‘Covid got to him before I did. By the time I found out, it was too late to attend the funeral’Frank McNally: A lockdown project resulted in a letter from a long-lost schoolmateFri Oct 29 2021 - 19:00
Musical Mystery Tour - Landfried (contd), and the origins of The Ould TriangleAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Oct 28 2021 - 19:00
Light Entertainment - An Irish voice from the Charge of the Light BrigadeAn Irishman’s Diary: The Dublin accent of ‘Trumpeter Landfried’Thu Oct 28 2021 - 12:42
Theatrical night out – with the Treaty debates providing the dramaAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Oct 27 2021 - 19:00
Pastoral Mission – Frank McNally on the Kerry-born ‘Desert Padre’, Fr John CrowleyAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Oct 22 2021 - 19:01
Jail Journeyman – On Behan’s lighthouse, the glory of French supermarkets, and confidence-building Christian namesAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Oct 21 2021 - 19:01
Staff problem – Frank McNally on the strange Irish pilgrimage of Antonin ArtaudAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Oct 20 2021 - 19:01
Ring Cycle – Frank McNally on Brendan Behan and the Fáinne wearersAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Oct 15 2021 - 19:14
Bridge over troubled martyrs – Frank McNally on the Irish and other residents of Montmartre CemeteryAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Oct 14 2021 - 19:01
Star turn – Frank McNally on a surprising Irish link to Vincent van Gogh’s most famous paintingAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Oct 13 2021 - 19:01
À la recherche des pubs perdus – Frank McNally on visiting Paris againAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Oct 12 2021 - 19:15
Don Juan’s date with destiny – Frank McNally on another great liberator with Kerry rootsAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Oct 07 2021 - 19:01
One-way graphic – Frank McNally on the south-facing statues of Dublin’s main streetAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Oct 06 2021 - 19:01
The Holiday and the Ivy – Frank McNally on the 130th anniversary of Ivy DayAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Oct 06 2021 - 08:56
The other Hamilton - a Kilkenny cricketing family, who also inspired a musicalAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Oct 01 2021 - 18:39
A break from the past - Sheelagh’s Day and other new holiday ideasAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Sept 30 2021 - 18:38
Cat’s Tale – Frank McNally on introducing Joyce’s diabolical children’s story to a new generationAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Sept 29 2021 - 19:01
Chain reaction – A curious coincidence linking Mayo and the discovery of penicillinAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Sept 28 2021 - 19:01
Apocalypse postponed - on Cold War, Babylon Burning, epic chess gamesAn Irishman's DiaryFri Sept 24 2021 - 18:40
Two-bob job – Frank McNally on the Dantesque origins of a classic Irish coinAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Sept 17 2021 - 19:01
Terms and human condition apply – Frank McNally on the mysteries of ‘lived experience’An Irishman’s DiaryThu Sept 16 2021 - 19:01
Pubs and Subs: rumour and reality of German U-boats in wartime IrelandAn Irishman's DiaryWed Sept 15 2021 - 18:44
How the Divine Comedy invented purgatory (with help from Donegal)Dante’s Other UnderworldTue Sept 14 2021 - 18:42
Ravenna rendezvous – Frank McNally visits the tomb of Dante, who died 700 years agoAn Irishman’s DiarySun Sept 12 2021 - 17:16
Louth and Proud – Frank McNally on a hard day’s afternoon in ArdeeAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Sept 09 2021 - 19:01
The French exchange student, our school coal shed and the Sunday World’s ‘night of passion’Schooldays I’ll Never Forget: Frank McNally on a creative letter to the paper’s agony auntWed Sept 08 2021 - 06:00
Return Journey – Frank McNally on the (almost) forgotten pleasures of ItalyAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Sept 07 2021 - 19:30
Keeping Up – On eternal youth, ‘elegant variation’, and the perils of gender-neutral languageAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Aug 20 2021 - 19:01
Greetings, Season – Frank McNally on feeling vindicated by the early arrival of autumnAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Aug 19 2021 - 19:01
Coarse Notes – Frank McNally on the drunken parrots of ancient Rome and other surprise language lessonsAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Aug 18 2021 - 19:01
Kabul Calling (Again) – Frank McNally on horses, heroes, and history repeatingAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Aug 13 2021 - 20:01
Fighting Words – Frank McNally on the best and worst songs of the Northern TroublesAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Aug 12 2021 - 19:01
Exercise in Rinkmanship – Frank McNally on contrasting figures who did the skates some serviceAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Aug 11 2021 - 19:01
End of the Line – Frank McNally on the dubious legacy of the last Earl of ClanrickardeAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Aug 10 2021 - 19:01
View from the Gods – Frank McNally on a forgotten photograph of a childhood worldAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Aug 06 2021 - 19:01
Piccadilly Circus – Frank McNally on the colourful, coded history of a famous London addressAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Aug 06 2021 - 00:01
Food for Thought – A menu of memories, from Marcel Proust to Melanie SafkaAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Aug 04 2021 - 19:01
A Malarkey in Clear Air – Frank McNally on an American war hero with a funny nameAn Irishman’s DiarySat Jul 31 2021 - 00:01
Churchyard Bard – Frank McNally on the lasting fame of Thomas Gray, who died 250 years ago on this dayAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jul 30 2021 - 00:01
The Jacks are Backdated – On the mysterious origins of a Dublin nicknameAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Jul 28 2021 - 19:01
Full Circle: On the 200th birthday of one of Dublin’s most famous roomsAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Jul 27 2021 - 18:39
Rhyme Unreason – Frank McNally on Anglo-Scottish relations going from bad to verseAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Jul 23 2021 - 19:01
Special Powers – Frank McNally with more on the origins of a famous Hollywood nameAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Jul 22 2021 - 19:01
