The Lyric Feature
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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.
The Lyric Feature
4d ago
An audio portrait of painter James Hanley, told through the eyes of his sitters, fellow artists, buyers, family and friends, a story of being creative, connecting and making a life in the uncertain world of the arts ..read more
The Lyric Feature
1w ago
Micil Ned Quinn from Mullaghbawn in Co. Armagh was immersed in the folk arts from childhood and grew up to be a renowned traditional singer and songwriter. This programme celebrates and reflects upon the rural life and culture from which he came and that he himself embodied. (First tx 190323 ..read more
The Lyric Feature
2w ago
Ireland is on the verge of losing its population of breeding curlew, but could our songs, stories and art help us to save it ..read more
The Lyric Feature
3w ago
An examination of the earliest notated music in Ireland: Medieval Monastic Chant ..read more
The Lyric Feature
1M ago
We Only Want The Earth: Can music help us face the climate crisis ..read more
The Lyric Feature
1M ago
We Only Want The Earth: Can music help us face the climate crisis ..read more
The Lyric Feature
1M ago
The story of the women behind Dublin's forgotten National Ballet Company ..read more
The Lyric Feature
1M ago
The story of Irishwoman Kate Meyrick who operated the most decadent London nightclubs of the Jazz Age ..read more
The Lyric Feature
2M ago
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. The project revisits The Irish Folklore Commission's collection of tunes and songs which were transcribed and notated by Séamus Ennis in Connemara and Donegal ..read more
The Lyric Feature
2M ago
Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan presents six poets from four continents who are making their mark on the world of Irish poetry ..read more