A turn for the worse – Frank McNally on a street corner that changed the course of historyWed Sept 04 2019 - 18:01
At The Border, Cross – Frank McNally on the stresses of driving through the former YugoslaviaTue Sept 03 2019 - 18:01
Worldcon mad: a collision between science fiction and Flann O’BrienImportant principles from the catechism of cliché and a parallel developmentFri Aug 16 2019 - 18:00
Of dogs and dogma – Frank McNally on Orwell, Marx and history repeating itselfMarx repeated something his friend Friedrich Engels had just written about HegelThu Aug 15 2019 - 20:00
Irishman's Diary: An enigma of the Famine years in IrelandWas Polish Count Pawel Strzelecki a spy for the British government?Wed Aug 14 2019 - 20:00
Celebrities and sports stars tog out for annual hurling fundraiserHurling for Cancer Research brings more than 6,000 fans to St Conleth’s ParkTue Aug 13 2019 - 21:21
How workhouses contributed to the misfortune of the FamineGovernment decisions were in accordance with grim teachings of Thomas MalthusTue Aug 13 2019 - 18:00
A Win for the Ages – Frank McNally on why (some) old runners are still hard to beatThu Aug 08 2019 - 18:30
Happy Hutcheson Day – Frank McNally on the most influential Irishman you’ve probably never heard ofThu Aug 08 2019 - 09:53
Would a united Ireland see everyone together, standing tall?Frank McNally looks at the challenges that could arise if North and South joined forcesWed Aug 07 2019 - 20:00
Folklore Gaeilge-Béarla – Frank McNally on fear (and loathing) in Anglo-Irish relationsFri Aug 02 2019 - 18:20
Great White Fail – Frank McNally on going where few book-lovers have gone before and reading all of Moby DickTue Jul 30 2019 - 18:01
Hogan’s Heroes – Frank McNally on an Irish link to one of the 20th century’s greatest soccer teams, the “Mighty Magyars”Fri Jul 19 2019 - 18:01
At Swim-Two-Bobs – Frank McNally on the mysteries of numerology in the work of Bob Dylan and Flann O’BrienAt Swim-Two-Birds pays extended homage to the number 3 with three beginnings, three ends and a similar number of plots in betweenFri Jul 19 2019 - 00:01
Tripping out in Kilkenny – Frank McNally on the people you meet at rock concertsThu Jul 18 2019 - 00:01
Festival of Flann – Frank McNally on a big homecoming for Dublin’s funniest writerWed Jul 10 2019 - 17:45
The flutes, the flutes are calling – Frank McNally on Ireland’s most politicised musical instrumentTue Jul 09 2019 - 17:45
Blunt instrument – the Kilrush evictions of 1888 and the ‘Vandeleur ram’Evictions combined with advent of photojournalism brought ram under spotlightFri Jul 05 2019 - 18:00
Clare set: Frank McNally on two new books with a common threadIrishman's Diary: Musicians bumped into each other on my desk via respective booksThu Jul 04 2019 - 19:00
No dividing wall – Frank McNally on the US neighbouring towns of Derry and LondonderryAn Irishman’s Diary:Thu Jul 04 2019 - 01:00
Streets ahead: When an Irish street was named after a womanAn Irishman’s Diary: Frances Vandeleur was given Frances Street as a wedding presentTue Jul 02 2019 - 18:18
The hunting of the Earl of Rone – and the Irish connectionAn Irishman’s Diary: The festival was banned in 1837 after a man fell to his death during the debauchesFri Jun 28 2019 - 18:02
A twist of faith – Frank McNally on GAA supporters and the ‘Stockdale Paradox’Defining event of Stockdale’s life was the time he spent as a prisoner of war in VietnamThu Jun 27 2019 - 18:01
Medical militia – Frank McNally on the Irish presence at the Franco-Prussian warThe motivation for Irish participation was humanitarian, in large partWed Jun 26 2019 - 18:01
Young man in a hurry (x2): Frank McNally is misled by a ‘dangling modifier’When the start of a sentence loses touch with the endTue Jun 25 2019 - 18:01
General Practitioner – Frank McNally on Orangemen, “Blue Men”, and Americans in war-time ArmaghSat Jun 22 2019 - 00:01
Turning a corner – Frank McNally on the mysteries of one of Dublin’s more unusual civic honoursTue Jun 18 2019 - 18:30
A Nightmare of New York – Frank McNally on the real-life maritime disaster that haunts James Joyce’s UlyssesFri Jun 14 2019 - 18:30
Haloed Fellow Well Met – Frank McNally on GK Chesterton’s claims to sainthoodAn Irishman’s Diary on the English novelist who was a ‘friendly enemy’ to ShawFri Jun 14 2019 - 01:00
Stop All the Clocks – Frank McNally on the influence of George Orwell’s first wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy, on 1984Wed Jun 12 2019 - 18:30
Big Brother’s Long Shadow – Frank McNally on Orwell’s 1984 at 70Orwell's 1947 essay 'Towards European Unity' is still relevant todaySat Jun 08 2019 - 00:01
Down but not out in Saint-Lô: Frank McNally on Samuel Beckett and the Irish Red Cross in postwar FranceWed Jun 05 2019 - 18:30
Pillar of Society – Frank McNally on giving the Wellington Monument a much-needed liftTue Jun 04 2019 - 18:01
Arms and the Man – Frank McNally on a museum dedicated to reversing the latter-day neglect of Michael DavittFri May 31 2019 - 17:30
Walt’s Partner – a Limerick man beloved of Walt WhitmanIrishman's Diary: Born 200 years ago, Peter Doyle was poet's lifelong companionFri May 31 2019 - 00:01
Moyna Transgression – Frank McNally on the Seamus Mallon memoirs and hitchhiking in the 1980sThu May 23 2019 - 18:01
