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@Brian_Lally @RTERadio1 Emmylou will be back across the Atlantic in September ! I’ve tickets to see her in Antwerp.

Tonight on CountryTime.. we honour Grady Martin. You might not know him but when you hear the songs he played on over a 5 decade career .. you’ll know why he’s the king of the strings. @RTERadio1 tonight after 11!

@johncreedon @RTERadio1 Looking forward to it!

Steve Martin is on the playlist as we play Long Distance Dedications for (and from) the Irish around the world. Creedon's Christmas, @RTERadio1 11 to 1pm on Christmas Day. Nollaig Shona díbh go léir ! youtube.com/watch?v=GykT... youtu.be/GykTOYj5AUs?si…

@Brian_Lally @RTERadio1 Nice show, Brian.

Well tonight on Countrytime .. Some old and some new .. Marty brings us Billy The Kid .. Dublin bound Emmylou Harris is on lead AND backing vocals in two live cuts 20 years apart and we have the wonderful D18 song from Norman Blake .. Join us on @RTERadio1 after 11 pm

@Brian_Lally Great show. I love Mickey (and that Gretchen album is fabulous)!

Well we have a real treat on Countytime tonight. A Mickey Newbury special . After 11 tonight! this lad will feature …

@RTESunMisc @RTERadio1 Beautiful.

"One of the bitterest rows my mother and I ever had centred around windows. It happened on her regular walk near the family home in rural Galway, a lonely road that skirts a raised bog. I was down from Dublin for the weekend..." up next, Julie Cruickshank on windows @RTERadio1

@RTESunMisc @theharvestpress @RTERadio1 I love when John is on Sunday Miscellany.

..it was the verb to rob that appealed to us as young boys. The notion of robbing orchards seemed to be the closest we would ever get to being Jesse James or Billy the Kid..we galloped on our imagined horses..." @theharvestpress is up next @RTERadio1

@Brian_Lally @RTERadio1 Great show. Caught it on "listen back"! 'Pathos&Porter'! 😂👍🏼

Countrytime tonight - Merles just wanna have fun!, I won’t have anything from that especially strange disc but I will have great Merrla Haggard trax - covers and classic cuts ! Hear the Hagg on Countrytime tonight @RTERadio1 after 11

@RTESunMisc @rte Enjoyed that story.

"We would face my brother Gordon's 5th-year team in the final. It was a gorgeous day and many of the 160 or so boarders turned out to watch, with a row perched along the wall of the pitch chattering like starlings on a rooftop..." Next up, Colin Regan: Boys Don't Cry #Raphoe @rte

@RTESunMisc @RTEsport @RTERadio1 I loved this.

"For the past 14 days and nights, I've been glued to the television watching the stunning performances of the Irish Olympic athletes, and my mind goes back to the Moscow Olympics in summer 1980..." Former @RTESport commentator John Kirwan is up first this morning @RTERadio1

@HamiltonRTE Congratulations, George.

Some personal news. Highly honoured to have had coverage of 11 Olympics acknowledged at a ceremony in Paris this morning.

@fobraonain, saw The Saw Doctors in Brussels on Saturday night! Fantastic concert!

@drivetimerte, Nicola Coughlan is from Galway!

@RTESunMisc @marykaterose @RTERadio1 @rte It was all going great... 😭

"He and I are so different. I’m the eternal optimist, impulsive, sometimes reckless. He’s wise, observant and cautious. I dance even when there are people looking. He rarely dances at all..." @marykaterose is next with Dancing in the Dark #BruceSpringsteen @RTERadio1 @rte

@RTESunMisc @RTERadio1 Wonderful piece (would have loved to hear "your" version of the song)!

"As a child I stammered in most situations. In shops, in the classroom, at home, on the bus, or anywhere when I was trying to answer a simple question. In front of strangers, but also with family and friends..." Mark Brennock is up first this morning #TheLastWaltz @RTERadio1

@RTERadio1 @johncreedon Welcome back!

Guess who's back? 📻 The bould @johncreedon returns to the airwaves this Monday night from 8-10pm. Hopefully your radio will get better reception than his 😉

@Brian_Lally @RTERadio1 Listening from Belgium!

On Countrytime tonight.. twice the talent ! It’s all duets!!! Who’s in who’s out ? gotta wait and see !.. just under 2 hours from now on @RTERadio1

@martylyricfm I’ll be heading there in a few weeks!

The listener’s photo from Keukenhof in the Netherlands giving the cherry blossom a run for its money.

@RTESunMisc @DeeMcQuillan @RTERadio1 I never knew Harry was married to an Irish girl ❤️

"The waitress who came over with his order was 19 year old Una O'Keeffe from Blackrock in Dublin. 'He looked at me and told me, you have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen. Will you marry me?'" @DeeMcQuillan is next with the story of Harry Nilsson's Irish love @RTERadio1

@johncreedon, lovely version of “Both Sides Now” by Aoife Mulholland and @rte_co.

@RTESunMisc @RTERadio1 @rte 😭 loved that! And remember that version of the song on the radio years ago!

"Auld lads with hardly a note in their heads belted out rebel songs and come-all-yes. Then we’d hear a bit of hush and someone encouraging our mother to sing. “Come on now Breda, Breda Whelan for a song. Whisht up, let ye." Joe Whelan is next @RTERadio1 @rte #JoeCuddy