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
An Irishman’s Diary about searching for Kildare’s strangest tourist attractionThe Wonderful (but hard to find) BarnThu Nov 12 2015 - 01:01
An Irishman’s Diary about music with special powers, natural and otherwiseVoices from another worldWed Nov 11 2015 - 01:00
Talking to the Copts – An Irishman’s Diary about a Dublin soup run with a guest from EgyptLessons in faithSat Nov 07 2015 - 01:01
Through a glass, colourfully – An Irishman’s Diary about Wilhelmina GeddesBringing an Irish artist back into the lightFri Nov 06 2015 - 01:01
Queen of Victoria – An Irishman’s Diary about Michelle Payne and the Melbourne CupA great sporting momentThu Nov 05 2015 - 01:01
An Irishman’s Diary about Sonny Bill Williams, the kid with the medal, and Roald DahlA proper CharlieWed Nov 04 2015 - 01:01
Dublin marathon delivers bundles of bank holiday joyHolles Street horrors all worthwhile for participants as race enters new chapterTue Oct 27 2015 - 07:16
Rebel without a pause – An Irishman’s Diary about John DevoyA professional revolutionaryFri Oct 23 2015 - 01:01
Statue of limitations – An Irishman’s Diary about Dublin monuments, famous and otherwiseHome MaloneThu Oct 22 2015 - 01:01
Chippy Lane is in my ears, and in my eyes – An Irishman’s Diary about CardiffThe truth behind a popular local catchphraseWed Oct 21 2015 - 01:01
Ireland’s hopes for Rugby World Cup glory go southArgentina always had an extra gear and pulled away for a 23-point victorySun Oct 18 2015 - 22:13
Ireland are hopeful it will not be last tango in CardiffJoe Schmidt’s team will attempt to reach Rugby World Cup semi-final this SundaySat Oct 17 2015 - 01:00
Quantum of solus – An Irishman’s Diary about Erwin Schrodinger, Eamon de Valera, and the Dublin Institute for Advanced StudiesMaiden cityFri Oct 16 2015 - 01:01
Old world gloom – An Irishman’s Diary about Samuel Johnson and a famous London pubYe Olde Cheshire CheeseThu Oct 15 2015 - 01:01
Tullow Tank epitomises mighty spirit that humbled FranceHeroic team paid dearly in blood, sweat and tears for an epic victoryMon Oct 12 2015 - 01:00
Patriot games – An Irishman’s Diary about a history of Irish sportFrom hurling to chess to naked horse ridingSat Oct 10 2015 - 01:01
Will Ireland meet their Waterloo in Cardiff and Warsaw?Last time we faced simultaneous French-Polish attack was in 1815 – and we wonSat Oct 10 2015 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary about tree sculptures, BMX parks, and Bull IslandNo mutiny, only bountyFri Oct 09 2015 - 01:01
Frank McNally: Ireland win famous victory over GermanyLong’s goal sets off the most raucous celebrations in Lansdowne since McAteer in 2001Thu Oct 08 2015 - 23:53
