Local history reviews: Spotlights on small-town life, from Doolin to ClogherDoolin: People, Place & Culture; The Clogher Story; Walking the Munster Blackwater; A Fly Never Lit; Thon Ulster Scots BookFri Apr 29 2016 - 14:08
Old school ties – An Irishman’s Diary on the 1916 Rising and St Malachy’s College in BelfastTue Mar 22 2016 - 01:01
An Irishman’s Diary on naming bridgesWhy naming a bridge can be trickier than building oneSat Jan 02 2016 - 01:01
What goes in to writing a biography? Five years of your life for a startFired by curiosity about how actor and travel writer Richard Hayward could be forgotten, Paul Clements wrote his biography. Here he details the extraordinary lengths he went toWed May 13 2015 - 08:00
An Irishman’s Diary on football legend Danny BlanchflowerInspirational figure for Spurs and Northern IrelandSat Apr 11 2015 - 01:01
An Irishman’s Diary on radio’s early days in Northern IrelandWhen GAA results and dialect words were out but drama was inSat Aug 30 2014 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary on the celebrated Richard HaywardA writer, singer, actor and filmmakerMon May 26 2014 - 01:01
From Slatbeg to ‘Snob Hill’An Irishman’s Diary: Putting the Fair into FairmontTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
To the waters and the wildAn Irishman’s Diary: Nature-lovers celebrate 150th anniversaryFri Mar 15 2013 - 06:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe 1983 Fodor’s Ireland guidebook afforded a paltry 15 lines to the tourist contemplating a visit to DerryWed Dec 19 2012 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryTHE statistics are staggering: one million books covering 3,500 subjects in 70,000 square feet, and 450 employees.Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWHEN he worked at the BBC World Service – then called the General Overseas Service – in the 1940s, George Orwell, using his real…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWITH its ancient stone walls, limestone pavement and glacial erratics, the Burren in Clare has at last been awarded a prestigious…Wed Dec 28 2011 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryTHE afterglow of a leisurely browse frequently lingers long after a bookshop visitThu Sept 01 2011 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryIRELAND’S literary luminaries are honoured at many festivals and a new one is being added to the listTue Dec 01 2009 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryIn 1977 the landscape artist and sculptor Richard Long visited the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks in Co KerryMon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryWITH his goatee beard and lean outline he gazes from his statue in a small Pyrenean town, a legendary figure and mountaineer …Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Focus on an overlooked cityThere has been an explosion of interest in the history of Lisburn after many years of neglect of its past, as four new books …Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
An Irishman's DiaryFew may know or even care that the sand used to build the surface of Croke Park came from Lough Neagh - the largest inland stretch…Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryOn Christmas Eve, 1881, Oscar Wilde set sail from Liverpool for North America on board the SS Arizona for a year-long lecture…Fri Dec 28 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryA fascinating insight into the life and times of a Presbyterian nationalist who was friendly with Roger Casement and Douglas …Sat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThis morning, as dependable as the leaves falling on Belfast's Malone Road, several hundred bibliophiles will queue up in disorderly…Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00