Frank McNally

Frank McNally

Frank McNally is an Irish Times journalist and chief writer of An Irish Diary.

The controversial origins of a Dún Laoghaire hospital, 150 years old this week

Parish priest Canon McCabe was the driving force behind the creation of St Michael’s Hospital, which officially opened in Kingstown on June 12th, 1876

Deadly Buzz – Frank McNally on a belated ‘inquest’ for James Joyce’s Paddy Dignam

We know Dignam died of a Monday. But Monday is not an official cause of death, even in Ireland

Slippery people: David Byrne soaked up Dublin atmosphere while the rest of us absorbed the flood

Snow was not general in Ireland at the weekend, but unseasonably treacherous weather was

Soul sanctuary: Frank McNally on ‘staggeringly beautiful’ library of St Gall

There are several hundred medieval Irish volumes, including a dictionary that has definitions with a surprising contemporary resonance

Remembering Tomi Reichental: a gentle man who never gave in to bitterness

Holocaust survivor was resident of Dublin for more than 60 years

Aldous and Joyce too: Frank McNally on a literary pilgrimage to Zurich

The odd circumstances that brought our visit about were in part the influence of another Irish novelist – Flann O’Brien

A piece of Switzerland that is forever Irish

Irish monk St Gall settled down in a hermitage at what is now St Gallen

Surprise(d) guest: Frank McNally on the mysteries of Irish-English and the story behind the world’s greatest collection of Joyceana

Invited to join a conversation on Irish-English, I found my biggest challenge was to shut up

The lilting Cork accent in my local Lidl reveals a truth about automated voices

Plus, filling in the blanks and the real meaning of life

Devil in the detail: Frank McNally on the diabolical reputation of St Dunstan

The 10th century holy man’s demonic pact is blamed for the occasional frost around his feast day

Here are 20 things I have learned in 20 years of writing An Irish Diary

Deadline fears, the law of typos and becoming a master diarist are just some

Ballinode to Joy: Frank McNally on quiet roads, noisy weather and the perils of Monaghan football

A fellow county man has taken on the challenge of getting people out on their bikes in Monaghan - although not, alas, on Inniskeen Road

All Well and Good – Frank McNally on the holy (and unholy) waters of Kilmainham

Nearby and unseen, the holy well gurgles on

Suspended sentence – Frank McNally on English revisionism and 1916 executions

If any Methuen editors are reading, there are two problems with your footnote

Strained relations – Frank McNally on the usefulness of Irish for keeping track of your cousins

Did the Irish system of accounting for family arise from Brehon Law?

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