Holiday home – On the rise and soft landing of the Holy House of Loreto

An Irishman’s Diary

On Franz Ferdinand’s wildlife stats, Shaw’s ruined opera, and Féchín’s fadas

Unlucky turn: The story of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the cat

Horse Sense – Frank McNally on ides and idiots of March

Of Berks and Burkeans – Frank McNally on foxhunting, the French Revolution, and Brexit

A Home from Homer – Frank McNally on an epic experience in Montenegro

A turn for the worse – Frank McNally on a street corner that changed the course of history

Wild Goose Nest – Frank McNally on a castle-collecting Croatian hero, Count Laval Nugent von Westmeath

An Irishman’s Diary

100 books by women you have to read

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

Sarajevo: beauty shining through a history of violence

The ‘Jerusalem of Europe’ has endured two world wars and a horrendous civil war. Even so, a generosity of spirit endures among the people

A Ghost’s Story review: haunted history

The fictional story of a real-life spook is overshadowed by the tale’s lumbering biography. The result is a novel that lacks spirit