"I never met Edna O’Brien in person. When offered the opportunity of spending time in her company, by our mutual friend..I found myself assailed by a sudden, imposturous shyness..." up next, Donal Ryan @RTERadio1 @UL @PresidentIRL

"During my working life I’ve had offices in some of Dublin’s most iconic buildings - the Custom House, Croke Park. Dublin Castle - but...by far the most unusual was in Kilmainham Jail...." up next, @tim_carey1 @RTERadio1 @PresidentIRL

To follow Manchán, the fabulous concertina-playing of @CormacBegley

"Sunday Miscellany in the Áras, they said. Think of something summery, and so I said I would. Because, it’s Sunday Miscellany, after all. And I had only ever once been in the Arás, in all my life...." @ManchanMagan opens today's show @RTERadio1 @PresidentIRL

Despite my sodden jeans, mangled hair, trying to keep the lens clean and camera dry and somehow stand up.. I managed a shot in focus. 🙈 #belmullet #comayo #ireland #stormerin RTs as always very much appreciated. And thank you for your continued support.

"As I waited for my boyfriend to catch up from the previous fascinating exhibit, I wandered around the space. "And then I heard a voice. It said, 'Woe, woe is me'..." Next up is Emma Prunty with The Head on Ya #celtworld #Tramore @RTERadio1 @RTE_Culture #sundaymiscellany

A circus tent appeared in the football field last week... The sight of the blue dome towering over the roadway, the fluttering of the flags above it, the posters in shop windows along the streets of Carlow took me back..." John MacKenna is next with Send In The Clowns @RTERadio1

This morning we revisit @BelfastBookFest on themes of home and belonging at @CrescentArts with @WednesdayErskin @johnnytoal @nphegarty Marie Howe (recent Pulitzer awardee) and @paul_mc_veigh with @truband3 @zcott Éimear McGeown + Donogh Hennessy Tune in! #sundaymiscellany

"Years ago, when I started spending time in the west of Ireland, I realised that perhaps I wasn’t alone in feeling John the Baptist had been undervalued. I discovered that St John’s Eve, the 23rd June, was a special date in the Connemara calendar..." Conall Hamill is up first

"The evening before my daughter Fia’s ninth birthday I recorded a short video of her soloing a football across the living room floor. I suppose it was my feeble attempt as a parent to resist the passing of time..." To close, Christian O'Reilly: Fia's Football #sundaymiscellany

"I have been watching all month, watching the light grow, trying to be ready for the Solstice, because each year midsummer’s day always comes too soon, unannounced and unwanted, but here again, tripping me, tipping me back into the slow tilt towards autumn..." Grace Wells is next

"We danced and we danced until my t-shirt became a second skin and in that place of pure abandon, I seemed to transcend any distance between myself and my father..." Colin Regan is up first with The Faith Healer #FathersDay #Spiegeltent @RTERadio1 #BrianFriel

"My friend stations himself in front of Sunflowers. He photographs the tourists taking photos of themselves with the painting. Mostly selfies on smartphones. I take pictures of my friend taking pictures. I feel very meta..." Up first this morning: @JanCarson7280 @BelfastBookFest

"‘These are your healers,’ she said, ‘clean water, clean air, clean food from good earth and sunlight, it will take time.’ But I already felt healed, I already felt hope..." Lani O'Hanlon is next with The Four Healers #Bohernabreena #Earthwatch @RTERadio1