Accentuating the positive – An Irishman’s Diary about how Ireland put the ‘Grate’ in Great Britain'Greet Britain' could have been the standard pronunciation if not for the influence of speakers from this side of the waterThu Mar 10 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary – A Further (but not Farther) Reading from the Stylebook of LeviticusWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
Romie O’ and Juliet – An Irishman’s Diary on why the accents of Shakespeare may sound strangely familiarSat Mar 05 2016 - 01:00
Famous ‘Dames’ of Ypres – An Irishman’s Diary about the mark left by Irish women on a war-ravaged Belgian cityFri Mar 04 2016 - 01:00
Slouching Towards Bethlehem Farm – An Irishman’s Diary about Adolf Hitler and the Ireland Peace ParkThu Mar 03 2016 - 01:00
Grim reaping – An Irishman’s Diary about the ‘Iron Harvest’ of France and BelgiumWed Mar 02 2016 - 01:01
Violet uprising – An Irishman’s Diary about Napoleon’s favourite flower and its cameo in ‘The Plough and the Stars’Fri Feb 26 2016 - 01:00
Dropping a bombshell – An Irishman’s Diary about a dramatic addition to the Royal College of Physicians of IrelandFri Feb 19 2016 - 01:00
Six Nations: springtime in Paris but game fails to bloomThe love in the air came from a cross-dresser who, like the players, had little luck scoringMon Feb 15 2016 - 01:00
Six Nations: Fans in good spirits despite clouds over ParisWeather and security fail to dampen supporters’ mood ahead of tie with FranceSat Feb 13 2016 - 01:00
Frank McNally: Nail-biting finish as Ireland hold on for drawIreland’s quest for unprecedented third successive Six Nations title begins with result almost as rareMon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
Viticulture vulture – An Irishman’s Diary about Bordeaux, football, and classical music in pubsSat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00
The catechism of election cliché – An Irishman’s Diary with apologies to Myles na gCopaleenThu Feb 04 2016 - 01:00
Buster’s last stand – An Irishman’s Diary about one of the 20th century’s great comediansSat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00
Roman holiday – An Irishman’s Diary about Edward Gibbon’s literary and historical masterpieceThu Jan 28 2016 - 01:00
Hostess with the Mozart – An Irishman’s Diary about Ite O’Donovan’s big birthdayWed Jan 27 2016 - 01:00
What the English did for us – An Irishman’s Diary on our love of county boundariesFri Jan 22 2016 - 01:00
Wild deeds, rough justice – An Irishman’s Diary about the Wildgoose Lodge massacre and its aftermathThu Jan 21 2016 - 01:00
Right hand, wrong foot – An Irishman’s Diary about political and religious symbolismDuring a visit to Belfast recently, I was struck by the contrasting neutrality of the hand.Sat Jan 16 2016 - 01:00
Contested Will – An Irishman’s Diary about the Shakespeare authorship questionConspiracy theoryFri Jan 15 2016 - 01:00
Race memory – An Irishman’s Diary about the ‘Running Footmen’When Irish footmen were all the rage in English aristocratic circlesThu Jan 14 2016 - 01:00
Christy O’Connor Jnr’s funeral: ‘Rest in peace my friend’Amid sadness at early death, emphasis of service on celebrating great sportsman’s lifeTue Jan 12 2016 - 19:36
An Irishman’s Diary about two escapees from Crumlin Road GaolA break from the normSat Jan 09 2016 - 01:00
Food for thought – An Irishman’s Diary about James Joyce, ‘The Dead’, and Ada RehanDinner timeFri Jan 08 2016 - 01:00
Enhancing at the Crossroads – An Irishman’s Diary about Kilmainham Gaol‘You’re looking for the gaol, aren’t you?’Thu Jan 07 2016 - 01:00
Cowboy in India – An Irishman’s Diary about Gregory David Roberts’s ‘Shantaram’A perfect book for binge-readingWed Jan 06 2016 - 01:00
2016 predictions: Storms Gertrude, Henry, and Imogen are only certaintiesFrank McNally forecasts all kinds of ‘seismic’ events – political, sporting and even geographicalSat Jan 02 2016 - 01:00
Rising debt – An Irishman’s Diary about the Mendicity InstitutionOne of Ireland’s oldest charities and 1916Thu Dec 24 2015 - 01:00
The war of two Christmases – An Irishman’s Diary about the Battle of KinsaleDon Juan del Águila and Lord MountjoyWed Dec 23 2015 - 01:00
Terrible twins – An Irishman’s Diary about the parallel lives of Edith Piaf and Frank SinatraSignature songsSat Dec 19 2015 - 01:00
Neighbours in arms – An Irishman’s Diary about two veterans of the Indian WarsThomas Sullivan and Thomas J CallanFri Dec 18 2015 - 01:00
Indian winter – the Down man in the Battle of Wounded KneeAn Irishman's Diary: Hugh McGinnis was the last surviving soldier from the massacre in 1890Sun Dec 13 2015 - 08:31
An Irishman’s Diary about the pitfalls of state honours systemsIffy honorificsFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
The famous mathematician Ada Lovelace and the horse named after herIrishman’s Diary: Wild imagination set her apart from other geniuses of the era, including Charles BabbageThu Dec 10 2015 - 11:27
Running like the wind – An Irishman’s Diary about a wild weekendAn impressive spectacle in full flightWed Dec 09 2015 - 01:01
