At Swim-Two-Cultures – An Irishman’s Diary about the Austrian director who filmed an unfilmable Flann O’Brien novelThu Jul 20 2017 - 00:01
The Third Columnist – An Irishman’s Diary about the unseen collaborators behind Myles na gCopaleen and Flann O’BrienWed Jul 19 2017 - 00:01
Hopes for nothing lost in Flannslation as ‘Flannoraks’ gather in SalzburgBiennial academic conference on Flann O’Brien in Austria shows his global appealMon Jul 17 2017 - 21:26
A date with Mr Darcy – An Irishman’s Diary about Jane Austen and her real-life loveSat Jul 15 2017 - 00:01
Let them eat ‘merde’ – An Irishman’s Diary on the linguistic legacies of the French RevolutionFri Jul 14 2017 - 00:01
Fanfare for Roscommon Man – An Irishman’s Diary about the labour activist and 1916 rebel William PartridgeThu Jul 13 2017 - 00:01
Roots of a Republic – An Irishman’s Diary about Brehon tree law and the Irish National ForestersWed Jul 12 2017 - 00:01
Trains, plains, and bicycle wheels – An Irishman’s Diary about the straight lines of Kilcock and the circles of Flann O’BrienSat Jul 08 2017 - 00:01
Turning a new leaf – An Irishman’s Diary on James Joyce’s Dublin and the language of treesFri Jul 07 2017 - 00:01
A fate worse than death? An Irishman’s Diary about the court-martial of Michael MallinThu Jul 06 2017 - 00:01
The Road Less Raced – An Irishman’s Diary about ballads, barbershops, and Teresa BraytonWed Jul 05 2017 - 00:01
Soft Pint, Thank God – An Irishman’s Diary about Micheál Ó Nualláin and cold GuinnessThu Jun 29 2017 - 00:01
Luck be a Saint – An Irishman’s Diary about the changing fortunes of June 24thSat Jun 24 2017 - 00:01
Stealing – The Show: An Irishman’s Diary about literary larceny at Ireland’s oldest public libraryFri Jun 23 2017 - 00:01
Racy Literature – An Irishman’s Diary about James Joyce, adultery, and the Ascot Gold CupThe alleged Gold Cup scandal of 1904 was among this year's colourful Bloomsday talksThu Jun 22 2017 - 00:01
Windows on the World – An Irishman’s Diary about Vermeer, Harry Clarke, and the new-look National Gallery of IrelandWed Jun 21 2017 - 00:01
An Irishman’s Diary – A Reading from the Book of BrexodusThe children of Disraeli's path out of EUgypt has been beset by a fearsome tribe known as the CorbynitesSat Jun 17 2017 - 00:01
Spoils of War – An Irishman’s Diary about Swift, the Duke of Marlborough, and a 100-year-old war tragedy in ConnemaraFri Jun 16 2017 - 00:01
Running with the Joyceans – An Irishman’s Diary on the marathon that is ‘Ulysses’Thu Jun 15 2017 - 00:01
Walters strikes to ensure Ireland and Austria share spoils of warFrank McNally: Late charge after cavalry’s arrival not enough to see off invadersSun Jun 11 2017 - 20:51
The Other Western Front – An Irishman’s Diary about the Butte mining disaster of 1917The Montana explosion was nearer the battlefields of first World War than anyone knewSat Jun 10 2017 - 00:01
Thinker’s Curse – An Irishman’s Diary about Michael Hartnett and his missing catFri Jun 09 2017 - 00:01
From Amplush to Zythum – An Irishman’s Diary on words that should be used more oftenThu Jun 08 2017 - 00:01
100 years on, Willie Redmond’s final resting place in a Belgian battlefieldLike Redmond, Francis Ledwidge was to die on the first day of a battleSat Jun 03 2017 - 06:00
Mississippi Mystery – The 50-year-old enigma of Bobbie Gentry’s ‘Ode to Billie Joe’Sat Jun 03 2017 - 00:01
Room at the Top – An Irishman’s Diary about an architectural institution of bygone timesThu Jun 01 2017 - 00:01
The rise and fall of western syphilisation – An Irishman’s Diary about a once-dreaded diseaseWed May 31 2017 - 00:01
Champion Chaplain – An Irishman’s Diary about a remarkable Westmeath priest who served in two world warsSat May 27 2017 - 00:01
Applause for Thought – An Irishman’s Diary on why ovations are a back-handed complimentFri May 26 2017 - 00:01
Et Tu? – An Irishman’s Diary about the all-consuming question of correct pronunciationSat May 20 2017 - 00:01
Bonding for Life – An Irishman’s Diary about David Arnold, a music composer uniting two very different worldsFri May 19 2017 - 00:01
Budding Bloom – An Irishman’s Diary about Altman the Saltman, plausible role model for Joyce’s most famous characterThu May 18 2017 - 00:01
Revolution in the Airs – An Irishman’s Diary about Portugal’s Eurovision winner and Laurie Anderson in DublinWed May 17 2017 - 00:01
EU Brexit negotiator’s grand tour of Border countiesFrank McNally tags along on Michel Barnier’s ‘field trip’ to Patrick Kavanagh countrySat May 13 2017 - 01:00
A Bolt from Deep Blue – An Irishman’s Diary about a famous chess match, 20 years onThu May 11 2017 - 00:01
The politics of polo – An Irishman’s Diary about surprising links between polo and the GAAWed May 10 2017 - 00:01
Their Man in Eblana – An Irishman’s Diary about Poland’s Hibernophile diplomat Waclaw DobrzynskiSat May 06 2017 - 00:01
From Monaghan to Hiroshima – An Irishman’s Diary about the extraordinary life of Danny McGovernThu May 04 2017 - 00:01
Larks in the Park – An Irishman’s Diary about James Joyce, cricket and running in the darkWed May 03 2017 - 00:01
Heinrich’s Hundred – An Irishman’s Diary about Nobel winner and hibernophile Heinrich BöllSat Apr 29 2017 - 00:01
A miner with a heart of gold – An Irishman’s Diary about the extraordinary Nellie CashmanFri Apr 28 2017 - 00:01
Goldenbridge cemetery to reopen as part of culture festivalMay celebration in Dublin 8 to promote historical and cultural landmarks in areaThu Apr 27 2017 - 01:00
Rolling in the Isles – An Irishman’s Diary on how ‘rhotic’ accents rule the worldThu Apr 27 2017 - 00:01
Scone with the wind – An Irishman’s Diary about a pronounced difference of opinionWed Apr 26 2017 - 12:07
