Local history round-up: Architectural archive of central LeinsterPlus histories of buildings of south Down and gate lodges in ConnachtSat Nov 30 2019 - 06:00
The Troubles through an Iranian lens: Kaveh Kazemi’s Northern Ireland imagesThe images cover the whole gamut of conflict, juxtaposed with day-to-day street lifeTue Oct 29 2019 - 17:51
Local history round-up: Exploring the stories of the Gap of DunloeDrumlish & Ballinamuck history, Aghowle, Kerry Folk TalesSat Oct 5 2019 - 06:00
Now we’re sucking diesel – An Irishman’s Diary on colloquialisms and old sayingsTue Sep 24 2019 - 17:46
Benedict Kiely memorably portrays travelling across the US in the 1960sHe captured the changing face of the country, through Irish eyesMon Aug 12 2019 - 18:00
Piano keys, strings and vocal cords: books about Irish musicOverlooked musicians, organists, choirmasters, dancers and harpistsSat Aug 10 2019 - 06:00
Local history round-up: Watershed Irish moments remembered in Armagh villageGothic fairy stories, Yola in Wexford and the dialect in WestportSat Jun 15 2019 - 06:00
Finding the source of the binge – and other hidden delightsAn Irishman’s Diary on the joys of a paper travel guidebookSun Apr 21 2019 - 18:01
From the Rising to the Civil War: the local history books capturing the era’s unheard storiesLimerick’s soviet; Kilkenny’s ‘gentle revolutionaries’ and the burning of CorkSat Apr 20 2019 - 06:00
Local history reviews: Charting a changing landscape in staggering detailA banned account of Co Kerry parishes and a look at life at the Tuam sugar factorySat Mar 2 2019 - 06:00
Haunted houses and mysterious gate lodges: Ireland’s hidden historyFour books tell stories of rural regions’ often overlooked buildings and landscapesSat Jan 5 2019 - 06:00
On the trail of Robert Louis Stevenson: An Irishman’s Diary on the novelist’s journey through southern FranceMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:01
Love, island royalty and local historical colour18th-century Donegal, the late King of Tory and travel diaries all make good readingSat Nov 10 2018 - 06:00
Local history round-up: playing games at wakes and women piratesQuirky Mayo anthology, soaring eagles, ‘Grania mania’ and Anne BonnySat Sep 15 2018 - 06:00
In My Mind’s Eye review: Still prolific, 17 years after retirementJan Morris, now in her 90s, has written colourful stories about everything from her Welsh neighbours to a mouse infestationSat Sep 8 2018 - 06:00
How the building of Ardnacrusha turned from scepticism to triumphLocal history roundup: A portrait of the colourful characters of Portumna and the brutal lives of 19th century IrelandTue Jul 24 2018 - 06:00
From the front line to the home frontLocal history round-up: Wings over Wexford: USN Air Station Wexford 1918-19 by Liam Gaul; Messines to Carrick Hill, Writing home from the Great War by Tom Burke; Making It Home edited by Marion Maxwell and Fiona WrightSat May 26 2018 - 06:00
Local history round-up: From Michael Flatley’s Castle Hyde to the ShawliesLocal governance in Fingal, Strabally Hall and Kerry in the 17th century also featureSat Apr 7 2018 - 06:00
To have and to hold – An Irishman’s Diary on collector and philanthropist Sir Richard WallaceMon Mar 12 2018 - 00:01
The Famine, an extraordinary church and a boy’s own Tipperary storyLocal history: Rich and varied tapestry of local lives brought vividly to lifeSat Feb 10 2018 - 06:00
An Irishman’s Diary on James McGregor, ‘the Moses of the Scotch-Irish in America’Wed Jan 3 2018 - 00:01
Local history review: Have you eaten a donkey’s gudge?Jimmy Crowley’s folklore collection, history of Sion Mills, private libraries and poet Lizzie TwigSat Dec 23 2017 - 06:00
Small towns in Ireland with big stories to tellNew books about Wexford, Tramore, Dingle, Killaloe, Sligo and Enniskillen are rich with period detailSat Nov 4 2017 - 06:00
Local History round-up: How fields get their names, and other Co Meath nuggetsIreland’s smallest county – the Boyne Valley in particular – brims with historySat Sep 9 2017 - 06:00
From Custer’s Last Stand to ethnic cleansing in LaoisLocal history: writers and researchers delve into the distant and recent pastSat Jul 15 2017 - 06:00
From Tyrone to New York – An Irishman’s Diary about Archbishop John Joseph HughesMon Jun 19 2017 - 00:01
Local history: Ireland’s Post Office, Belfast’s architectural heritage and an ancient graveyard in BirrBooks focus on unique elements of Irish historySat May 20 2017 - 06:00
Local History: From Lough Derg to Omey, books inspired by the Irish landscapePaul Clements rounds up a selection of books about Ireland’s islands, lakes and townlandsSat Apr 1 2017 - 06:00
Dublin’s hidden history: Five volumes of facts and storiesAway from the main sites, the city’s by-ways reveal some fascinating tales and triviaSat Dec 3 2016 - 06:00
Local history reviews: from 1800s Dún Laoghaire to the BurrenPaul Clements looks at a number of books documenting both urban and rural IrelandSat Oct 15 2016 - 05:00
Three’s Company – An Irishman’s Diary on 70 years of the Third Programme and BBC Radio 3Wed Oct 5 2016 - 01:01
Local History: History and art merge in life and works of Percy FrenchRound-up review: Tones That Are Tender by Berrie O’Neill, Ring of Kerry: The Postcard Collection by Kieran McCarthy, and Well, Here I Am in Ballycotton by Peter O’SheaSat Aug 20 2016 - 05:00
Bookmarks: A phobia about homophonesThese nasty words cause misunderstanding and sometimes hilarity for the readerWed Aug 3 2016 - 15:38
Local history book reviews: old ways and byways revisitedHistorians are finding troves of information as parish records become more accessibleSat Jun 25 2016 - 01:38
Revisiting Ireland’s west coast: what has changed in 25 years?In 1991 Paul Clements hitchhiked the Irish coastline for his first travel book – 25 years on, he retraced his steps for a new book based on a journey along the Wild Atlantic WayFri May 27 2016 - 11:57
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 2 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