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Frank McNally
Lips Sealed - Frank McNally on a mysterious facial feature, the philtrum
Now it’s just a vestige of evolution, with no apparent function.
Not Making Hay by Frank McNally: A witty memoir on his journey from Monaghan to media
The Irish Times columnist reflects on farming roots, newsroom dramas, and the cost of nostalgia
Frank McNally: My life as a civil servant in 1980s Dublin
Frank McNally on the Department of Social Welfare in Not Making Hay – The Life and Deadlines of a ‘Diary’ Farmer
Irish Times diarist’s new memoir gives the everyday grind ‘new lease of life’
Frank McNally’s new book, Not Making Hay, launched by presidential candidate Heather Humphreys
Skipping pages – Frank McNally on trawling through the discarded library of a lifetime
A full-blown bibliophile, the deceased was said to have had up to 100,000 volumes
A day trip to Electric Picnic does not go as planned
If you go down to the woods: Frank McNally on a long, dark night of no soul in Stradbally
‘A breakthrough in the case of my stolen Dublin Bike and the subsequent €150 fine’
I am no wiser as to where the bicycle spent its long, lost weekend
Murder most vulgar: Frank McNally on an infamous case of the 1820s
He was in no doubt about where the blame for such bad taste lay
Letters to the Editor, April 18th: On biological sex ruling, Easter rituals, the Grace report and wind farms
‘Sometimes the law takes a while to catch up’
Decayed Centenary - Frank McNally on the history of Irish brain rot
A rather uninspired choice as Oxford University Press word of the year? Maybe not
The Eyes Have It - Frank McNally on the feast day of St Lucy
The name Lucy shares its origins with the word lux, Latin for light, so it’s no coincidence her feast day coincides with the darkest time of the year
No Bloom at the Inn – Frank McNally on the delayed debut of a new (and old) Dublin pub
I just hope the ghost of Burton’s most famous non-customer has not entered an objection
Skeleton service - Frank McNally on why horses’ heads (and the occasional saint) used to be buried under buildings
The foundation sacrifice
Picture post - Frank McNally on Cork nuances, the late Colm Ó Briain, and a photo exhibition in Rathmines
Himself and yer man, from Cork to Dublin
Long day’s journey into Nenagh - Frank McNally on the stress of covering celebrity funerals
Deadlines, from filing copy to car park closures, leave this journalist late to the party
The Greatest Escape? Frank McNally on one man’s mission to make a movie about the Catalpa Rescue
Rollicking true story has been made into a screenplay ahead of its 150th anniversary in 2026
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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