Frank McNally

Frank McNally

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

Going Gone – Frank McNally on the rise and fall of Irish go-go dancing

Plus: Diplomacy requires envoys of bad luck to avoid Spain’s and Argentina’s embassies on Sunday

Scuff and tumble: Frank McNally on the art of ageing pubs (also applicable to literature)

In Riga, Paddy Whelan’s pub went to great lengths to ensure it looked authentic

Baltic banter: Frank McNally on taking part in a ‘conversation festival’ in Latvia

Discussions ranged from the philosophical ‘am I who I am?’ to the Pythonesque ‘what has the EU ever done for us?’

Talking Italian: Frank McNally on Joyce, Beckett and 250 years of language studies in Ireland

Joyce’s studies had been shaped by Giordano Bruno – a man considered a ‘terrible heretic’ in his own lifetime

Ale, St Kilian: Frank McNally on Irish beer evangelism, Canadian modesty and ‘Corke’

Adding an ‘e’ to Cork is baffling, but it makes 'whisky' taste better

From Cillian to Kylian: the unlikely modern popularity of a seventh-century saint

Mbappé bears standard French spelling of forename that has roots in modern-day Cavan

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

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

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

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

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

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