A break from the past - Sheelagh’s Day and other new holiday ideasAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Sept 30 2021 - 18:38
Cat’s Tale – Frank McNally on introducing Joyce’s diabolical children’s story to a new generationAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Sept 29 2021 - 19:01
Chain reaction – A curious coincidence linking Mayo and the discovery of penicillinAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Sept 28 2021 - 19:01
Apocalypse postponed - on Cold War, Babylon Burning, epic chess gamesAn Irishman's DiaryFri Sept 24 2021 - 18:40
Two-bob job – Frank McNally on the Dantesque origins of a classic Irish coinAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Sept 17 2021 - 19:01
Terms and human condition apply – Frank McNally on the mysteries of ‘lived experience’An Irishman’s DiaryThu Sept 16 2021 - 19:01
Pubs and Subs: rumour and reality of German U-boats in wartime IrelandAn Irishman's DiaryWed Sept 15 2021 - 18:44
How the Divine Comedy invented purgatory (with help from Donegal)Dante’s Other UnderworldTue Sept 14 2021 - 18:42
Ravenna rendezvous – Frank McNally visits the tomb of Dante, who died 700 years agoAn Irishman’s DiarySun Sept 12 2021 - 17:16
Louth and Proud – Frank McNally on a hard day’s afternoon in ArdeeAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Sept 09 2021 - 19:01
The French exchange student, our school coal shed and the Sunday World’s ‘night of passion’Schooldays I’ll Never Forget: Frank McNally on a creative letter to the paper’s agony auntWed Sept 08 2021 - 06:00
Return Journey – Frank McNally on the (almost) forgotten pleasures of ItalyAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Sept 07 2021 - 19:30
Keeping Up – On eternal youth, ‘elegant variation’, and the perils of gender-neutral languageAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Aug 20 2021 - 19:01
Greetings, Season – Frank McNally on feeling vindicated by the early arrival of autumnAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Aug 19 2021 - 19:01
Coarse Notes – Frank McNally on the drunken parrots of ancient Rome and other surprise language lessonsAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Aug 18 2021 - 19:01
Kabul Calling (Again) – Frank McNally on horses, heroes, and history repeatingAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Aug 13 2021 - 20:01
Fighting Words – Frank McNally on the best and worst songs of the Northern TroublesAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Aug 12 2021 - 19:01
Exercise in Rinkmanship – Frank McNally on contrasting figures who did the skates some serviceAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Aug 11 2021 - 19:01
End of the Line – Frank McNally on the dubious legacy of the last Earl of ClanrickardeAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Aug 10 2021 - 19:01
View from the Gods – Frank McNally on a forgotten photograph of a childhood worldAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Aug 06 2021 - 19:01
Piccadilly Circus – Frank McNally on the colourful, coded history of a famous London addressAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Aug 06 2021 - 00:01
Food for Thought – A menu of memories, from Marcel Proust to Melanie SafkaAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Aug 04 2021 - 19:01
A Malarkey in Clear Air – Frank McNally on an American war hero with a funny nameAn Irishman’s DiarySat Jul 31 2021 - 00:01
Churchyard Bard – Frank McNally on the lasting fame of Thomas Gray, who died 250 years ago on this dayAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jul 30 2021 - 00:01
The Jacks are Backdated – On the mysterious origins of a Dublin nicknameAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Jul 28 2021 - 19:01
Full Circle: On the 200th birthday of one of Dublin’s most famous roomsAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Jul 27 2021 - 18:39
Rhyme Unreason – Frank McNally on Anglo-Scottish relations going from bad to verseAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jul 23 2021 - 19:01
Special Powers – Frank McNally with more on the origins of a famous Hollywood nameAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Jul 22 2021 - 19:01
Paws for Thought – On lion-taming for beginners, Ireland’s animal rights pioneer, and prevention of cruelty to Meath footballersAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Jul 21 2021 - 19:01
Poetic Parishes – Frank McNally on a new book about Baggotonia and the new Kavanagh museum in InniskeenAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jul 16 2021 - 19:01
Mind the Gap – Frank McNally on a great Irish institution, the month’s mind, from Shakespeare to JoyceAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Jul 15 2021 - 18:01
Turbulent Priest – Frank McNally on John Ball, the Peasants’ Revolt, and the last of the English VillainsAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Jul 14 2021 - 19:01
Home Thoughts from Abroad – Frank McNally on two emigrant stories, epic and otherwiseAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Jul 14 2021 - 00:01
Football almost comes home, before booking a ticket to RomeIn Little Italy in Dublin, Italian fans were ready for another night at the operaSun Jul 11 2021 - 23:32
In the name of the fada: a much-politicised punctuation markAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jul 09 2021 - 18:30
Roaring Trade: On the highs and (occasionally fatal) lows of Dublin’s lion businessAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jul 09 2021 - 00:01
Enjoying Bulfin’s Ireland from the comfort of a carAn Irishman’s Diary: A roadtrip west in rainy JuneTue Jun 29 2021 - 18:30
True Colours – Frank McNally on the late Kenneth Kaunda’s Irish connectionsAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jun 18 2021 - 19:01
Marching to a Drumlin Beat – Frank McNally on Brendan Behan’s ‘mad republican’ from MonaghanAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Jun 17 2021 - 19:01
Racing Uncertainty – Frank McNally on myths, mistaken memories, and the Ascot Gold CupAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Jun 16 2021 - 19:01
