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A History of Ireland in 100 Journeys – Frank McNally

A History of Ireland in 100 Journeys – Frank McNally

On the road again

Thu Aug 15 2024 - 18:59
Altius, Citius, Hibernicus – Frank McNally on an ambitious Irish sequel to the 1924 Paris Olympics

Altius, Citius, Hibernicus – Frank McNally on an ambitious Irish sequel to the 1924 Paris Olympics

The revival of the Tailteann Games was designed to emphasise Ireland’s ancient sporting lineage

Tue Aug 13 2024 - 18:58
A Fair Fouled? – Frank McNally on the case for returning Killorglin’s King Puck to his lofty platform

A Fair Fouled? – Frank McNally on the case for returning Killorglin’s King Puck to his lofty platform

Getting the goat up on his platform has proved controversial in recent years

Fri Aug 09 2024 - 19:00
Jump Around - Frank McNally on the other James Connolly

Jump Around - Frank McNally on the other James Connolly

Writer, athlete, and first champion of the modern Olympics

Thu Aug 08 2024 - 19:00
Wicklow Head lighthouse provides a room with a view, 109 steps from bottom to top

Wicklow Head lighthouse provides a room with a view, 109 steps from bottom to top

After being struck by lightning in 1836, Wicklow Head lighthouse was retained only as a daytime landmark for sailors. Now it is a dream holiday rental

Thu Aug 08 2024 - 06:00
Great Leap Backward – Frank McNally on the continuing decline of the ‘Jumping Irishman’

Great Leap Backward – Frank McNally on the continuing decline of the ‘Jumping Irishman’

What a pity there’s no Hibernian high jumper in Paris

Wed Aug 07 2024 - 19:26
Claims to flame – Frank McNally on yet another Dublin siege and the story of the Catacombs, now and then

Claims to flame – Frank McNally on yet another Dublin siege and the story of the Catacombs, now and then

The burning question behind the city’s castles emblem

Tue Aug 06 2024 - 19:31
Troy, Troy, and Troy Again – Frank McNally on an explanation for Dublin’s burning castles logo

Troy, Troy, and Troy Again – Frank McNally on an explanation for Dublin’s burning castles logo

Seal of approval

Fri Aug 02 2024 - 18:59
By a lonely prison wall – Frank McNally on digging up Mountjoy’s forgotten past

By a lonely prison wall – Frank McNally on digging up Mountjoy’s forgotten past

Archaeological forensics

Fri Aug 02 2024 - 10:35
Galway races: Pub syndicates celebrate success as punters look blue under grey Galway skies

Galway races: Pub syndicates celebrate success as punters look blue under grey Galway skies

Talk in the Park proved to be a very lovely horse winning the Tote Handicap Hurdle on Galway Plate Day

Wed Jul 31 2024 - 20:46
Frank McNally: I was humbled by a Pakistani taxi driver in Galway and how he fell in love with the place

Frank McNally: I was humbled by a Pakistani taxi driver in Galway and how he fell in love with the place

I had to walk on the hard shoulder, nervously, and hope for the best

Wed Jul 31 2024 - 18:59
Galway race winner puts the ‘Brit’ in Ballybrit as flip-flops are tipped for the fashion stakes

Galway race winner puts the ‘Brit’ in Ballybrit as flip-flops are tipped for the fashion stakes

Asian student Daisy enjoys her day but picks a ‘jungle’ that comes in last

Tue Jul 30 2024 - 21:24
Fortune favours the brave at Galway racing festival’s rained-on opener

Fortune favours the brave at Galway racing festival’s rained-on opener

Sartorial elegance takes centre stage on Monday opener marked by drizzling rain ... but Irish summer fails to deflate racing enthusiasts

Mon Jul 29 2024 - 21:10
All fired up – Frank McNally on the questionable wisdom of Dublin’s logo

All fired up – Frank McNally on the questionable wisdom of Dublin’s logo

Mystical and metaphorical meanings

Fri Jul 26 2024 - 18:59
Out and proud – Frank McNally on being “horrid happy” and other Hiberno-English states of mind

Out and proud – Frank McNally on being “horrid happy” and other Hiberno-English states of mind

Happy out in Spiddal

Thu Jul 25 2024 - 18:52
Soldiers Are We (Not) – Frank McNally on the beauty of Brian Boydell’s Amhrán na bhFiann

Soldiers Are We (Not) – Frank McNally on the beauty of Brian Boydell’s Amhrán na bhFiann

Maybe the music itself is enough

Wed Jul 24 2024 - 18:50
Trial by Drury – Frank McNally on how a small Dublin street became a flashpoint for debate on the city’s future

Trial by Drury – Frank McNally on how a small Dublin street became a flashpoint for debate on the city’s future

Many young socialites – undeterred by a lack of street furniture – were sitting on the ground

Thu Jul 18 2024 - 18:55
Blast from the past – Frank McNally on the shock of a 1965 recording of the national anthem

Blast from the past – Frank McNally on the shock of a 1965 recording of the national anthem

A short drum-roll, followed by about 300 voices mounting an air-and-land assault on the anthem’s opening word

Wed Jul 17 2024 - 18:59
Ostentatiously discreet – Frank McNally on the French honours ribbon

Ostentatiously discreet – Frank McNally on the French honours ribbon

Coveted threads

Tue Jul 16 2024 - 18:59
Centre of excellence – Frank McNally on Irish literature’s most famous phrase and the rise of Gallic football

Centre of excellence – Frank McNally on Irish literature’s most famous phrase and the rise of Gallic football

Another cameo for Macintosh Man

Fri Jul 12 2024 - 19:12
Man behind the wire – Frank McNally on the incarceration of Dublin’s Grand Canal

Man behind the wire – Frank McNally on the incarceration of Dublin’s Grand Canal

A symphony of JCB engines and jack-hammers

Thu Jul 11 2024 - 18:59
Darkness into light – Frank McNally on a celebratory funeral with a bleak backstory

Darkness into light – Frank McNally on a celebratory funeral with a bleak backstory

Harry Gleeson was brought back to his home village 83 years after he was wrongfully executed

Wed Jul 10 2024 - 18:59

Benighted opera – Frank McNally on a rare performance of a 19th-century classic

William Vincent Wallace’s Lurline has a colourful past

Tue Jul 09 2024 - 18:59
Remains of Harry Gleeson, wrongly executed for murder 83 years ago, laid to rest in Tipperary

Remains of Harry Gleeson, wrongly executed for murder 83 years ago, laid to rest in Tipperary

Department of Justice informed Gleeson’s family last week his remains had been positively identified in a burial area within Mountjoy Prison

Sun Jul 07 2024 - 20:58
In memory of my mother – Frank McNally on a painful epiphany

In memory of my mother – Frank McNally on a painful epiphany

Powers of intervention

Fri Jul 05 2024 - 19:15
Arms and the woman – Frank McNally on Irish-American writer Kathleen Norris’s controversial salute

Arms and the woman – Frank McNally on Irish-American writer Kathleen Norris’s controversial salute

Saluting the flag

Wed Jul 03 2024 - 18:59
Them Too? – Frank McNally on the Joyce studies scandal

Them Too? – Frank McNally on the Joyce studies scandal

Trigger warnings

Tue Jul 02 2024 - 18:59
Canadian rhapsody – Frank McNally on a party to celebrate Canada Day

Canadian rhapsody – Frank McNally on a party to celebrate Canada Day

The party was unusual for, among other things, hosting an exhibition in a greenhouse

Fri Jun 28 2024 - 18:59
Making a show of us – Frank McNally on a 1927 film that outraged Irish America

Making a show of us – Frank McNally on a 1927 film that outraged Irish America

For decades, The Callahans and the Murphys was believed completely lost

Thu Jun 27 2024 - 18:59
Great but unwashed – Frank McNally on the joys of a dry spell in Dublin

Great but unwashed – Frank McNally on the joys of a dry spell in Dublin

The seagull has landed

Tue Jun 25 2024 - 18:59
Simon’s swansong – Frank McNally on the passing of a much-loved Dublin café

Simon’s swansong – Frank McNally on the passing of a much-loved Dublin café

Cherished cafés come and go, like the generations that love them

Fri Jun 21 2024 - 18:59
Horns of a dilemma (continued) – Frank McNally on a Dutch-Irish art mystery, now being investigated in The Hague

Horns of a dilemma (continued) – Frank McNally on a Dutch-Irish art mystery, now being investigated in The Hague

A long-missing artwork and its partial rediscovery

Thu Jun 20 2024 - 18:58
Little Bighorn of a dilemma – Frank McNally on a mystery Monaghan man who followed Custer to Montana

Little Bighorn of a dilemma – Frank McNally on a mystery Monaghan man who followed Custer to Montana

Among the more than 100 Irish soldiers who marched with Custer was a “Sergeant Thomas Murray, born in Co Monaghan”

Wed Jun 19 2024 - 18:59
Hose maketh the man – Frank McNally on a male sartorial dilemma

Hose maketh the man – Frank McNally on a male sartorial dilemma

A 28-year-old film star with GAA-honed ankles sets the pace

Tue Jun 18 2024 - 18:59
Bloomsday: Minister and Sinn Féin leader among Dubs lining out for ‘Joycean Olympics’

Bloomsday: Minister and Sinn Féin leader among Dubs lining out for ‘Joycean Olympics’

Among €25 T-shirts for sale at James Joyce Centre, those reading ‘Stately Plump Buck Mulligan’ sold out quickly

Sun Jun 16 2024 - 19:25
A city where peace comes dropping slow – Frank McNally on a visit to The Hague

A city where peace comes dropping slow – Frank McNally on a visit to The Hague

Its role as a headquarters of the world’s conscience has seen the city gradually elevated to the status of metonym

Fri Jun 14 2024 - 18:55
Animal cracker – Frank McNally on “Humanity Dick” Martin and 200 years of the SPCA

Animal cracker – Frank McNally on “Humanity Dick” Martin and 200 years of the SPCA

His efforts advanced mainstream acceptance for the idea that animals should be legally protected

Wed Jun 12 2024 - 18:50
Balkan diplomacy – Frank McNally on hosting a Bulgarian journalist for election weekend

Balkan diplomacy – Frank McNally on hosting a Bulgarian journalist for election weekend

Like most young journalists now, he multitasks as cameraman, sound recordist, editor, and writer

Tue Jun 11 2024 - 18:58
Cracking over the papers – Frank McNally on uncomfortable parallels between column writing and the Leaving Cert

Cracking over the papers – Frank McNally on uncomfortable parallels between column writing and the Leaving Cert

I resorted to 40 press-ups, on the desperate pretext that blood rushing to my brain might arrive with a fully-formed column outline

Fri Jun 07 2024 - 18:59
Lagan leviathan – Frank McNally on the centenary of a great Belfast shipbuilder (and Home Ruler), William Pirrie

Lagan leviathan – Frank McNally on the centenary of a great Belfast shipbuilder (and Home Ruler), William Pirrie

The man who turned Belfast into a powerhouse

Thu Jun 06 2024 - 18:59
Soft landing – Frank McNally on a long-awaited airline refund

Soft landing – Frank McNally on a long-awaited airline refund

Memories came flooding back

Wed Jun 05 2024 - 18:59
Frank McNally: It’s June, and on Irish roads farm machinery is bustin’ out all over

Frank McNally: It’s June, and on Irish roads farm machinery is bustin’ out all over

Tractors seem to get bigger and broader every year

Tue Jun 04 2024 - 18:54
Blowing a Gaskin – Frank McNally on gasconades, gasúns, and Ireland’s Bay of Naples

Blowing a Gaskin – Frank McNally on gasconades, gasúns, and Ireland’s Bay of Naples

A striking resemblance, minus the volcano

Fri May 31 2024 - 18:59
Peadar Tóibín gets warm reception in Slane over plan to ‘crowbar’ issues on to Government agenda

Peadar Tóibín gets warm reception in Slane over plan to ‘crowbar’ issues on to Government agenda

Not everyone is promising Aontú a first preference but the European candidate is changing the minds of some traditional voters

Fri May 31 2024 - 06:00
Valour invalidated – Frank McNally on a mysterious Irish anti-hero: the “Great Gaiscí”

Valour invalidated – Frank McNally on a mysterious Irish anti-hero: the “Great Gaiscí”

A penchant for satire

Wed May 29 2024 - 18:55
Frank McNally on royal typos, Tennyson’s Tories, and the mystery of ‘Operation Sonnet’

Frank McNally on royal typos, Tennyson’s Tories, and the mystery of ‘Operation Sonnet’

The gold standard in newspaper typos

Tue May 28 2024 - 18:57
Rings of ire – Frank McNally on the limitations of smart watches

Rings of ire – Frank McNally on the limitations of smart watches

It doesn’t help that the watch communicates exclusively in Californian

Fri May 24 2024 - 18:55
Footman Footnotes – Frank McNally on the late and very colourful Gillies MacBain

Footman Footnotes – Frank McNally on the late and very colourful Gillies MacBain

He was in the habit of buying The Irish Times daily and reading every word, over several hours, with a ruler in hand

Thu May 23 2024 - 18:59
Front Woman – Frank McNally on a pioneering war correspondent, Maggie Higgins

Front Woman – Frank McNally on a pioneering war correspondent, Maggie Higgins

After Korea, she went to Moscow, the first American correspondent allowed into the post-Stalin USSR

Wed May 22 2024 - 18:59
‘The trial of the century’ – Frank McNally on a notorious child murder of 100 years ago

‘The trial of the century’ – Frank McNally on a notorious child murder of 100 years ago

Nathan Leopold jnr and Richard Loeb murdered a 14-year-old neighbour, Bobby Franks

Tue May 21 2024 - 18:58
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