Good going: The horse-training landlord who helped thousands of tenants survive the Famine
Mayo landowner George Henry Moore was a trailblazer who said Charles Trevelyan was a ‘dogmatist that no experience could instruct’
An Irish Diary
An Irish Diary
Cover story: Denis McClean on how he ended up on the front of The Phoenix magazine
News reporter was pictured watching criminal Martin ‘The General’ Cahill outside court
You’re Fired: If the US Declaration of Independence had been delivered by Donald Trump
Unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of cryptocurrency
The banned writer who explored the eroticism in Irish folklore
She wrote about lesbian women’s sexuality and the eroticism of Irish folklore, earning acclaim and a ban in Ireland
‘Blessed are those who don’t send me to the dictionary’
A trio of letters finds humour, irritation and media critique in equal measure
Bad beatitude: the Sermon on the Mount updated for the Gen Z faithful
Never mind the meek and the poor in spirit – here’s a new VIP list of entrants to the kingdom of heaven
Cross purposes – Frank McNally on a stressful collision of sport and literature in Kells
Tailteann Games was held nearby in old times when, perhaps, Monaghan may have fared better than Louth
In raising divorce and equal pay, Seán Lemass’s 1966 committee was way ahead of its time
Lemass joined the committee after resigning as taoiseach, reflecting his view that the Constitution needed to be modernised
Football crazy: Alan Milton recalls the epic four-game saga between Dublin and Meath 35 years ago
‘It’s on such memories that cross-generational rivalries and traditions are built’
Castle martyrs – Frank McNally on unwelcome side effects of Ireland’s EU presidency
Security concerns at Dublin Castle are leading to drastic measures, but not for the first time
Transfer window – Frank McNally on the closing stages of a dramatic GAA summer
As an exiled Monaghan supporter, it’s fair to say this has been a freakish summer for the county fans
Identifying the real problem behind Frank McNally’s handwriting issues
Perhaps diarist should leave things as they are
Word search: Alison Healy on the popularity of certain words and phrases, real and made up
Lexicographers love a low-key quiz on the origins of spoffle and dogmental
Cursive Frankenstein – Frank McNally on the horrors of handwriting in middle age
Decades of using typewriters and computer keyboards have since obliterated all confidence in my cursive writing style
How much Beckett can one man take? Denis McClean goes to Venice to find out
For a while, I felt locked out from the mystifying text
A strange day: Mae Leonard on a Midsummer picnic experience
There was no way we could get through those gates
The mysteries of a Dublin pub name
You can take a stand in the pub, but make sure to stand a drink too
From Monaghan to ‘Spud Island’, Canada: 1830 exodus back in focus after Mark Carney visit
Prince Edward Island has a distinctly Irish flavour, with McKennas to the fore – but that’s only half the story
How the Westport was won: Frank McNally on an unscheduled but educational night in Mayo
An ancestor of visiting Canadian prime minister Mark Carney took part in a ‘great cattle drive’ in defiance of landowner Lord Sligo
Not so simple: Alison Healy on errant behaviour by fans at a recent Paul Simon gig
People were standing up to leave. I longed to interrogate them
Frank McNally: Ulysses updated, with apologies to James Joyce
On Bloomsday, how would Joyce rewrite his masterpiece for a Dublin of Deliveroo, Instagram, Lidl and Tinder?
Why Gulliver’s Travels is still relevant 300 years on
We overlook Jonathan Swift’s messages at our peril. His commentary is just as meaningful today
Saturation point: Shane Hegarty on attending gigs during an Irish summer
You imagine sunglasses, shorts and a sunset to rival the pyrotechnics on stage
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
The Irish missionaries who helped develop top soccer clubs
Brother Walfrid Kerins from Sligo and Patrick O’Connell from Dublin were devoted to the game
As the world turns: The story of James Gamble and the invention of the soap opera
Laundry starch, fabric softener, instant coffee and the assassination of John F Kennedy
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
My Nazi grandfather sent Tomi Reichental to Bergen-Belsen death camp
Despite all the suffering he endured, the Holocaust survivor chose compassion over hate
Secret garden: the first Catholic cemetery built in Ireland since the Reformation
Body snatching was a constant fear, as newly interred remains would be dug up and sold to medical students for study purposes
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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