‘Father’ of Zambia sings as Irish wild geese beat African nation to 50-year milestoneExpat group marked its half century recently at an event attended by Kenneth Kaunda, who led country to independence in 1964 and whose first justice minister hailed from ClonmelWed Mar 27 2013 - 06:00
Amazing Grace, astounding connectionsAn Irishman’s Diary: How Donegal is laying claim to a famous English hymnSat Mar 23 2013 - 06:00
The politics of potatoesHow Marks & Spencer’s vegetable department is digging up the pastThu Mar 14 2013 - 06:00
Why le ‘Fair-Play’ will never get us anywhere against FranceAn Irishman’s Diary : Aviva Stadium quiet enough already without demanding silence for kickersWed Mar 13 2013 - 06:00
An Irishman's DiaryAt long last, next week will see the nationwide roll-out of something that, unlike most of the things so described, really can…Sat Mar 09 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe case of the Kia Provo reminds me of another unfortunately-named car that never made it to these shores: the Pontiac Banshee…Fri Mar 08 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI’m not sure if it was the sort of the thing the promoters of the Gathering had in mindThu Mar 07 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI spent an enchanted hour last Sunday exploring the bucolic delights of east Cork, with its rambling roads and pleasant pastureland…Wed Mar 06 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhen an e-mail arrived from a group called “Dodder Action”, I first thought this was a contradiction in termsSat Mar 02 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIt’s that time of year when, all around Ireland, halls are being filled by Cheltenham preview nights, those extraordinarily popular…Fri Mar 01 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe opening of a new Dublin bookstore is a remarkable event these daysThu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryDoes Ireland need a museum dedicated to women? Well, a group of twentysomething females who recently graduated from Dublin universities…Sat Feb 23 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's Diary‘A Winged Victory for the Sullen” sounds a bit like the headline over an op-ed piece lamenting the negative influences of sponsorship…Fri Feb 22 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI saw Quentin Tarantino’s new film the same day that Warren Buffett announced his $23 billion purchase of HeinzThu Feb 21 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe spatial pleasures of Dublin’s Phoenix Park are well known, including as they do 1,760 acres of greenery, with playing pitches…Wed Feb 20 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryImpressive as their achievements to date have been, I’ll be disappointed if the people behind “the largest St Patrick’s Day promotional…Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryAmong all the published works of Brian O’Nolan, there is perhaps only one completely without humourThu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI went into a cafe recently, in a suburban part of Dublin, at 6.25pmWed Feb 13 2013 - 00:00
Life of Brian has a day of ups and downsFor Irish rugby fans, it was a day of podiatrically contrasting fortunesMon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhen I last wrote about Gustave Courbet’s notorious painting, The Origin of the World, suggesting it was a depiction of his Irish…Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryTwo lost decades or not, Japan still keeps coming up with wacky new ideas that, eventually, the rest of the world is bound to…Thu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe Dublin fiddle player Tommie Potts was a man of many influencesWed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI haven’t been in “outlying Kerry” – as the Jerusalem Post columnist called it – recently, so I can’t comment on whether it’s…Sat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI see that to mark Chinese New Year next week, the National Concert Hall is presenting a Sino-Hibernian evening of music, including…Fri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryDriving up to Armagh during Saturday night’s storm, I was reminded of that city’s historic contribution to the science of wind…Wed Jan 30 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhy is it that, according to AA Roadwatch, gardaí are always going “to the scene of an earlier accident”? I mean, it’s perfectly…Sat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryA reader has e-mailed giving out to me for use of the term “disorienting” earlier this weekFri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThink of a number. Double it. Now multiply the total by the square root of pi, and add your age plus your weight in grammesThu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryCross-country running used to be an Olympic event, I had reason to remind myself recently, but it was dropped after 1924 in Paris…Wed Jan 23 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI’ve been belatedly reading A Yankee in De Valera’s Ireland, the memoir of David Gray, war-time US ambassador in DublinSat Jan 19 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe Romans talked of “bread and circuses” as the formula for keeping people happyFri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIt’s fitting that Lance Armstrong’s Oprah interview should happen in the same week as Rory McIlroy’s Nike coronation, because…Thu Jan 17 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI will always feel at least partly responsible for the bursting of the Japanese asset-price bubble in the 1990s, and for the “…Wed Jan 16 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThere’s no logic to language. Consider, for example, the word phlegmSat Jan 12 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI was settling into a barbershop chair recently, having completed the usual negotiations about what needed doingFri Jan 11 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryI was running a cross-country race last weekend, the latest form of masochism self-imposed as part of a mid-life crisisThu Jan 10 2013 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryWhenever strangers inquire where you were born, and you say Monaghan, the words “stony grey soil” tend to feature in response…Wed Jan 09 2013 - 00:00
Not a day for the bookies as the Riccis get richer and favourite-backers cash inDespite many winning favourites at Leopardstown, betting was downThu Dec 27 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe course of Zoltan Zinn-Collis’s extraordinary life – a life that ended last week in Co Kildare – was largely dictated by two…Sat Dec 22 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIn Dutch Christmas tradition, they don’t just have the usual Santa ClausFri Dec 21 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiarySeventy-three years ago this week, on the Winter Solstice of 1939, a man named Ludwig Hopf died in DublinThu Dec 20 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiarySeeking light relief on Thursday after a fortnight of internecine feuding, the Sluggerotoole blog invited readers to ponder the…Sat Dec 15 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryOne of the things I love about radio is the way it creates pictures in your head, even – or sometimes especially – when the effect…Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe Cork-born writer Ethel Voynich, mentioned elsewhere on this page recently (Letters, December 8th), remains largely uncelebrated…Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryReports that the world may end this coming December 21st – based on readings of an ancient Mayan calendar – have evoked embarrassing…Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryLast August, as you probably won’t remember, two Qantas pilots had to be grounded after an argument in the cockpit of a Boeing…Sat Dec 08 2012 - 00:00
