Gallant losers on the field, tournament champions off itNews review of 2016: Euro 2016 may well have been the Irish fans’ finest hourWed Dec 28 2016 - 00:59
Brexit, balls and lots of folly: Christmas carols for the year gone byThe Irishman’s Diarist conducts a carol service in traumatic memory of 2016Sat Dec 24 2016 - 06:00
Thrilled beyond belief – An Irishman’s Diary about the incredibly exciting 2016Sat Dec 24 2016 - 00:01
Santa Pause – An Irishman’s Diary about children growing up (and cats moving out)Fri Dec 23 2016 - 00:01
Light-bulb moments – An Irishman’s Diary about Leonard Cohen, Ludwig Hopf, and NewgrangeThu Dec 22 2016 - 00:01
Going Rome for Christmas – An Irishman’s Diary on the enduring appeal of SaturnaliaSat Dec 17 2016 - 00:01
Record Achievement – An Irishman’s Diary on ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’Fri Dec 16 2016 - 00:01
Going Postal – An Irishman’s Diary about the revolutionary history of the Post OfficeWed Dec 14 2016 - 00:01
An Irishman’s Diary: Lunching with youth and experience – David Mullins and Mouse MorrisThu Dec 08 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary: Parallels between Seán Keating’s wild west and the real thingWed Dec 07 2016 - 01:00
Chairman of the Board – An Irishman’s Diary about Jim Walsh, the world’s longest-running chess correspondentFri Dec 02 2016 - 00:01
The Wild Goose who flew like an Eagle – An Irishman’s Diary about Gottfried Freiherr Von BanfieldThu Dec 01 2016 - 00:01
Picture Postscript – An Irishman’s Diary about Easter 1916 and Caravaggio’s ‘The Taking of Christ’Wed Nov 30 2016 - 00:01
Beyond the Call of Duty – An Irishman’s Diary about Dr George Mahony and the 1916 RisingSat Nov 26 2016 - 01:00
Stranger than Science Fiction – An Irishman’s Diary about Philip K Dick, Arthur C Clarke, and Flann O’BrienFri Nov 25 2016 - 17:26
Duel mandate – An Irishman’s Diary about the romantic misadventures of Norman LeslieThu Nov 24 2016 - 01:00
A Lark Under the Park – An Irishman’s Diary about Myles na gCopaleen, the Phoenix Park tunnel, and drinkWed Nov 23 2016 - 01:00
Ireland surrender 14-day winning streak but lose no respectIreland left all black and blue after a brutally intense gameSat Nov 19 2016 - 21:05
The Game of the Name – An Irishman’s Diary about a new study of British and Irish family namesSat Nov 19 2016 - 01:00
President’s name traced to Vikings but Kenny proves elusiveStudy traces linguistic history and distribution of 45,000 British and Irish surnamesFri Nov 18 2016 - 01:00
Moving picture – An Irishman’s Diary about the original film version of the Battle of the SommeFri Nov 18 2016 - 01:00
Frank McNally’s Big Regret? I was about 25 before I gave up on the dreamApart from anything else, a few years in university would have eased the transition from freedom to workThu Nov 17 2016 - 06:00
Shifting the balance of horsepower – An Irishman’s Diary about cycling in the cityThu Nov 17 2016 - 01:00
Famous Blue Joyce – An Irishman’s Diary on Leonard Cohen’s debt to DublinThe late singer’s work was peppered with Joycean imagery and referencesWed Nov 16 2016 - 01:00
Armageddon outta here – An Irishman’s Diary on Donald Trump and the apocalypseFri Nov 11 2016 - 01:00
A Famous Win for the All-Browns – An Irishman’s Diary about superstition and sportswearThu Nov 10 2016 - 01:01
Japes with the Japanese: An Irishman’s Diary about sake and SwiftAn Irish DiaryFri Nov 04 2016 - 01:00
Touching coincidence: An Irishman’s Diary about the possible link between Harry Kernoff and Mr SpockThu Nov 03 2016 - 01:00
Frank McNally: The Dublin Marathon in 26.2 paragraphsA winding but pacey narrative featuring Joe Dolan, Oscar Wilde and the Eiffel TowerSun Oct 30 2016 - 19:36
The unkindest cuts: An Irishman’s Diary about Keats, Raleigh and book reviewersSat Oct 29 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary about German first World War ace Oswald Boelcke, and Leslie PorterFri Oct 28 2016 - 01:00
Bums on Seats – An Irishman’s Diary about the problem of substandard audiencesSat Oct 22 2016 - 01:01
Cypriot Saints and Sinners – An Irishman’s Diary about St Hilarion and Lawrence DurrellFri Oct 21 2016 - 01:01
Wilde Oats – An Irishman’s Diary about William Rowan Hamilton’s early flirtations with poetryThu Oct 20 2016 - 00:01
Algebra Cabra – An Irishman’s Diary about William Rowan Hamilton’s Eureka momentWed Oct 19 2016 - 01:01
Splitting Hairs and Infinitives – Another reading from Frank McNally’s Stylebook of LeviticusSat Oct 15 2016 - 01:01
Why ‘The Second Coming’ has never gone away – An Irishman’s Diary on yet another triumphant year for Yeats’s most quotable poemWed Oct 12 2016 - 01:01
Fifty years a TD for Enda Kenny? It’s no more unlikely than a Mayo All-IrelandTaoiseach’s decision to run again might ease daughter Aoibhinn’s political inheritanceWed Oct 12 2016 - 01:00
Of Tims, Taigs, and Tenement-Scots – An Irishman’s Diary on the changing face of insultsThu Oct 06 2016 - 01:01
