RadioMoLI
Episodes
Happy Ever After: Naoise Dolan
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, romance fiction by Irish writers from Lady Morgan to Marian Keyes has told the story of characters in love. Yet romance remains a targe...
The Radical Act
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MoLI’s award-winning learning programme reaches thousands of young people and adults every year, through onsite tours and workshops, online workshop...
Happy Ever After: Marian Keyes
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, romance fiction by Irish writers from Lady Morgan to Marian Keyes has told the story of characters in love. Yet romance remains a targe...
The Dedalus Lecture: Naoise Dolan
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 2025 Dedalus Lecture, an annual lecture held at MoLI on Bloomsday, 16 June, was delivered by the novelist, essayist and critic Naoise Dolan. In he...
Remembering Home
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Running at MoLI across the weekend of 7-9 June 2024, HOMESWEETHOME was a multidisciplinary festival circling the theme of home. Taking place across t...
Words on the Waves
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Museum of Literature Ireland celebrated the relaunch RadioMoLI with a special event held at the museum on 25 September 2025.A vast and ever-growin...
Announcing Books & Their Makers
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Books and their Makers is a new podcast series on RadioMoLI exploring the stories behind the books we read. Featuring conversations with authors, edit...
The MoLI Christmas Ghost Story: A Visit from the Banshee
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 MoLI Christmas Ghost Story is a live recording from the launch of MoLI Edition’s new publication, A Visit from the Banshee, edited by Katie...
Writer Presents #8: David Hayden
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their h...
Writer Presents #7: Jan Carson: It's Not About You
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their h...
Writer Presents #6: Jan Carson: What Words Had Once Been
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their h...
Writer Presents #5: Jan Carson: Writing Dementia
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their h...
The MoLI Christmas Ghost Story: Number Ninety
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MoLI, in collaboration with the UCD Centre for Cultural Analytics, presents its fourth annual Christmas Ghost Story: ‘Number Ninety’ (1895) by Bit...
Writer Presents #4: Sally Hayden
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their h...
Writer Presents #3: Sarah Maria Griffin
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their h...
St Bridget’s Day Traditions on Inis Meáin
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Folklore Society of Ireland Annual Lecture 2023This bi-lingual lecture, co-hosted by MoLI and An Cumann Le Béaloideas Éireann / The Folklore of ...
A George Moore Kaleidoscope
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the unveiling of a George Moore bust at the museum, we were joined for an afternoon of panel discussions and presentations exploring the ...
The Christmas Ghost Story: Hertford O'Donnell's Warning
24 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MoLI presents the third annual MoLI Christmas Ghost Story: ‘Hertford O’Donnell’s Warning’ (1867) by Charlotte Riddell, performed by Kathy Rose...
Past/Present/Pride #5: Sean Hewitt
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the fifth episode of Past/Present/Pride, Dr Paul D’Alton speaks to writer and poet Seán Hewitt, on the eve of the publication of his new memoir,...
Every Life is Many Days: Nuala O’Connor’s Nora
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every Life is Many Days is a podcast about James Joyce and his family in the contemporary novel. Presented by Professor Anne Fogarty of the School of ...
Every Life is Many Days: Anna Vaught's Saving Lucia
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every Life is Many Days is a podcast about James Joyce and his family in the contemporary novel. Presented by Professor Anne Fogarty of the School of ...
The Christmas Ghost Story: The Demon Lover
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
MoLI continues its annual Christmas Ghost Story tradition with Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘The Demon Lover’ (1945), performed in its entirety by Derbhle ...
Launch of All Strangers Here
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A new anthology from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Arlen House, All Strangers Here explores the interrelationships between diplomacy, creativi...
Writer Presents #2: Dermot Bolger
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
RadioMoLI’s Writer Presents series invites writers to produce a radio programme focussing on and exploring a chosen subject that is close to their h...
Dublin Gothic #3: Daughters of Dracula
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you enjoy reading ghost stories alone at night? Have you ever binged an entire true crime series? Or do you unwind watching horror films like The E...
Dublin Gothic #2: Charles Maturin in Marsh's Library
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do dancing curates, and headless mummies, and dog-eared sixteenth-century manuscripts about sexual deviancy have in common? In this episode, Dr K...
Chris Haughton in conversation
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Haughton, whose work is the subject of our temporary exhibition, Purple Squirrel, is a picturebook writer and illustrator. Haughton, who often a...
Launch of A History of Irish Women's Poetry
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join MoLI, in partnership with the Embassy and Consulates General of Ireland in the UK, for the online launch of A History of Irish Women's Poetry, a ...
Writer Presents #1: Claire-Louise Bennett
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Get on with what? Get on with getting a job and a house and a husband and all the rest of it and I just didn't want to. I wasn't interested – or ab...
Dublin Gothic #1: The Psychology of Horror
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you enjoy reading ghost stories alone at night? Have you ever binged an entire true crime series? Or do you unwind watching horror films like The E...
Past/Present/Pride #4: Adiba Jaigirdar
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of Past/Present/Pride – a series of conversations that celebrates LGBTQ+ writers – psychologist Dr Paul D'Alton speaks to wr...
Past/Present/Pride #3: Mary Dorcey
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of Past/Present/Pride, Dr Paul D’Alton hears from Mary Dorcey, poet and fiction writer, about learning to read, coming out, her...
Past/Present/Pride #2: Colm TóibÃn
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of Past/Present/Pride, Dr Paul D’Alton talks to Colm TóibÃn, celebrated Irish writer and three-time Booker Prize nominee. Tó...
Past/Present/Pride #1: Emma Donaghue
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Past/Present/Pride, Dr Paul D’Alton speaks with Emma Donoghue, author of over twelve novels, including Room, Akin, and Stir ...
Ireland's Generation X? / Claire Kilroy
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Ireland's Generation X? / Mark O'Halloran
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Ireland's Generation X? / Caitriona Lally
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Ireland's Generation X? / Nick Laird
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Ireland's Generation X? / Paul Murray
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Ireland's Generation X? / Ian Lynch (Lankum)
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Ireland's Generation X? / Belinda McKeon
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Presented by MoLI in partnership with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame.