Alsace but no sauce – An Irishman’s Diary about the Asparagus Festival of HoerdtSat May 21 2016 - 01:01
Pilgrim Progress – An Irishman’s Diary about Le Corbusier’s chapel at RonchampFri May 20 2016 - 01:01
A moveable feast – An Irishman’s Diary about the European Parliament in StrasbourgThu May 19 2016 - 01:01
Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge reaches its 200th birthdayLandmark 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 VinciRenaissance man meets Renaissance womanSat May 07 2016 - 01:00
April mayhem – An Irishman’s Diary about Walpurgisnacht, Bealtaine, and the Battle of the SommeSat Apr 30 2016 - 01:00
How I became a city slicker – An Irishman’s Diary on the conveniences of life in DublinFri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
Punchestown: Mr Softee’s 99s move slowly on a woeful dayFrank McNally: Results in keeping with the fickle weather as favourites lose outThu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Bard news – An Irishman’s Diary about Shakespeare, the anti-Stratford movement, and woollen bagpipesWed 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’Sat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Brass Eternal – An Irishman’s Diary about Ireland’s oldest band – the St James’s Brass and ReedFri Apr 22 2016 - 01:00
Lands of the Rising Sun – An Irishman’s Diary about Cork, Japan, and running before breakfastThu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
Letters after her name – An Irishman’s Diary about the strange fame of Helene HanffFri Apr 15 2016 - 01:00
Rooms for a rent – An Irishman’s Diary on the restored venue of the 1921 Treaty debatesWed Apr 13 2016 - 01:00
A shot to nothing – An Irishman’s Diary on the Dublin woman who tried to assassinate MussoliniSat Apr 09 2016 - 01:00
Leipzig on the Lee – An Irishman’s Diary about a postwar dystopia, set in CorkFri Apr 08 2016 - 01:00
Haitchers gonna haitch – An Irishman’s Diary on Hiberno-English and the Queen’s EnglishThu Apr 07 2016 - 01:00
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 onFans gather in Palace Bar to pay tribute to the man himself, MylesFri Apr 01 2016 - 20:22
Footfalls and phonecalls – An Irishman’s Diary about a night at the National Concert HallFri Apr 01 2016 - 01:00
Two-act drama – An Irishman’s Diary about the life and death of Alexander ‘Baby’ GrayWed Mar 30 2016 - 01:00
Fairyhouse Grand National meeting re-enacts 1916 raceFrank McNally: Rogue Angel given top notch ride to deliver victory for Gigginstown StudTue Mar 29 2016 - 01:00
1916 for outsiders: Everything you have ever wanted to knowIs 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 geographyFri Mar 25 2016 - 01:00
Irishman’s Diary about swearing: Impatience of a saintWe 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 DiaryRudyard Kipling’s ‘entertaining, if racist’ short story about a red-haired IrishmanWed Mar 16 2016 - 01:00
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 waterThu Mar 10 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary – A Further (but not Farther) Reading from the Stylebook of LeviticusWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
Romie O’ and Juliet – An Irishman’s Diary on why the accents of Shakespeare may sound strangely familiarSat 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 cityFri Mar 04 2016 - 01:00
Slouching Towards Bethlehem Farm – An Irishman’s Diary about Adolf Hitler and the Ireland Peace ParkThu Mar 03 2016 - 01:00
Grim reaping – An Irishman’s Diary about the ‘Iron Harvest’ of France and BelgiumWed 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
