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A moveable feast  – An Irishman’s Diary about the European Parliament in Strasbourg

A moveable feast – An Irishman’s Diary about the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Thu May 19 2016 - 01:01
Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge reaches its 200th birthday

Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge reaches its 200th birthday

Landmark 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 Vinci

An Irishman’s Diary: Alison Hackett and Leonardo da Vinci

Renaissance man meets Renaissance woman

Sat May 07 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary: James Joyce and Dublin by Lamplight

An Irishman’s Diary: James Joyce and Dublin by Lamplight

Fri May 06 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary:  About Tom Clarke and Dublin’s revolutionary waterways

An Irishman’s Diary: About Tom Clarke and Dublin’s revolutionary waterways

Thu May 05 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary: On the kiss of life and the Thomas Moore statue

An Irishman’s Diary: On the kiss of life and the Thomas Moore statue

Wed May 04 2016 - 01:00
April mayhem –  An Irishman’s Diary about Walpurgisnacht, Bealtaine, and the Battle of the Somme

April mayhem – An Irishman’s Diary about Walpurgisnacht, Bealtaine, and the Battle of the Somme

Sat Apr 30 2016 - 01:00
How I became a city slicker – An Irishman’s Diary on the conveniences of life in Dublin

How I became a city slicker – An Irishman’s Diary on the conveniences of life in Dublin

Fri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
Spanning the aesthetic divide – An Irishman’s Diary about Dublin’s bridges

Spanning the aesthetic divide – An Irishman’s Diary about Dublin’s bridges

Thu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Punchestown: Mr Softee’s 99s move slowly on a woeful day

Punchestown: Mr Softee’s 99s move slowly on a woeful day

Frank McNally: Results in keeping with the fickle weather as favourites lose out

Thu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Bard news  – An Irishman’s Diary about Shakespeare, the anti-Stratford movement, and woollen bagpipes

Bard news – An Irishman’s Diary about Shakespeare, the anti-Stratford movement, and woollen bagpipes

Wed 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’

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 Reed

Brass Eternal – An Irishman’s Diary about Ireland’s oldest band – the St James’s Brass and Reed

Fri Apr 22 2016 - 01:00

Lands of the Rising Sun – An Irishman’s Diary about Cork, Japan, and running before breakfast

Thu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
Offaly diabolical  – An Irishman’s Diary about Flann O’Brien’s vision of hell

Offaly diabolical – An Irishman’s Diary about Flann O’Brien’s vision of hell

Wed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
Cats in a flap  – An Irishman’s Diary about incompatible pets

Cats in a flap – An Irishman’s Diary about incompatible pets

Sat Apr 16 2016 - 01:00
Letters after her name  – An Irishman’s Diary about the strange fame of Helene Hanff

Letters after her name – An Irishman’s Diary about the strange fame of Helene Hanff

Fri Apr 15 2016 - 01:00
Spoils of war – An Irishman’s Diary about the German placards of Hulluch

Spoils of war – An Irishman’s Diary about the German placards of Hulluch

Thu Apr 14 2016 - 01:00
Rooms for a rent – An Irishman’s Diary on the restored venue of the 1921 Treaty debates

Rooms for a rent – An Irishman’s Diary on the restored venue of the 1921 Treaty debates

Wed Apr 13 2016 - 01:00
A shot to nothing  – An Irishman’s Diary on the Dublin woman who tried to assassinate Mussolini

A shot to nothing – An Irishman’s Diary on the Dublin woman who tried to assassinate Mussolini

Sat Apr 09 2016 - 01:00
Leipzig on the Lee  – An Irishman’s Diary about a postwar dystopia, set in Cork

Leipzig on the Lee – An Irishman’s Diary about a postwar dystopia, set in Cork

Fri Apr 08 2016 - 01:00
Haitchers gonna haitch – An Irishman’s Diary on Hiberno-English and the Queen’s English

Haitchers gonna haitch – An Irishman’s Diary on Hiberno-English and the Queen’s English

Thu Apr 07 2016 - 01:00
Brothers disarmed  – An Irishman’s Diary on the memories unleashed by ‘Sing Street’

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 on

Not so sober remembrance for Brian O’Nolan 50 years on

Fans gather in Palace Bar to pay tribute to the man himself, Myles

Fri Apr 01 2016 - 20:22
Footfalls and phonecalls –  An Irishman’s Diary about a night at the National Concert Hall

Footfalls and phonecalls – An Irishman’s Diary about a night at the National Concert Hall

Fri Apr 01 2016 - 01:00
Easter chastising  – An Irishman’s Diary on the national talent for insult

Easter chastising – An Irishman’s Diary on the national talent for insult

Thu Mar 31 2016 - 01:00
Two-act drama – An Irishman’s Diary about the life and death of Alexander ‘Baby’ Gray

Two-act drama – An Irishman’s Diary about the life and death of Alexander ‘Baby’ Gray

Wed Mar 30 2016 - 01:00
Fairyhouse Grand National meeting re-enacts 1916 race

Fairyhouse Grand National meeting re-enacts 1916 race

Frank McNally: Rogue Angel given top notch ride to deliver victory for Gigginstown Stud

Tue Mar 29 2016 - 01:00
Down at heel – An Irishman’s Diary about Charlotte Brontë

Down at heel – An Irishman’s Diary about Charlotte Brontë

Sat Mar 26 2016 - 01:00
1916 for outsiders: Everything you have ever wanted to know

1916 for outsiders: Everything you have ever wanted to know

Is 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 geography

On the steps of the GPO and other myths – An Irishman’s Diary about psychic geography

Fri Mar 25 2016 - 01:00
Rising, with difficulty – An Irishman’s Diary about Arthur Power and 1916

Rising, with difficulty – An Irishman’s Diary about Arthur Power and 1916

Thu Mar 24 2016 - 01:00
Irishman’s Diary about swearing: Impatience of a saint

Irishman’s Diary about swearing: Impatience of a saint

We are not short of religious swearwords in this country but I was excited to learn another one: ‘mudebroth’

Sun Mar 20 2016 - 09:33
An Irishman’s Diary: Butte, Montana the most Irish town in America

An Irishman’s Diary: Butte, Montana the most Irish town in America

Fri Mar 18 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary: Forty shades of self-promotion

An Irishman’s Diary: Forty shades of self-promotion

Thu Mar 17 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary

An Irishman’s Diary

Rudyard Kipling’s ‘entertaining, if racist’ short story about a red-haired Irishman

Wed Mar 16 2016 - 01:00
Blessed Among Women  – An Irishman’s Diary about ‘Gentleman Jim’ McNamara

Blessed Among Women – An Irishman’s Diary about ‘Gentleman Jim’ McNamara

Sat Mar 12 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary about the grave of Willie Redmond

An Irishman’s Diary about the grave of Willie Redmond

Fri Mar 11 2016 - 01:00
Accentuating the positive – An Irishman’s Diary about how Ireland put the ‘Grate’ in Great Britain

Accentuating the positive – An Irishman’s Diary about how Ireland put the ‘Grate’ in Great Britain

'Greet Britain' could have been the standard pronunciation if not for the influence of speakers from this side of the water

Thu Mar 10 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary – A Further (but not Farther) Reading from the Stylebook of Leviticus

An Irishman’s Diary – A Further (but not Farther) Reading from the Stylebook of Leviticus

Wed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
Romie O’ and Juliet – An Irishman’s Diary on why the accents of Shakespeare may sound strangely familiar

Romie O’ and Juliet – An Irishman’s Diary on why the accents of Shakespeare may sound strangely familiar

Sat Mar 05 2016 - 01:00
Famous ‘Dames’ of Ypres – An Irishman’s Diary about the mark left by Irish women on a war-ravaged Belgian city

Famous ‘Dames’ of Ypres – An Irishman’s Diary about the mark left by Irish women on a war-ravaged Belgian city

Fri Mar 04 2016 - 01:00
Slouching Towards Bethlehem Farm  – An Irishman’s Diary about Adolf Hitler and the Ireland Peace Park

Slouching Towards Bethlehem Farm – An Irishman’s Diary about Adolf Hitler and the Ireland Peace Park

Thu Mar 03 2016 - 01:00
Grim reaping – An Irishman’s Diary about the ‘Iron Harvest’ of France and Belgium

Grim reaping – An Irishman’s Diary about the ‘Iron Harvest’ of France and Belgium

Wed Mar 02 2016 - 01:01

Violet uprising – An Irishman’s Diary about Napoleon’s favourite flower and its cameo in ‘The Plough and the Stars’

Fri Feb 26 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary on Verdun, one of the bloodiest battles in human history

An Irishman’s Diary on Verdun, one of the bloodiest battles in human history

Thu Feb 25 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary – A history of Ireland in 100 whinges and whingers

An Irishman’s Diary – A history of Ireland in 100 whinges and whingers

Wed Feb 24 2016 - 01:01
Driven to rebellion – An Irishman’s Diary about a 1916 bus tour

Driven to rebellion – An Irishman’s Diary about a 1916 bus tour

Sat Feb 20 2016 - 01:00

Dropping a bombshell – An Irishman’s Diary about a dramatic addition to the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

Fri Feb 19 2016 - 01:00
House of a fallen son – An Irishman’s Diary about the Musée Nissim de Camondo

House of a fallen son – An Irishman’s Diary about the Musée Nissim de Camondo

Thu Feb 18 2016 - 01:00
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