Wooden heart – Frank McNally on the dark horse in Joyce’s UlyssesAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Jan 13 2022 - 19:01
On the latchiko – Frank McNally on the rise and fall of a mysterious Irish insultAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Jan 12 2022 - 19:01
Detective Fiction – Frank McNally on three famous Dublin characters, real and imaginaryAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Jan 11 2022 - 19:01
Face the music – A new, deeply personal documentary on the life of Seán Ó RiadaAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Dec 23 2021 - 19:01
Tibb’s the Season – Frank McNally on the patron saint of things that never happenAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Dec 22 2021 - 19:01
Pen portrait – The 1922 diary of one of Seán Keating’s ‘Men of the South’An Irishman’s DiaryTue Dec 21 2021 - 20:01
Selective recall – Frank McNally on the forgotten history of LeitrimAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Dec 16 2021 - 19:01
‘A garda and soldier killed in a shoot-out. Heroes, but not anyone I knew. Then the phone rang’An Irishman’s Diary: Frank McNally on a sombre visit to McGahern CountryWed Dec 15 2021 - 19:31
Long day’s journey into Leitrim – Frank McNally on revisiting the scene of a 1983 tragedyAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Dec 14 2021 - 19:01
Future Imperfect – On Old Moore, Animal Farm, and Murphy's LawAn Irishman’s DiarySat Dec 11 2021 - 02:00
Holiday home – On the rise and soft landing of the Holy House of LoretoAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Dec 10 2021 - 01:30
Indian File - On the mysterious origins of a notorious quotationAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Dec 08 2021 - 19:25
Reflections on Revolution - A French account of the War of IndependenceAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Dec 07 2021 - 19:00
Hedge schooled: the lure of suburban privet for well-oiled writersAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Dec 03 2021 - 19:30
Egyptology and Dublin music halls – the many careers of BelzoniAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Dec 02 2021 - 19:41
Canal Bank Murder: the case of Patrick Kavanagh’s attempted ‘assassination’An Irishman’s DiaryWed Dec 01 2021 - 19:41
Poet in suburbia: A memoir about Patrick Kavanagh’s Stillorgan springAn Irishman’s DairyTue Nov 30 2021 - 19:41
Barbadian Banishment: The forgotten Irish of the world’s newest republicAn Irishman’s DiarySat Nov 27 2021 - 16:47
Harboured Fugitive: On wartime, Patrick Campbell and ‘lapidary crap’An Irishman’s DiaryFri Nov 26 2021 - 14:51
Harte of the Rowl: a new book about the epic Frank Harte song collectionAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Nov 24 2021 - 19:00
Bottoms Up: On the mysterious origins of a global fashion crazeAn Irishman’s DiaryTue Nov 23 2021 - 19:00
Middle-class Spread: On the expansion of Glasnevin and other property trendsAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Nov 19 2021 - 19:00
Fat chance: How Boris Johnson made his waistline a political issueAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Nov 18 2021 - 09:49
Art, families and the Holocaust: An evening learning from Tomi ReichentalAn Irishman’s DiaryFri Nov 12 2021 - 19:46
Banty’s Inferno: a Monaghan opera I just might write inspired by ElsewhereAn Irishman’s DiaryThu Nov 11 2021 - 19:00
Guts and garters: A Joycean treasure hunt and an infamous murderAn Irishman’s DiaryWed Nov 10 2021 - 19:00
‘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
