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Come Out Ye Drunken Dads – Frank McNally on the curious reinvention of a spoof rebel song

Come Out Ye Drunken Dads – Frank McNally on the curious reinvention of a spoof rebel song

Wed Feb 12 2020 - 18:30
‘I support Monaghan Gaelic football team. It involves a lot of suffering’

‘I support Monaghan Gaelic football team. It involves a lot of suffering’

Bittersweet Avondale – Frank McNally on Parnell, cross-country running, and kicking up a storm in Croke Park

Tue Feb 11 2020 - 18:30
How the Mity have Risen – Frank McNally on the (short) literary history of cheese mites

How the Mity have Risen – Frank McNally on the (short) literary history of cheese mites

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 18:01
Cry of the banned cheese – Frank McNally on Stilton’s lost cause

Cry of the banned cheese – Frank McNally on Stilton’s lost cause

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 10:42
Dev among the angels – Frank McNally on an unusual memorial in an Ethiopian church

Dev among the angels – Frank McNally on an unusual memorial in an Ethiopian church

Wed Feb 05 2020 - 18:45
Basque County – Frank McNally on an era when Meath was a cultural melting pot

Basque County – Frank McNally on an era when Meath was a cultural melting pot

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 18:50
Frank McNally dissects the political parties’ manifestos ahead of the General Election

Frank McNally dissects the political parties’ manifestos ahead of the General Election

Documents are littered with ‘roadmaps’, ‘kick-starts’ and ‘roll-outs’, not to mention terrifying ‘night mayors’

Fri Jan 31 2020 - 21:45
Phibsboro Philharmonic – Frank McNally on a famous Dublin musical family

Phibsboro Philharmonic – Frank McNally on a famous Dublin musical family

Fri Jan 31 2020 - 18:30
An Bord Cremona – Frank McNally on the heroic but forgotten Irish defence of an Italian city

An Bord Cremona – Frank McNally on the heroic but forgotten Irish defence of an Italian city

Thu Jan 30 2020 - 18:30
Feet of Flames – Frank McNally on how running’s ‘super-shoe’ has conquered the globe (and Raheny)

Feet of Flames – Frank McNally on how running’s ‘super-shoe’ has conquered the globe (and Raheny)

Wed Jan 29 2020 - 18:30
Not Well Got – Frank McNally on the evolution of a Hiberno-Scottish insult

Not Well Got – Frank McNally on the evolution of a Hiberno-Scottish insult

Fri Jan 24 2020 - 18:15
Irishman's Diary: The Irish-educated theatrical genius of William Congreve

Irishman's Diary: The Irish-educated theatrical genius of William Congreve

Frank McNally on English-born writer who found his way into literary circles of London

Thu Jan 23 2020 - 18:15
Pork medallions – Frank McNally on an eccentric episode (or two) in the history of Hiberno-Russian relations

Pork medallions – Frank McNally on an eccentric episode (or two) in the history of Hiberno-Russian relations

Wed Jan 22 2020 - 18:30
A policeman’s lot – Frank McNally recalls a short-lived Dáil party composed entirely of the sons of RIC men

A policeman’s lot – Frank McNally recalls a short-lived Dáil party composed entirely of the sons of RIC men

Tue Jan 21 2020 - 18:01
Revising French – Frank McNally on one of Ireland’s greatest songwriters, who died 100 years ago next week

Revising French – Frank McNally on one of Ireland’s greatest songwriters, who died 100 years ago next week

Fri Jan 17 2020 - 18:15
The Full Brontë – Frank McNally on Anne Brontë, having the craic, and the pub with no beer-ban

The Full Brontë – Frank McNally on Anne Brontë, having the craic, and the pub with no beer-ban

Fri Jan 17 2020 - 00:01
Ready for reckoning – a film about how Germany (eventually) faced its Nazi past

Ready for reckoning – a film about how Germany (eventually) faced its Nazi past

Irishman's Diary: The People vs Fritz Bauer tells story of thwarted trials post-Nuremberg

Thu Jan 16 2020 - 08:20
Making a show of herself – Frank McNally on a new exhibition in Dublin about the Limerick-born writer Kate O’Brien

Making a show of herself – Frank McNally on a new exhibition in Dublin about the Limerick-born writer Kate O’Brien

Tue Jan 14 2020 - 18:30
Tillage People – Frank McNally on trying to break new ground in January

Tillage People – Frank McNally on trying to break new ground in January

The origins of an event known as 'Plough Monday' remain obscure

Fri Jan 10 2020 - 18:30
A Dunce to the Music of Time – Frank McNally on failing to understand the appeal of a supposed literary classic

A Dunce to the Music of Time – Frank McNally on failing to understand the appeal of a supposed literary classic

Thu Jan 09 2020 - 18:30
Ballytrain departure – Frank McNally on the polite capture of a Monaghan RIC barracks

Ballytrain departure – Frank McNally on the polite capture of a Monaghan RIC barracks

Wed Jan 08 2020 - 18:15
The visions of 2020 that never came to pass

The visions of 2020 that never came to pass

It was predicted we would have humans on Mars and a militarised moon by now

Sat Jan 04 2020 - 06:00
Suffer Little Childer – Frank McNally on one of the year’s most inauspicious dates

Suffer Little Childer – Frank McNally on one of the year’s most inauspicious dates

Sat Dec 28 2019 - 00:01
Not wholly holy – Frank McNally on the secular origins of O Holy Night

Not wholly holy – Frank McNally on the secular origins of O Holy Night

Lyrics of the English version, by John Sullivan Dwight, are somewhat less strident than the original

Thu Dec 19 2019 - 20:00
How the Christmas tree captured Dostoevsky’s imagination

How the Christmas tree captured Dostoevsky’s imagination

The wife of one of the Decembrists sent him a copy of the Bible – that led to his conversion

Wed Dec 18 2019 - 20:00
Don’t forget your shovel: a monument to Irish-American affection for the Old Sod

Don’t forget your shovel: a monument to Irish-American affection for the Old Sod

Several Irish-Americans conspired to fly a shovel across the Atlantic in 1957

Fri Dec 13 2019 - 19:32
How an Irish term for sewage may have entered American cuisine

How an Irish term for sewage may have entered American cuisine

‘Slumgullion’ has nothing to do with Slieve Gullion or any other mountain

Thu Dec 12 2019 - 19:00
Long year’s journey into Irish – facing the perils of Duolingo addiction

Long year’s journey into Irish – facing the perils of Duolingo addiction

There is more gender fluidity in Irish lessons these days – John may have a boyfriend

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 20:00
‘Britishness with a bit of music’ – How a cynical travel writer saw Ireland in 1913

‘Britishness with a bit of music’ – How a cynical travel writer saw Ireland in 1913

The obscurity of Richard Bermann’s book is the result of catastrophically bad timing

Tue Dec 10 2019 - 19:00
O Come All Ye Pedants – Frank McNally on the language of Christmas carols

O Come All Ye Pedants – Frank McNally on the language of Christmas carols

Fairytale of New York is already inspiring folk etymology

Fri Dec 06 2019 - 19:00
Brigid over troubled waters: confusions over Anglo-Irish literary identity

Brigid over troubled waters: confusions over Anglo-Irish literary identity

Frank McNally: It is only fair to disavow a case of reverse-colonisation

Thu Dec 05 2019 - 19:52
Digging deep for Macra memories in Rathmines

Digging deep for Macra memories in Rathmines

Flatland central was not short of sons and daughters of the soil

Thu Dec 05 2019 - 16:46
The new black – Frank McNally on the unsuspected colour of the season

The new black – Frank McNally on the unsuspected colour of the season

Whatever about its name for the month, Irish is not short of words prefixed by ‘dubh’

Tue Dec 03 2019 - 19:00
Ordinary Joe: Ireland rugby coach looks back on an extraordinary decade

Ordinary Joe: Ireland rugby coach looks back on an extraordinary decade

Book review: Joe Schmidt’s autobiography reveals glimpses of the vulnerable human behind the manicured image

Sat Nov 30 2019 - 06:00
Frank McNally on why Ireland has unsuspected soul-brothers in the Balkans

Frank McNally on why Ireland has unsuspected soul-brothers in the Balkans

Savouring the sweet sounds of Irish Stew on a bus in west Cork

Fri Nov 29 2019 - 19:00
A standing army of poets at Speakeasy session in Skibbereen

A standing army of poets at Speakeasy session in Skibbereen

Frank Connolly, Anton Floyd and Ian Bailey among the writers who spoke

Thu Nov 28 2019 - 19:00
Up the pole: The strange phenomenon of Stylites, ancient and modern

Up the pole: The strange phenomenon of Stylites, ancient and modern

Kelly managed to sleep on his precarious pitches by hooking his fingers into holes in the flagpoles

Wed Nov 27 2019 - 20:00
Stir crazy: A mix of Christmas puddings, lewdly-shaped fruit and Shakespeare

Stir crazy: A mix of Christmas puddings, lewdly-shaped fruit and Shakespeare

A convergence of food and faith must have inspired many a homily down the decades

Sat Nov 23 2019 - 07:01
How St Cecilia inspired composers from Handel to Paul Simon

How St Cecilia inspired composers from Handel to Paul Simon

An Irishman’s Diary: The bonus of becoming C Sharp

Thu Nov 21 2019 - 19:00
The normal scale: From normality to normalcy to normalness

The normal scale: From normality to normalcy to normalness

All the president’s words: How a US president pushed the boundaries

Wed Nov 20 2019 - 20:03
Kicking new life into the word 'shebeen' in its true home, South Africa

Kicking new life into the word 'shebeen' in its true home, South Africa

An Irishman’s Diary: Siya Kolisi would have been well aware of historic importance of the shebeen

Tue Nov 19 2019 - 19:00
Sung, Drawn, and Quartered – Frank McNally on the perils of rebranding Grafton Street

Sung, Drawn, and Quartered – Frank McNally on the perils of rebranding Grafton Street

Fri Nov 15 2019 - 18:15
Diplomatic baggage – Frank McNally on a milestone in official relations between Germany and Ireland

Diplomatic baggage – Frank McNally on a milestone in official relations between Germany and Ireland

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 09:23
An Irishman walks into a cinema – Frank McNally on watching Scorsese’s latest epic

An Irishman walks into a cinema – Frank McNally on watching Scorsese’s latest epic

Tue Nov 12 2019 - 18:15
Himself Portrait – Frank McNally on a quintessential Irish pronoun

Himself Portrait – Frank McNally on a quintessential Irish pronoun

Fri Nov 08 2019 - 18:30
A bird to look up to – Frank McNally on a lesser-spotted but gifted member of the crow family, the jay

A bird to look up to – Frank McNally on a lesser-spotted but gifted member of the crow family, the jay

Thu Nov 07 2019 - 18:30
Tory with a Twist – Frank McNally on the sinking of the HMS Wasp

Tory with a Twist – Frank McNally on the sinking of the HMS Wasp

Wed Nov 06 2019 - 18:38
Manhattan Transfer – Frank McNally on the surprise origins of a classic Irish drinking ballad, Finnegan’s Wake

Manhattan Transfer – Frank McNally on the surprise origins of a classic Irish drinking ballad, Finnegan’s Wake

Wed Nov 06 2019 - 14:42
Rising from The Dead? Frank McNally on the fate of No 15 Usher’s Island

Rising from The Dead? Frank McNally on the fate of No 15 Usher’s Island

If No 15 were to be preserved and extended it could be a win-win

Fri Nov 01 2019 - 19:48
Tractor inventor Harry Ferguson quietly rolled out feminist and egalitarian views

Tractor inventor Harry Ferguson quietly rolled out feminist and egalitarian views

An Irishman’s Diary: He laments ‘the terrible conditions now existing in Ireland’

Thu Oct 31 2019 - 18:00
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