranmore Island in December 1940. Written, presented and performed by Brían Mac Gloinn. Produced by Brían Mac Gloinn & Eoin O KellySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.