Hard going – Mae Leonard on the lure of Punchestown races
Traditions and history come alive at racing festival that remains a big draw
An Irish Diary
An Irish Diary
The mood in Brussels is poised between worried and smug
Mood in Brussels, as detected during two days of press briefings at least, was poised between worried and smug
Last Post and Chorus: Frank McNally on memories of a long-lost Dublin restaurant
Kaminski snr bought the restaurant some time after he graduated from Trinity College in the 1950s
City slickers: John S Doyle on the launch of In Dublin 50 years ago
None of the five of us who put together the first issue had any experience in publishing
A language divided: Charting the rise of American English in everyday Irish speak
From ‘reaching out’ to ‘grabbing a coffee’, our way of speaking is clearly changing
The Irish origins of an increasingly popular theology in the US
Believers of rapture theology assert there will be a second coming of Jesus Christ and a day of judgment
Demolition man: Gerard McCann on Fanum House, said to be one of Belfast’s ugliest buildings
The building just across the road from the loyalist Sandy Row area housed offices of RTÉ, Sky and The Irish Times
How a 16th-century English failed monk tried to bridge Anglo-Irish linguistic gulf
You wouldn’t want to mistake squish for huff
The nationalist tobacco shop that hosted James Joyce and Arthur Griffith
Its precious visitor books were rescued decades later from a barrow on Dublin’s quays
Dearly imparted: Frank McNally on Paddy the philanthropist, the BBC banning of Clannad, and Beckett’s womb with a view
Might Paddy Dear be persuaded to throw a few million our way, for the relief of distress in dear old Ireland?
Wilde Romantic Way: Frank McNally on the rise and fall of Oscar’s amorous father
Not all of William Wilde’s exploits are commemorated on a plaque
Running through the theory that a person’s name can determine what they do
Athletics really does seem to attract people whose names suggest they are destined for great things
Medicine bow: The rise and fall of Dr Achmet Borumborad, the ‘Turk’ who charmed Georgian Dublin
His ambitions, however, extended far beyond a modest medical practice
Frank McNally on a Dublin woman’s attempt to assassinate Mussolini, 100 years ago
It’s hard to say for sure what drove Violet Gibson
High on life – Frank McNally on Aldous Huxley, psychedelic drugs and why artists love depicting drapery
For the artist or mescaline taker alike, Huxley concluded, ‘draperies are living hieroglyphs’
Frank McNally: A heart-stopping epitaph on the grave of a little-known teenager
A stone in Rome’s ‘Protestant Cemetery’ commemorates Rosa Bathurst, who drowned in 1824, aged 16
‘That’s the wrong Ireland’: The eternal quest to find a pub showing Czechia v Ireland in Rome
After finding myself lost in translation, it didn’t help that every available TV was showing Italy v Northern Ireland
Hard lessons – John Mulqueen on how ministers fared at past teachers’ annual conferences
Each conference was a shooting gallery, with the minister the target
Mixed doubles: Áine Ryan on having a Doppelgänger in her hometown
Throughout the interaction, I scratched my head metaphorically and nervously concluded that I was losing it
No reservation: John Mulqueen on a Dublin restaurant that set the standard for fine dining
It was once dubbed one of Europe’s best by Vogue magazine
They fled the threat of violence and built new lives in Cork. A Jewish community was born
The city’s Jewish heritage has been brought back into focus by a new digital archive at Cork Public Museum
National lampoon: Felix Larkin on how cartoonists have skewered politicians for centuries
Napoleon Bonaparte was particular target of early satirical cartoonists
My nifty Honda 50 secured a greater rate of return than my pension contributions
Being young on a motorcycle is one of life’s great pleasures
Bad call – Fionnuala Ward on putting phones between ourselves and reality
If something is not captured on a device, has it actually happened?
Bay watch: The mythical island said to appear in the Atlantic Ocean once every seven years
Generations of Galway parents have told their children that Hy-Brazil is a paradise
‘You look nothing like a model girl’: 18th century letter-writing advice hasn’t aged well
If you thought that was bad, try advising a man who resents a woman’s fondness for a monkey
Plaques broad and narrow – Frank McNally on Dublin street honours big, small and missing
City keen to celebrate citizens and even daft causes, but one omission needs correcting
Born-again poet – Frank McNally on the confused centenary of Frank O’Hara
New Yorker had two ‘birthdays’, one of which was to spare his parents’ blushes
Pidgeon homed – Frank McNally on the repatriation of an Old IRA man from 1970s London
Souvenirs from traditional military salute for veteran at Glasnevin risked an awkward explanation or two
Write on: Eamon Maher on the legacy of novelist John McGahern, who died 20 years ago
The writer’s trajectory was not always a smooth one, but his star continues to rise
The road to Prague is paved with bad memories. I swore I would never do it again
I swore I would never do it again
The Irish airman who survived one of the most dangerous jobs of the second World War
O’Dwyer and his colleagues were on the front line of an intelligence war
The mystery of flying ships in ancient Meath that ended up in a Texas newspaper
Perhaps the strangest twist in the tale’s evolution is the one by which it turned up in 1890s Texas
High-level hyperbolics: Frank McNally on the Irish approach to bigging things up
Be it song lyrics about a beautiful place or the fight to rebuild a public toilet, use of language is always key
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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