Ireland outclassed by great Danes as World Cup dream endsNorsemen cast cold eye on best efforts of O’Neill’s men, then pass by, en route to RussiaWed Nov 15 2017 - 00:12
Clashes of Culture – An Irishman’s Diary on Dostoevsky in Kavanagh Country and Casement meeting ConradThu Nov 09 2017 - 00:01
November distemper – An Irishman’s Diary about the premature outbreak of ChristmasMany famous verifiers breathed their last in the eleventh month, including Kavanagh and Wilde and MiltonSat Nov 04 2017 - 01:02
The man in the gap or the gap in the man? – An Irishman’s Diary about men, women, and crimeFri Nov 03 2017 - 05:00
LongMyles Road – An Irishman’s Diary about Conor McGregor, Flann O’Brien, and the Tallaght Gaeltacht‘Suddenly, I was in Leopold Bloom’s kitchen, circa 1904, trying to fry kidneys (which burned, with the result that I smelled smoke)’Thu Nov 02 2017 - 01:04
Boston for Beginners – An Irishman’s Diary about Kurt Vonnegut, the Charles Regatta, and JFKSat Oct 28 2017 - 00:01
Turkey burghers – An Irishman’s Diary about the reviving fortunes of America’s true native birdFri Oct 27 2017 - 00:01
Ten Days that Puzzled the Reader – An Irishman’s Diary about John Reed’s classic account of the Russian RevolutionSat Oct 21 2017 - 00:01
Black North – An Irishman’s Diary on Patrick Kavanagh and the darker side of farmingFri Oct 20 2017 - 00:01
Code-cracker supreme – An Irishman’s Diary about the Limerick-born librarian whose cryptoanalysis helped defeat the NazisThu Oct 19 2017 - 00:01
An Irishman's Diary on the 50 Irish words for windTranslated from the original Gaelic (and other sources)Wed Oct 18 2017 - 00:01
Famous last haircut – An Irishman’s Diary about the Pearse Brothers’ favourite barbershopFri Oct 13 2017 - 00:01
Going down in history – An Irishman’s Diary on the contrasting fates of two notable ships, the ‘WM Barkley’ and the ‘Hougoumont’Thu Oct 12 2017 - 00:01
Monument to Murder – An Irishman’s Diary about Dublin’s forgotten Abbey of St Thomas the MartyrWed Oct 11 2017 - 00:01
Shear hell: Welsh fans in Dublin feeling sheepish after defeatThey had gathered in the Woolshed pub, but the cheers turned to bleats of disappointmentMon Oct 09 2017 - 22:44
Liam Cosgrave: My Part in His Downfall – An Irishman’s Diary about the 1977 general electionSat Oct 07 2017 - 00:01
Ireland win IMF derby but wait for real Bale-outMoldovan TV crew’s prediction was right: three handy points for the hostsFri Oct 06 2017 - 22:40
Silent screen queen – An Irishman’s Diary about the forgotten career of May McAvoyFri Oct 06 2017 - 00:01
The Aussie war hero from Roscrea – An Irishman’s Diary about Fr Michael Bergin SJThu Oct 05 2017 - 00:01
Lines of succession – An Irishman’s Diary about Patrick Kavanagh’s spiritual heirsWed Oct 04 2017 - 00:01
Stony Grey Area – An Irishman’s Diary about the Border’s most eccentric sectionSat Sept 30 2017 - 00:01
The Writing on the Wall – An Irishman’s Diary about a mysterious message on a Dublin churchWed Sept 27 2017 - 00:01
Death and syntaxes – An Irishman’s Diary about grammarA man who will misuse an apostrophe is capable of anything, as Con Houlihan knewFri Sept 22 2017 - 00:01
Mayo exiles seek divine intervention, and now they have been given a signPupils in Marino’s Scoil Mhuire and a landmark building hold their own against the blue tideSat Sept 16 2017 - 01:30
A Game of Two Calves – An Irishman’s Diary about Peter Kavanagh, St Columcille, and landmark cases in copyright lawFri Sept 15 2017 - 00:01
Still Life With Liffey – An Irishman’s Diary about art, literature, and internet celebrityThu Sept 14 2017 - 00:01
Metal-morphosis – An Irishman’s Diary about domes, dialects, and decorative perforationWed Sept 13 2017 - 00:01
If in doubt, pivot – An Irishman’s Diary about the business buzzword of the yearFri Sept 08 2017 - 00:01
Dome thoughts from abroad – An Irishman’s Diary about a little piece of Dublin 6 that may be forever RussiaThu Sept 07 2017 - 00:01
Fans of bitter Serbian club rivals present united front in DublinThe Serbian fans’ confidence ahead of the match against Ireland proves well-foundedTue Sept 05 2017 - 22:26
The dead man was not known to gardaí – An Irishman’s Diary on the 50th anniversary of Flann O’Brien’s ‘The Third Policeman’Fri Sept 01 2017 - 00:01
Ode to Henry Joy – An Irishman’s Diary about the 250th birthday of a revolutionaryThu Aug 31 2017 - 00:01
A chancer in the chancery? – An Irishman’s Diary about the diplomat and wine merchant Gerald O’Kelly de GallaghSat Aug 26 2017 - 00:01
Miscarriage of St Just – An Irishman’s Diary about camping (and the Revolution) in FranceFri Aug 25 2017 - 00:01
Waiting for Beckett – An Irishman’s Diary about Samuel Beckett’s lost journalism careerSat Aug 19 2017 - 00:01
Synge Out Sister – An Irishman’s Diary about Cathleen Synge Morawetz and her illustrious ancestorsWed Aug 16 2017 - 00:01
