Six Nations: springtime in Paris but game fails to bloomThe love in the air came from a cross-dresser who, like the players, had little luck scoringMon Feb 15 2016 - 01:00
Six Nations: Fans in good spirits despite clouds over ParisWeather and security fail to dampen supporters’ mood ahead of tie with FranceSat Feb 13 2016 - 01:00
Frank McNally: Nail-biting finish as Ireland hold on for drawIreland’s quest for unprecedented third successive Six Nations title begins with result almost as rareMon Feb 08 2016 - 01:00
Viticulture vulture – An Irishman’s Diary about Bordeaux, football, and classical music in pubsSat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00
The catechism of election cliché – An Irishman’s Diary with apologies to Myles na gCopaleenThu Feb 04 2016 - 01:00
Buster’s last stand – An Irishman’s Diary about one of the 20th century’s great comediansSat Jan 30 2016 - 01:00
Roman holiday – An Irishman’s Diary about Edward Gibbon’s literary and historical masterpieceThu Jan 28 2016 - 01:00
Hostess with the Mozart – An Irishman’s Diary about Ite O’Donovan’s big birthdayWed Jan 27 2016 - 01:00
What the English did for us – An Irishman’s Diary on our love of county boundariesFri Jan 22 2016 - 01:00
Wild deeds, rough justice – An Irishman’s Diary about the Wildgoose Lodge massacre and its aftermathThu Jan 21 2016 - 01:00
Right hand, wrong foot – An Irishman’s Diary about political and religious symbolismDuring a visit to Belfast recently, I was struck by the contrasting neutrality of the hand.Sat Jan 16 2016 - 01:00
Contested Will – An Irishman’s Diary about the Shakespeare authorship questionConspiracy theoryFri Jan 15 2016 - 01:00
Race memory – An Irishman’s Diary about the ‘Running Footmen’When Irish footmen were all the rage in English aristocratic circlesThu Jan 14 2016 - 01:00
Christy O’Connor Jnr’s funeral: ‘Rest in peace my friend’Amid sadness at early death, emphasis of service on celebrating great sportsman’s lifeTue Jan 12 2016 - 19:36
An Irishman’s Diary about two escapees from Crumlin Road GaolA break from the normSat Jan 09 2016 - 01:00
Food for thought – An Irishman’s Diary about James Joyce, ‘The Dead’, and Ada RehanDinner timeFri Jan 08 2016 - 01:00
Enhancing at the Crossroads – An Irishman’s Diary about Kilmainham Gaol‘You’re looking for the gaol, aren’t you?’Thu Jan 07 2016 - 01:00
Cowboy in India – An Irishman’s Diary about Gregory David Roberts’s ‘Shantaram’A perfect book for binge-readingWed Jan 06 2016 - 01:00
2016 predictions: Storms Gertrude, Henry, and Imogen are only certaintiesFrank McNally forecasts all kinds of ‘seismic’ events – political, sporting and even geographicalSat Jan 02 2016 - 01:00
Rising debt – An Irishman’s Diary about the Mendicity InstitutionOne of Ireland’s oldest charities and 1916Thu Dec 24 2015 - 01:00
The war of two Christmases – An Irishman’s Diary about the Battle of KinsaleDon Juan del Águila and Lord MountjoyWed Dec 23 2015 - 01:00
Terrible twins – An Irishman’s Diary about the parallel lives of Edith Piaf and Frank SinatraSignature songsSat Dec 19 2015 - 01:00
Neighbours in arms – An Irishman’s Diary about two veterans of the Indian WarsThomas Sullivan and Thomas J CallanFri Dec 18 2015 - 01:00
Indian winter – the Down man in the Battle of Wounded KneeAn Irishman's Diary: Hugh McGinnis was the last surviving soldier from the massacre in 1890Sun Dec 13 2015 - 08:31
An Irishman’s Diary about the pitfalls of state honours systemsIffy honorificsFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
The famous mathematician Ada Lovelace and the horse named after herIrishman’s Diary: Wild imagination set her apart from other geniuses of the era, including Charles BabbageThu Dec 10 2015 - 11:27
Running like the wind – An Irishman’s Diary about a wild weekendAn impressive spectacle in full flightWed Dec 09 2015 - 01:01
An Irishman’s Diary about John Hume and the art of persuasionDriving the point homeSat Dec 05 2015 - 01:01
An Irishman’s Diary – From the tontine to the guillotineMarie Antoinette and Irish financeFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:01
An Irishman’s Diary about Hiberno-Yiddish and other dialectsThe shebeen-shebang shemozzleThu Dec 03 2015 - 01:01
Dante’s ‘Inferno’ runs circles round hellish weatherOn a stormy winter day, President Michael D Higgins led us into the haven of poetrySun Nov 29 2015 - 22:00
An Irishman’s Diary: On grammar and The Stylebook of LeviticusUse ye not the word 'fulsome' when ye mean 'full', for that is uncleanSat Nov 28 2015 - 10:51
An Irishman’s Diary: A Beaufort scale for GAA incidentsA new way of measuring on-pitch incidentsWed Nov 25 2015 - 00:30
Cat melodeon – An Irishman’s Diary about four-legged piano playersPete Briquette plays alongFri Nov 20 2015 - 01:01
Another nail in the coughin’ – An Irishman’s Diary about Keith JarrettCommunity chestThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:01
Miracle men – An Irishman’s Diary about Saint Columbanus, Martin O’Neill, and FranceOf hope and hopsWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:01
Elation once again: Resilient Ireland take final stepGreen army plays 12th-man stormer as Irish secure prized European Championships spotTue Nov 17 2015 - 08:23
An Irishman’s Diary about a Dublin sculpture and holidays in FranceA right Balzac (on the road to Carnac)Sat Nov 14 2015 - 01:01
An Irishman’s Diary about Niall Montgomery, Dubliner and renaissance manJackeen of all tradesFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:01
