Much Ado About Nothing – Frank McNally on the Shakespearean subtext of a great Anglo-Irish battle that never happened
This month, 425 years ago, marks a pivotal non-event a few miles from Carrickmacross
Field Outing – Frank McNally on an impromptu trip to the National Ploughing Championships
It was a jaunt reminiscent of the inaugural Bloomsday, albeit with more speed and less alcohol
Beetlemania – Frank McNally on Edgar Allan Poe, Cavan stereotypes and the storytelling insects of Fishamble Street
An unlikely quest involving cryptograms, pirates and six-legged residents
Diarmaid Ferriter: Why are Irish people so preoccupied with what others might think?
The Revelation of Ireland 1995-2020 dissects Irish life over 25 years, with the benefit of hindsight and the opening up of archives
Dutch Courage – Frank McNally on Irish echoes in an infamous battle of the second World War
The advance on Nijmegen
Missing Link – Frank McNally on the new Fomorians, a race of people who always fear they’re missing out
When they are in exotic places, they are haunted by pictures of friends having more fun at home
Visions of Mangan in the 21st Century – Frank McNally on a new book about the “Baudelaire of the Liberties”
James Clarence Mangan was a rock star before his time
Tattoo-for-three Special – Frank McNally on becoming the father of an all-tattooed family
Congratulations, the WhatsApp message said: ‘ur kids are all officially tatted’
To boldly go – Frank McNally on Star Trek’s prediction of a united Ireland
A Data-driven approach to unity
Strangman, Strong Woman – Frank McNally on the life and times of a pioneering Waterford doctor
Mary Strangman was the first elected woman member of Waterford Corporation
Electromagnetic Picnic – Frank McNally on a weekend of music, madness, and MRIs
A festival of distraction
Forty Step Programme – Frank McNally on how to cross Dublin without passing a pub
The mystical attraction of the number 40
Altius, Citius, Hibernicus – Frank McNally on an ambitious Irish sequel to the 1924 Paris Olympics
The revival of the Tailteann Games was designed to emphasise Ireland’s ancient sporting lineage