Thunder Enlightening – Frank McNally on unravelling the mysteries of Finnegans Wake, with help from Marshall McLuhan and Woody AllenAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Nov 12 2020 - 19:30
Fan Fiction – Frank McNally on Mark Twain’s mysterious Irish fan club, based in “Corrigan Castle”Wed Nov 11 2020 - 19:01
A week of number-crunching with Alan Turing, John King, and Sam McConkeyAn Irishman’s Diary: Numb and numbersWed Nov 11 2020 - 00:01
Why Monaghan GAA jersey is a small matter for An Irishman’s Diary‘It’s a good thing for Monaghan supporters that today’s Ulster Championship first round game is not taking place in Breffni Park’Sat Oct 31 2020 - 06:00
An Irishman’s Diary on a remarkable Irish judgeBy 1914, James Creed Meredith was a committed nationalist and an organiser of the Howth and Kilcoole gun-runningsThu Oct 29 2020 - 20:00
On a literary journey with the main protagonist (within 5km)An Irishman’s Diary travels from Fowler to Flann, via Shelley and KeatsWed Oct 28 2020 - 20:00
Emily in Paris tiptoes in the footsteps of Beckett, Lenin and DiderotAn Irishman’s Diary: In which Houellebecq’s latest novel goes head to head with EIPTue Oct 27 2020 - 20:00
Kelly’s Heroines – Frank McNally on a Spanish trade union with an oddly Irish nameAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Oct 23 2020 - 19:40
Dogs of War – Frank McNally on the terrier campaign of Michael CollinsAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Oct 22 2020 - 19:05
Matching Funds – Frank McNally on the ‘Charlton Charity’, a labour of love for loving labourersAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Oct 21 2020 - 19:30
Grizzly End – Frank McNally on bears and the fate of St Ursula and the 11,000 VirginsAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Oct 20 2020 - 19:30
The Plot Thickens – Frank McNally on the hidden depths of his home townlandAn Irishman’s DiarySat Oct 17 2020 - 00:01
A Brush with Fame – Frank McNally on William Rowan Hamilton, lockdown exercise, and alliterative bridges of the Royal CanalAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Oct 15 2020 - 19:30
Cutting Corner – Frank McNally on a local dilemma of Covid Level-3An Irishman’s DiaryWed Oct 14 2020 - 19:30
Loamy Grey Soil – Frank McNally on a lesser-known poet of South Monaghan, F Julia BoltonAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Oct 13 2020 - 20:01
The Running Book by John Connell: a grounded writer on the right trackA running theme, apart from running, is indigenous people’s struggle with colonialismSun Oct 11 2020 - 06:00
Number of the Beast – Frank McNally on auspicious dates, inauspicious horses, and the theme of fertiliser in Flann O’BrienAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Oct 09 2020 - 19:15
Kitten Caboodle – Frank McNally on Covid, Cats, and TS EliotAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Oct 08 2020 - 19:01
Athy Takeaway – Frank McNally on the Johnny we hardly knew and the Bridgets we forgotAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Oct 07 2020 - 18:45
Poe Pourri – Frank McNally on 1960s ballrooms, the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe, and remembering ParnellAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Oct 07 2020 - 00:01
Ploughs and Stars – Frank McNally on the furloughed furrows of October 2020An Irishman’s DiaryFri Oct 02 2020 - 19:01
Bed and Board – Frank McNally on the old premarital custom of ‘bundling’An Irishman’s DiaryThu Oct 01 2020 - 20:01
Haitch Crime – Frank McNally on Ireland’s most divisive letterAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Sept 30 2020 - 19:01
Marginal Gains – Frank McNally on the Book of Kells as a property supplementAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Sept 29 2020 - 19:30
Susie Dent: ‘Jimmy Carr is incredibly rude to me. I took it as a compliment’The Countdown lexicographer on a life-long love of languages, accidental fame and why ‘gobshite’ isn’t as Irish as we thinkSat Sept 26 2020 - 06:00
Sheets to the Wind – Frank McNally on the challenges of outdoor cafésAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Sept 25 2020 - 19:20
Forbidden Fruit – Frank McNally on a tale of youthful decadence and damsonsAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Sept 24 2020 - 19:45
Lynch Law – Frank McNally on the ‘mysterious’ death of a Limerick republican, 100 years ago this weekAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Sept 23 2020 - 19:30
An Irish Airman Foresees a New Era – Frank McNally on the fraught beginnings of civil aviation in IrelandAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Sept 22 2020 - 19:15
Season’s Greetings – Frank McNally on the ups and downs of autumn 2020An Irishman’s DiaryThu Sept 17 2020 - 19:20
Sweet Art Deal – Frank McNally on a surprising Irish contribution to the history of artAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Sept 16 2020 - 19:20
Seoul Kitchen – Frank McNally on the challenges of addressing the world before breakfastAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Sept 15 2020 - 18:15
Do the 'Nordies' and 'Free Staters' even like each other and what does it mean for Irish unity?State’s liberalisation has led to odd realignment in the North between DUP and some CatholicsFri Sept 11 2020 - 01:00
Roman Soldier – Frank McNally on the continuing adventures of a veteran Olympian, Willie DunneAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Sept 10 2020 - 19:35
Donegal Catch – Frank McNally recalls the heroic rescue of the SS StolwijkAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Sept 09 2020 - 19:45
Testing . . . One, Two – Frank McNally on the surprising connections of a sensitive body partAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Sept 08 2020 - 18:45
The Puck Stops Here – Frank McNally on the royal goats, psychedelic sheep, and fearsome midges of KerryAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Sept 04 2020 - 19:30
First Family – Frank McNally on the surprising origins of Ireland’s original soap opera, The Kennedys of CastlerossAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Sept 03 2020 - 19:30
How a Belfast prisoner of war used Irish language to defy Japanese captorsIrishman’s Diary: Belfast GP Frank Murray’s diary used Irish to hide sensitive materialThu Sept 03 2020 - 00:01
Kingdom Come (and Gone) – Frank McNally on holidays in Kerry, the myth of Tír na nÓg, and the demise of Big PhilTue Sept 01 2020 - 20:28
Ladies First – Frank McNally on holy wells, unholy riots, and a landmark in literary lesbianismFri Aug 14 2020 - 19:01
Great Mines – Frank McNally on how a schoolboy war helped launch the ‘father of seismology’, Robert MalletWed Aug 12 2020 - 19:01
A meander from a gloomy Orwellian summer to James Gandon’s graveAn already sad week was made worse by the death of the great American journalist Pete HamillFri Aug 07 2020 - 20:00
Unholy war: Frank McNally on controversial memorials of a Dublin cathedralInside St Patrick’s cathedral lie monuments that if they stood elsewhere might have been consigned to the LiffeyThu Aug 06 2020 - 20:01
Sticky wicket: Frank McNally on Ireland’s love-hate relationship with cricketPerhaps somewhere, in an Irish political heaven, the Derry man is discussing this with another great former leader of nationalismWed Aug 05 2020 - 20:00
Flying pickets: A pandemic-inspired relocation of the great American fenceThis mixture of classic Americana, chalked outlines and a picnic area is a like some Lynch-directed dream-sequence: a bunfight at the RHK corralTue Aug 04 2020 - 20:00
Noises off (and on again): Listening out for the sounds of a new normal‘It seemed like an overreaction to have the WHO intervene, although it being Geneva, I suppose, it could just as easily have been the UN’Fri Jul 31 2020 - 20:00
Blue shirts are out as Richard 'Vladimir' Bruton sets tone for men’s autumn fashionFrank McNally on a fashion for sticks, fear of statues and the craze of politicians taking shirts offThu Jul 30 2020 - 20:00
