Irish artists who picked their Desert Island Discs for the BBC

As Colm Tóibín appears on the famed BBC radio show, Richard Fitzpatrick looks at the selections of Irish stars who have already made the trip

DESERT Island Discs has been inviting celebrity guests to be its castaways since 1942. Its next guest on Sunday will be the Irish writer Colm Tóibín.

He will follow a time-honoured formula: the selection of eight recordings as a foil for a discussion about his life. At the end of the programme, host Kirsty Young will ask him to save one track from the eight and also a luxury item and a book to take with him to the island. The BBC has made over 1,500 of its interviews available online. Here is a rundown of some of the best Irish interviews.