Frank McNally: An Irishman’s Diary on the very longmile roadIreland’s expandable distance measurementsSat Dec 27 2014 - 01:01
Frank McNally’s Irish ChristmasIrish Christmas traditions include mispronouncing feast days, thinking the NYPD has a choir, and eating some of the most boring biscuits ever madeWed Dec 24 2014 - 01:00
Planting kisses, kissing plants – An Irishman’s Diary about the strange power of mistletoe‘Its role in kissing aside, the plant also has a rather sinister reputation, stretching back millennia’Sat Dec 20 2014 - 01:01
Tis the season to be envious – An Irishman’s Diary about Protestant Christmas‘A vast arsenal of hymns’Fri Dec 19 2014 - 01:01
An Irishman’s Diary – Patient lost in translationThe perils of Google TranslateWed Dec 17 2014 - 01:01
Shaking down Shakespeare – the accidental poetry of TwitterAn Irishman’s Diary about the internet’s hidden reserves of iambic pentameterSat Dec 13 2014 - 01:01
The life of O’BrianAn Irishman’s Diary on Patrick O’Brian, aka Richard Russ, who was born 100 years ago todayFri Dec 12 2014 - 01:01
Two-storey with a twistAn Irishman’s Diary about Billy Brennan’s Barn and other literary propertiesThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:01
Frank McNally Goes WildAn Irishman’s Diary about nature and wildlife managementFri Dec 05 2014 - 21:21
Frank McNally on gold-digging, rebellion, and working your way around AustraliaAn Irishman’s Diary about the Eureka StockadeWed Dec 03 2014 - 01:00
Frank McNally on Nokia and naming rightsAn Irishman’s Diary about the Aviva Stadium, and the ups and downs of brandingSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:00
The Four Horsemen – and taking offenceAn Irishman’s Diary: about Messrs Adams, Campbell, Delaney, and Barney DevlinThu Nov 27 2014 - 01:00
Pardon my French as ‘Love/Hate’ is translatedThis will mean trying to find an equivalent for “now get yis the f**k out of me car” in the language of international diplomacyThu Nov 20 2014 - 01:00
Waiting for the non-digital revolutionAn Irishman’s Diary about the prostate examinationWed Nov 19 2014 - 09:55
Dublin in the medium-to-rare oul’ timesAn Irishman’s Diary about the latest work from the Historic Towns Atlas projectSat Nov 15 2014 - 01:00
Frank McNally: The bare-faced truth about beardsOur Diarist details his pitiful struggle to emulate the hirsute magnificence of D'Arcy and KeaneFri Nov 14 2014 - 12:07
The campaign for death reliefAn Irishman’s Diary about big thinking at the Web SummitSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Walking the walkAn Irishman’s Diary on the gulf between management jargon and real lifeFri Nov 07 2014 - 01:00
Into the west, on enchanted horsepowerAn Irishman’s Diary about an odyssey by e-bikeWed Nov 05 2014 - 01:00
Drumcondra Road, September morningAn Irishman’s Diary about Patrick Kavanagh and Flann O’BrienFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:00
Humbled in the jungleAn Irishman’s Diary about the 40th anniversary of a famous fight between Muhammad Ali and George ForemanThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:00
Dublin Marathon: Blood, sweat and free waterFrank McNally on high winds and even higher spirits among runners in the cityTue Oct 28 2014 - 07:00
The last of a dining breedAn Irishman’s Diary about the meal formerly known as lunchSat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00
An Irishman's Diary: Well-remembered placesAn Irishman’s Diary about running with the hares, and hunting with the Heritage ServiceThu Oct 23 2014 - 01:00
In the park, on the PillAn Irishman’s Diary about one of Dublin’s lesser-known gardensSat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00
Lost in a sea of beerAn Irishman’s Diary about the ‘London Beer Flood’ of 1814Fri Oct 17 2014 - 01:06
The Irishman who destroyed the Houses of Parliament (and lived to tell the tale)An Irishman’s Diary about Patrick Furlong and the great fire of 1834Thu Oct 16 2014 - 01:00
Lies, damn lies, and crowd estimatesAn Irishman’s Diary about the water charge march (and other waves)Wed Oct 15 2014 - 01:00
Time to tell Dublin’s old motto: ‘You’re fired’An Irishman’s Diary on why the capital needs a new coat of arms tooThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:00
Jean-François Millet – an artist who moved the marketAn Irishman’s Diary about a great painterSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
Shelf-diagnosisAn Irishman’s Diary about the psychology (and psychiatry) of book collectingThu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00
A blast from the pastAn Irishman’s Diary about an Englishman’s view of Ireland, circa 1925Wed Oct 01 2014 - 01:00
An Irishman's Diary: a reading from the book of nemesisAn Irishman’s Diary about a 75-year-old polemicSun Sept 28 2014 - 10:50
The politics of artAn Irishman’s Diary on the history of a strained relationshipFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
An Irishman's Diary: Alphabet soupAn Irishman’s Diary on the politics of languageThu Sept 25 2014 - 10:08
‘Lower orders’ to be asked help abolish antiquated laws‘Largest repealing measure’ in State history will see laws dating back to 1600s abolishedTue Sept 23 2014 - 01:01
An Irishman's Diary: Tales of the tallymenAn Irishman’s Diary about the Mount Street ClubFri Sept 19 2014 - 10:10
