Ifs and Butties and Old Segotias – An Irishman’s Diary about Dublin words for ‘friend’Fri May 04 2018 - 00:01
Songs of Laughter and Forgetting – An Irishman’s Diary about the emigrant music of Mick MoloneyThu May 03 2018 - 00:01
Moore’s Maladies – An Irishman’s Diary on the short-lived ‘Republic of Connacht’ and the man who was its presidentWed May 02 2018 - 00:01
Scurrilous abuse and comic brilliance: Flann O’BrienReview: Maebh Long had to set herself some rules when tackling the author’s epistolary chaosSat Apr 28 2018 - 06:36
Offensive to the Nth Degree – An Irishman’s Diary about racist language and Flann O’BrienSat Apr 28 2018 - 00:01
Celtic Spotlight – An Irishman’s Diary about the Harvard Archaeological Mission to 1930s IrelandFri Apr 27 2018 - 00:01
At Home and Away with the Fairies – An Irishman’s Diary on the globalisation of a Hiberno-English phraseThu Apr 26 2018 - 00:01
Psychedelic Cyclists – An Irishman’s Diary about Albert Hofmann and Flann O’BrienSat Apr 21 2018 - 00:01
Tears, laughter and music mark Big Tom’s funeralThousands pay last respects to country singer -– and say goodbye to a forgotten eraFri Apr 20 2018 - 07:24
Seconds Away – An Irishman’s Diary about the once-legal remedy of ‘trial by combat’Fri Apr 20 2018 - 00:01
Great leaps forward – An Irishman’s Diary about our supposed national talent for long-jumpingThu Apr 12 2018 - 00:01
Pass Process – An Irishman’s Diary about the Belfast Agreement and shibbolethsWed Apr 11 2018 - 00:01
How New Ireland Assurance has its origins in the revolution of 1916An Irishman’s Diary about one of Dublin’s most distinctive (but now threatened) buildingsSat Mar 31 2018 - 01:00
Mistranslation once again – An Irishman’s Diary about James Joyce and the Maamtrasna MurdersJames Joyce portrayed Myles Joyce as the personification of a nation that could not explain itself to the worldFri Mar 30 2018 - 11:09
The rise and fall of the canine war on carsAn Irishman’s Diary: ‘I like to think there may be the odd old mutt holding out somewhere, like the Japanese soldier in the jungle’Thu Mar 29 2018 - 01:10
Looking down the barrel: An Irishman’s Diary about Claude DebussyWhile the performers head for the wings with no intention of staying there, I think: ‘Here we go. Offenbach again’Wed Mar 28 2018 - 01:00
Clocks go forward by an hour tonight, ushering in the long evenings of summerFor an experimental period between 1968 and 1971, daylight saving was extended to the whole yearSat Mar 24 2018 - 15:50
Stairway to Carolan – An Irishman’s Diary on the part a blind 18th-century harper played in the ultimate rock anthemSat Mar 24 2018 - 00:01
London Palling – An Irishman’s Diary on my lifelong struggle to love Britain’s capital cityFri Mar 23 2018 - 00:01
Earthy Words and Astral Weeks – An Irishman’s Diary about Van Morrison, Gaelic swear words, and St Patrick’s little-known sisterThu Mar 22 2018 - 00:01
Once More, With Ealing – An Irishman’s Diary about a Patrick’s weekend in LondonWed Mar 21 2018 - 00:01
Supporters jubilant after Slamming chariot off the railsThousands who travelled for Six Nations decider witness true ‘I was there’ occasionSat Mar 17 2018 - 20:16
Scummy but proud Ireland fans hoping for St Patrick’s Day victory paradeFrank McNally: Grand slam would make view from Six Nations summit all the sweeterSat Mar 17 2018 - 01:00
Just not cricket – An Irishman’s Diary about why Thomas MacDonagh left Kilkenny in a hurryFri Mar 16 2018 - 00:01
Indian file – An Irishman’s Diary about the Taoiseach, the Choctaws, and my lunch with a Wonderbra modelWed Mar 14 2018 - 00:01
Fighting Talk – An Irishman’s Diary about the languages of Ireland, Scotland, and Mickey SpillaneThe visitors can expect a céad míle fáilte today but next year in Edinburgh, it’ll be a ceud mìle fàilte in returnSat Mar 10 2018 - 06:01
Boldly going where no nun had gone before? An Irishman’s Diary about Renaissance astronomy and the strange tale of Benedetta CarliniThu Mar 08 2018 - 00:01
Frosty Welcome – An Irishman’s Diary about the contrasting experiences of visitors to Hibernia, the Land of WinterSat Mar 03 2018 - 00:01
Do you want ice with that? An Irishman’s Diary about wintry literature and drinkFri Mar 02 2018 - 00:01
Under-covered agents – An Irishman’s Diary about the decline of the male overcoatThu Mar 01 2018 - 00:01
Gold in Them There Placenames – An Irishman’s Diary about Tullybuck, Toponymy, and the Schools Folklore CollectionWed Feb 28 2018 - 00:01
Hors-série sorcery – An Irishman’s Diary about Myles na gCopaleen, Julian Barnes, and limited-edition booksSat Feb 24 2018 - 00:01
Pitch Battles – An Irishman’s Diary about an ancient tune given new life, via a marriage between uilleann pipes and orchestraFri Feb 23 2018 - 00:01
Soft Day in South Galway – An Irishman’s Diary about cross-country running and mudThu Feb 15 2018 - 00:01
Relics of romance – An Irishman’s Diary about convict love tokens and St Valentine’s Dublin exileWed Feb 14 2018 - 00:01
Verbing on the ridiculous – An Irishman’s Diary about bad English, overprotective parents, and the Winter OlympicsSat Feb 10 2018 - 00:01
Presents from the Past – An Irishman’s Diary about mutant verbs and moving statuesFri Feb 09 2018 - 00:01
Lost in translation – An Irishman’s Diary on the hidden depths of Hiberno-EnglishThu Feb 08 2018 - 00:01
Portland stoned – An Irishman’s Diary about the Dubliner who broke one of the world’s most famous vasesWed Feb 07 2018 - 00:01
Joint custody – An Irishman’s Diary about cannabis, civil engineering, and two famous O’Shaughnessys from LimerickSat Feb 03 2018 - 00:01
Old flames – An Irishman’s Diary about Groundhog Day, Candlemas, and James JoyceFri Feb 02 2018 - 00:01
