Cryptical Elliptical – Frank McNally on the mystery of the 90-second crossword solversAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Mar 31 2021 - 18:15
Black and white issue – Frank McNally on badgers, balcony scenes, and onomastic recyclingAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Mar 30 2021 - 18:40
Say it again, Sam – Remembering Sam McAughtry, who would have been 100 this weekAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Mar 26 2021 - 19:01
Diminished responsibility – Frank McNally on the lesser-seen TadhgeenAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Mar 25 2021 - 19:15
The traditional joke is all but dead. Help us resurrect it by sharing your favouriteWe have never needed a laugh more. Share your jokes and we’ll publish the funniest onesThu Mar 25 2021 - 06:00
Future Imperfect – Frank McNally on Patrick Kavanagh’s 1950s vision of the year 2021An Irishman’s DiaryWed Mar 24 2021 - 18:30
A name to be reckoned with – Frank McNally on the importance of being TadhgAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Mar 23 2021 - 18:35
Decimal coinage – on pedantry, punishment and poems of regretAn Irishman’s Diary: What does decimate really mean now?Sat Mar 20 2021 - 05:01
Park Life - on war and peace in Dublin’s greatest green spaceSearching for the ‘rere of the butts’, finding the Phoenix Park busy in lockdownFri Mar 19 2021 - 09:51
Put a head on that: Croke Park headers and ageing stoutAn Irishman’s Diary: On heading the ball in GAA and vintage Brendan BehanThu Mar 18 2021 - 11:23
Lie of the landscape? Frank McNally on trying to put himself in the pictureAn Irishman’s Diary: Is it possible to recreate Ashford’s Dublin masterpiece?Wed Mar 17 2021 - 00:01
Spring Fall – Frank McNally on the dangers of March, the allure of apples, and Pontius Pilate’s fitness regimeAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Mar 05 2021 - 19:01
Forbidding Fruit – Frank McNally on two great but lesser-known Irish exports: St Piran and the Cockagee appleAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Mar 04 2021 - 19:30
Sauce from the goose – Frank McNally on the colourful history of Cackagay ciderAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Mar 02 2021 - 19:01
Word Up – Frank McNally with a further (but not farther) reading from the Stylebook of LeviticusAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Feb 26 2021 - 18:40
Ahead of his time – Frank McNally on the day Eamonn Breslin shocked Croke ParkAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Feb 25 2021 - 18:45
Game, Set, Mismatch – Frank McNally on journalism’s favourite word, Billy Brennan revisited, and a tale of two Zoom eventsAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Feb 24 2021 - 18:40
Slaughtered by the critics – Frank McNally on a 19th-century actor’s fatally bad reviewAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Feb 24 2021 - 00:01
Parting Blast – Frank McNally on the contested epitaph of John KeatsAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Feb 18 2021 - 19:15
London Calling – Frank McNally on the joys of a forgotten educationAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Feb 17 2021 - 19:45
Dancing Queen – Frank McNally on Lola Montez, born 200 years ago todayAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Feb 17 2021 - 00:01
No G-Men – Frank McNally on the politics of English accentsAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Feb 12 2021 - 18:45
Turning an Old Leaf – Frank McNally on the revelations of second-hand booksAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Feb 11 2021 - 19:15
Training session – Frank McNally on the Irish-American cyclist who set a (train) track recordAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Feb 10 2021 - 18:35
Light-ball Moment – Frank McNally on discos, donkeys, and learning LatinAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Feb 09 2021 - 19:30
Flanndemic: Frank McNally on the appeal of Flann O’BrienAnne Enright, Roddy Doyle and John Banville join a celebration of the real-life Brian O’NolanTue Feb 09 2021 - 06:00
To ‘er’ is human – Frank McNally on the scourge of rhotic imperialismAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Feb 05 2021 - 19:01
Hacked Off – Frank McNally on the trail of Hackball, King of the BeggarsAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Feb 04 2021 - 19:01
An Artist Drawn to Ireland – Frank McNally on Cesca Chenevix TrenchAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Feb 03 2021 - 19:15
On the Ball, Off the Wall – Frank McNally on the mysterious origins of a Dublin phraseAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Feb 02 2021 - 19:30
A Window on the Switzers – Frank McNally’s further reflections on a remarkable Irish-AmericanAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jan 29 2021 - 19:30
Daughters of Destiny – Frank McNally on a forgotten immigrant community, the Irish PalatinesAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Jan 27 2021 - 20:35
Present and Incorrect – Frank McNally on the importance of being “Anseo”An Irishman’s DiaryTue Jan 26 2021 - 19:30
Men of Letters – the extraordinary story of lexicographer and hibernophobe WC MinorAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jan 22 2021 - 19:01
Holy Joe – Frank McNally on more Biden relatives and lessons for the president from a seventh-century saintAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Jan 20 2021 - 19:01
Mean, Green Grass of Home – Frank McNally on the greatest of all Irish curses‘May the grass grow before your door’Wed Jan 20 2021 - 10:56
In terms of ‘in terms of’ – Frank McNally on a linguistic plagueAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jan 15 2021 - 19:30
No Irish Need Apply – Frank McNally on the national hang-up about capital punishmentAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Jan 14 2021 - 19:01
So Shoot Me – Frank McNally on the sentence-opener of the century (so far)An Irishman’s DiaryWed Jan 13 2021 - 19:01
Height of Folly – Frank McNally on the King of Prussia’s Irish giantsAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Jan 12 2021 - 20:31
Midlands Misadventure – Frank McNally on New York writer Spalding Gray’s ill-fated trip to WestmeathAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jan 08 2021 - 19:01
Barry to a T – Frank McNally on the surprising authenticity of Thackeray’s Irish classic Barry LyndonAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Jan 07 2021 - 19:15
Crock Around the Clock – Frank McNally on the joys of running Europe’s oldest cross-country raceAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Jan 06 2021 - 19:01
Brendan Voyage(s) – Frank McNally on a tangled tale of memoirsAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Jan 05 2021 - 21:18
Trillable Syllable – Frank McNally on a forgotten heroine of St “Stephenses” DayAn Irishman’s DiarySat Dec 26 2020 - 00:01
‘If we winter this one out, we can summer anywhere’: The year Heaney helped us through2020 in review: Seamus Heaney’s line saw him replace Yeats as the most quoted Irish poetFri Dec 25 2020 - 05:00
Down Under and Out – Frank McNally on guilty memories of an Australian ChristmasAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Dec 23 2020 - 19:01
Endgame – Frank McNally on Dublin’s GAA dominance and other portents of the ApocalypseAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Dec 22 2020 - 19:45
