An Irishman's DiaryAPART from boxing and Brazilian football, the profession in which nicknames are closest to being a formal entry requirement is…Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWHATEVER ABOUT nude taoisigh, one of the sub-genres that the National Gallery could usefully add to its portrait collection is…Thu Mar 26 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryNOT the least remarkable thing about Bernard Dunne’s world title win on Saturday was that he did it without having a properly…Wed Mar 25 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryTODAY’S reading is from the Second Letter of Herr Pauls to the Hibernians: The peace of the Lord and the fellowship of the European…Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIN A report on the White House autocue mix-up, the London Times reminded its readers that Brian Cowen was known to his friends…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIMMEDIATELY after the Simpsons’ “love-letter to Ireland” the other night, Sky One developed the theme with a grimly fascinating…Thu Mar 19 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIT’S WELL known that Ireland’s latter-day infestation with grey squirrels began with a big-house wedding present in Co Longford…Sat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryON THE subject of Lester Young coining the slang term “to dig” (Diary March 5th), Vera Hughes has written to ask if the Mississippi…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryHALF-A-CENTURY of cinematic violence later, the chariot race death scene in Ben-Hur no longer has the power to shock audiences…Thu Mar 12 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryTHE Ballymun flats have never been one of the heartlands of Leinster rugby, I think it’s fair to sayWed Mar 11 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiarySMARTING from yet another narrow defeat in a table quiz, I am seriously thinking of emulating the athlete Paula Radcliffe and…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryLIKE life-forms, words seem to be subject to the laws of natural selectionFri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryTHINGS have come to a pretty pass when, as reported in Tuesday’s finance pages, the only source of optimism on the Irish Stock…Thu Mar 05 2009 - 00:00
King Brian rises above the Croke Park mediocrityThe final Croke Park battle between Ireland and England was more flat beer than romantic champagneMon Mar 02 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIF THERE’S any certainty about tonight’s Ireland-England rugby match at Croke Park, it is that it will played out in an atmosphere…Sat Feb 28 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWHILE Ireland’s back-to-basics approach to this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is probably to be welcomed, I fear that victory…Thu Feb 26 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryHAVE you ever visited your household’s millennium tree? No? Me neitherWed Feb 25 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIN A certain school I know, when children misbehave, they may be asked to stand for short periods at the “Balla smaoineamh”, …Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIN A certain school I know, when children misbehave, they may be asked to stand for short periods at the “Balla smaoineamh”, …Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIN THE 1986 film Jean de Florette , Gerard Depardieu plays an idealistic hunchback who leaves his city job to inherit a family…Thu Feb 19 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI SEE that, according to most reports, that incident in Omagh on Sunday between Kerry’s Paul Galvin and Tyrone’s Ryan McMenamin…Wed Feb 18 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's Diary‘TOMORROW IS St Valentine’s Day,” as Ophelia sings during her descent into madness in Act IV of HamletFri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIT’S NOT the worst aspect of the crisis, I know, but I wonder how the AIB’s school competition – the so-called “Build a Bank …Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryCONSIDERING its fame, “the real McCoy” is a phrase of curiously obscure originWed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's Diary“If we decide to wallow in the sea of doubt, do not be surprised if we remain in the turbulent waters that we are in todaySat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryOSCAR Wilde famously defined a cynic as a man who knew “the price of everything and the value of nothing”Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWHAT with the impending revolution and all, the decision by the Office of Public Works (see Motors, yesterday) to outsource the…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryTHREE hundred years ago this week, a ship sailed into a bay on the Juan Fernandez Islands off Chile and ended the long ordeal…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryTHERE was a poignant, end-of-era note to that lead story in the Property supplement on Thursday about a house in Sandycove called…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryHAVING TO fly from Las Vegas to New York the day after the “Miracle on the Hudson”, I found myself taking a new and intense interest…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryBETTER late than never, over Christmas, I finally got around to reading Terence Dooley's The Murders at Wildgoose Lodge; and …Sat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryYET again recently I read an obituary of a man of whom it was alleged that, during a long and distinguished life, he had not …Thu Jan 08 2009 - 00:00
Festival loses track of bankers, politiciansFinishing line: Best-dressed finalists defy recession with glamour at Leopardstown RacesMon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
IT'S A WOEFUL LIFEA long-delayed sequel to the classic James Stewart Christmas movie 'It's a Wonderful Life', finds a new hero, Brian Cowen, getting…Wed Dec 24 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIT MUST be some relief to the beleaguered Taoiseach that, as reported yesterday, insurance companies consider the Government'…Thu Dec 11 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI'M AMUSED to see that, when it attempts to re-create the sound of the original performance of Handel's Messiah this week, the…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryEATING IN an Asian restaurant one night recently, I was surprised by the sight - rare these days - of an open fireSat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryFATHER MATHEW must have turned in his grave last month at the news that, for the first time in its 39-year history, the World…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI MAY have been a bit previous last week in suggesting that the tradition of throwing pennies into the river Boyne from the Dublin…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIT WAS disappointing to read the claim by US humour expert Dr Bill Fry (yesterday) that, as a rule, people rarely die laughing…Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryTWENTY years ago, almost to the day, I flew out of Dublin airport for a year in Australia - a country in which, as far as I knew…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiarySEARCHING the archive for something else a while ago, I chanced upon an intriguing item in the Irishman's Diary of February 18th…Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryLIKE many an elite sportsman before him, Con McCarrick will miss the World Championships because of injuryWed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryA MAN called John P. McNally (no relation) has written to me from Minnesota asking for help in tracing information about his …Fri Oct 03 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIT'S NOT every day you get to unveil a statue, or even to assist at the unveiling of one, which is as much as the invitation …Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWRITING here last week about "Irish giants", I was (silently) struck by the contrast between recent high-profile campaigns for…Wed Sept 10 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryAS THE Government grapples with the crisis in public finances, some imaginative fiscal responses will be requiredFri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
