File of writings by Carolyn Swift which were contributions for the RTÉ Radio 1 programme, 'Sunday Miscellany' and broadly on the theme of travel and the world. Note: written pieces are individually undated and some contain handwritten edits by Swift. Pieces by Swift in this file include:
Forced Stop in Alaska
Saadi And His Flower Garden
The Argentinian Way of Death
An Irish-Russian/West Indian Bar
Coventry In The Caribbean
Saying Goodbye to an Alligator
Hiram Bingham and The Lost City of the Incas
An English Garden that Died, and an Irish One That's Flourishing
Ueno Park
The Early Birds
The Tourist Guide
The ABC of Jugoslavian Tolerance
The Peaceful Invasion
Going Where You're Welcome
The Museum of Mankind
A Wartime College in the Cotswolds
Half Doing the Alhambra
Jamboree '78
Map Madness
The Early Birds
The Balm Gardens
The Links Between The Irish Church and a Cave in Upper Egypt

File of writings by Carolyn Swift which were contributions for the RTÉ Radio 1 programme, 'Sunday Miscellany' and broadly on the theme of travel and the world. Note: written pieces are individually undated and some contain handwritten edits by Swift. Pieces by Swift in this file include:
Plus Ca Change
Precious Stones and Symbols
Our Empire
Strange Pets
The Museum of Mankind
My Pen Pal
Knowing What's Wat
Memories in a London Museum
To Hell and Back
A Trip to Scarborough
Advantages of The Simple Way of Life
Japanese Fashion
Eating in War-Time England
The Royal Photographer
It Almost Might Have Been Ireland
Honeymoon Island
The Moorings
In the Wilderness
Encountering the Unexpected
The Attractions of a Good Breakfast
Running the Trains on Time
Okinawa, Japan's Honeymoon Island
Walking Along the Skyline
Travelling the Grand Canal
Mystery of the Megaliths
East and West, Old World and New
Meeting Our Expectations

File of writings by Carolyn Swift which were contributions for the RTÉ Radio 1 programme, 'Sunday Miscellany' and broadly on the topic of Ireland, personal and family, and general themes. Note: written pieces are individually undated and some contain handwritten edits by Swift. Pieces by Swift in this file include:
The Museum of Childhood
Vanishing Dublin
Manders Mills
The Memorial Park
Travelling Light
How To Avoid Sunburn
The Potency of Music
The New Nature Reserve at Slievecarran
The Power of Myth
The Egestorff Museum
The Anarchy of Driving
The Souls of Old Dublin
Cute Kiddies!
The Ancient Craft of The Coopers
Are We Changed by Our Clothes?
The Receding Horizons of Age
The Day my Grandparents Stopped Changing for Dinner
Looking Up!
Say It With Flowers
Literary Detection
Dinosaurs of the New Ice Age
Old Fashions in Old Films
Religious and Political Symbols
Dying Traditions of Urban Societies
Cyrus The Great and the First Charter of Human Rights
Anna Maria Hall
Charlotte Grace O'Malley
Spiders
The Virtue of Whiskey

File of writings by Carolyn Swift which were contributions for the RTÉ Radio 1 programme, 'Sunday Miscellany' and broadly on the topic of Ireland, personal and family, and general themes. Note: written pieces are individually undated and some contain handwritten edits by Swift. Pieces by Swift in this file include:
The Antique Department
One-Way Streets in Wexford
My Grandmother and Madras
The Fine Art of Milking the Tourist
Superstition, Saints, and Suntan
Do You Believe In Ghosts
Visual Illiteracy
The Case of The Moving Haystacks
Birthday Greetings From a Famous Author
Masks
Meeting the Locals
The Rossiters of Rathmacknee
A Twelfth Century Woman Writer and Composer Who Should Have been a Saint
Wildlife in Our Parks
The Big House of Clarinbridge
The French Drop-Out We Remember at Christmas
The Pet Named After a Planet
It Could Have Been Here
Doctors Don't Differ on Dieting
Back To The Pony and Trap
Cooking By Volcano
A Moving Experience
The Vicar Of Bray and The Archbishop of Cashel
The Shield of David
Mythology and Folklore
Setting Off International Crises
The First Novel Ever Written

File of writings by Carolyn Swift which were contributions for the RTÉ Radio 1 programme, 'Sunday Miscellany' and broadly on the topic of Ireland, personal and family, and general themes. Note: written pieces are individually undated and some contain handwritten edits by Swift. Pieces by Swift in this file include:
The Scholar Surgeon
The Real Diplomatic Service
Washing In The Ways Of Our Fathers
Bird's Eye View
Potholes of the World Unite
Nature's Sympathy With the Poet's Mood
The Perils of Fancy Dress
The One That Got Away
The Man Who Sought And Found Notoriety
The Peaceful Invasion
Religious and Political Symbols
Our Cousins The Jews
Reaching the Heavens
Colette
Old Fashions In Old Films

File of writings by Carolyn Swift which were contributions for the RTÉ Radio 1 programme, 'Sunday Miscellany' and broadly on the topic of Ireland, personal and family, and general themes. Note: written pieces are individually undated and some contain handwritten edits by Swift. Pieces by Swift in this file include:
Dunbrody Abbey
The One That Got Away
Tradition Vs Progress
The Rose of Drimnagh
A Holiday Romance
Difficulties in Identifying A Malady
A Trip To Wexford
Places That Feel Like Home
Surnames
Why I Never Wear Boots
Airing Our Likes and Dislikes
Innocently Insulting Other Races
Wrestling On TV
The Search For Longevity
The Tortoise Versus Stone Age Man
The Fascination of Flowers

File of correspondence to/from Carolyn Swift and relating to her writing and broadcasts for RTÉ Radio programme series, Sunday Miscellany. Includes letters between Swift and editors/staff of the programme including Maxwell Sweeney, and discussing pieces that Swift has written, broadcast schedules, edits needed and related points; Also letters to Swift from listeners to the show who have responded to her pieces and offered comments.

Files relating to arts criticism and contributions by Carolyn swift to the 'Appraisal' arts show, broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1

File includes notes and typed scripts for commentaries/reviews broadcast by Carolyn Swift as part of the 'Appraisal' Arts Show on RTÉ Radio 1. Includes items for 'Hotel Casanova' at the Abbey Theatre; Season's greetings by Alan Ayckbourn at the Gate Theatre; The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at Project Arts Centre; Exiles Dance Company at the Damer Hall, Dublin; "The Invasion" at Lombard Street Studios; "Amadeus" by Peter Shaffer at the Gate Theatre Dublin (1981).

File includes notes and typed scripts for commentaries/reviews broadcast by Carolyn Swift as part of the 'Appraisal' Arts Show on RTÉ Radio 1. Includes items for production of The Scatterin' by James McKenna at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, with show programme and hand written notes by Swift (1973); notes for review of The Old Woman Broods at Project Arts Centre; script of review for 'It's All Jazz and Hot Gossip"; list of questions and topics under heading of "General Arts Topics"; transcript of piece on Irish National Ballet by Swift; script of piece on Midnite at the Starlite by Michael Hastings at the Project Arts Centre, produced by Rough Magic Theatre Company (1988).