Frank McNally: Fields of Athenry chime with MarseillaiseNot even heavy security has been able to spoil air of fraternity enveloping French capitalMon Jun 13 2016 - 01:00
Italia 90: All has changed since the day the nation held its breathThe people have transformed as much as the country – which was more untamed thenSun Jun 12 2016 - 23:00
Heathen Eden – An Irishman’s Diary about living next door to the Forbidden Fruit festivalThu Jun 09 2016 - 01:01
Nobel endeavour – An Irishman’s Diary about how WB Yeats won literature’s greatest prizeWed Jun 08 2016 - 01:01
A city making strange – An Irishman’s Diary on the quirks (and quarks) of DublinSat Jun 04 2016 - 01:01
Euro 2016: Frank McNally's A to Z guideAlbania to Zlatan, to a now slightly arthritic Joxer, here's everything you need to knowFri Jun 03 2016 - 10:00
An Irishman’s Diary about Tom Clarke, James Joyce, and the ‘Tit-Bits’ magazine insurance schemeFri Jun 03 2016 - 01:01
Not a pretty pass – An Irishman’s Diary about the horrors of getting a new passport pictureThu Jun 02 2016 - 01:01
Broadway to Heaven – An Irishman’s Diary about the Little Church Around the CornerSat May 28 2016 - 01:01
All chieftains great and small – An Irishman’s Diary about Hugh O’Neill (and some of his followers)Fri May 27 2016 - 01:01
Baggage carousel – An Irishman’s Diary about what happens when you lose all your valuables in StrasbourgThu May 26 2016 - 01:01
The art of potatoes – An Irishman’s Diary about Patrick Kavanagh, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, and an exhibition at ImmaWed May 25 2016 - 01:01
Alsace but no sauce – An Irishman’s Diary about the Asparagus Festival of HoerdtSat May 21 2016 - 01:01
Pilgrim Progress – An Irishman’s Diary about Le Corbusier’s chapel at RonchampFri May 20 2016 - 01:01
A moveable feast – An Irishman’s Diary about the European Parliament in StrasbourgThu May 19 2016 - 01:01
Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge reaches its 200th birthdayLandmark has survived despite criticism by WB Yeats and the scourge of ‘love locks’Thu May 19 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary: Alison Hackett and Leonardo da VinciRenaissance man meets Renaissance womanSat May 07 2016 - 01:00
April mayhem – An Irishman’s Diary about Walpurgisnacht, Bealtaine, and the Battle of the SommeSat Apr 30 2016 - 01:00
How I became a city slicker – An Irishman’s Diary on the conveniences of life in DublinFri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
Punchestown: Mr Softee’s 99s move slowly on a woeful dayFrank McNally: Results in keeping with the fickle weather as favourites lose outThu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Bard news – An Irishman’s Diary about Shakespeare, the anti-Stratford movement, and woollen bagpipesWed Apr 27 2016 - 01:00
The Wind that Shook South Georgia – An Irishman’s Diary about the 1916 Rising and the Voyage of the ‘James Caird’Sat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Brass Eternal – An Irishman’s Diary about Ireland’s oldest band – the St James’s Brass and ReedFri Apr 22 2016 - 01:00
Lands of the Rising Sun – An Irishman’s Diary about Cork, Japan, and running before breakfastThu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
Letters after her name – An Irishman’s Diary about the strange fame of Helene HanffFri Apr 15 2016 - 01:00
Rooms for a rent – An Irishman’s Diary on the restored venue of the 1921 Treaty debatesWed Apr 13 2016 - 01:00
A shot to nothing – An Irishman’s Diary on the Dublin woman who tried to assassinate MussoliniSat Apr 09 2016 - 01:00
Leipzig on the Lee – An Irishman’s Diary about a postwar dystopia, set in CorkFri Apr 08 2016 - 01:00
Haitchers gonna haitch – An Irishman’s Diary on Hiberno-English and the Queen’s EnglishThu Apr 07 2016 - 01:00
Brothers disarmed – An Irishman’s Diary on the memories unleashed by ‘Sing Street’Sat Apr 02 2016 - 01:00
Not so sober remembrance for Brian O’Nolan 50 years onFans gather in Palace Bar to pay tribute to the man himself, MylesFri Apr 01 2016 - 20:22
Footfalls and phonecalls – An Irishman’s Diary about a night at the National Concert HallFri Apr 01 2016 - 01:00
Two-act drama – An Irishman’s Diary about the life and death of Alexander ‘Baby’ GrayWed Mar 30 2016 - 01:00
Fairyhouse Grand National meeting re-enacts 1916 raceFrank McNally: Rogue Angel given top notch ride to deliver victory for Gigginstown StudTue Mar 29 2016 - 01:00
1916 for outsiders: Everything you have ever wanted to knowIs this like your Fourth of July, or Bastille Day? Did the rebels really think they could win?Fri Mar 25 2016 - 15:10
On the steps of the GPO and other myths – An Irishman’s Diary about psychic geographyFri Mar 25 2016 - 01:00
Irishman’s Diary about swearing: Impatience of a saintWe are not short of religious swearwords in this country but I was excited to learn another one: ‘mudebroth’Sun Mar 20 2016 - 09:33
