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“Turkey money” was long a staple of Irish rural life in general, a well-timed seasonal supplement to whatever else could be earned on a farm during the year.

Cleave Campaign – Frank McNally on Patrick Kavanagh and Cross-Border Turkeys

Frank McNally
December 14, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Call me a sentimentalist, but I can’t quite bring myself to scoff at the excitement of new parents

Bigging up Baby – Frank McNally on birth announcements, biblical and otherwise

Frank McNally
December 13, 2018

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Constance Markievicz: her version of the “bad drop” was a very particular one

Bad-drop mechanism – Frank McNally on a mysterious genetic inheritance

Frank McNally
December 12, 2018

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Ypres Reservoir Cemetery in Belgium

‘First with a rifle, then with a shovel’: An Irishman’s Diary on the postwar battlefield clearances and burials of the Great War

Tim Atkinson
December 12, 2018

Robert Halpin: playing a pivotal role in connecting continents with submarine telegraph cables

An Irishman’s Diary on Robert Halpin, the man who connected the world

Norman Freeman
December 11, 2018

The Vallon Pont d’Arc, a natural rock bridge in the Ardeche canyon

On the trail of Robert Louis Stevenson: An Irishman’s Diary on the novelist’s journey through southern France

Paul Clements
December 10, 2018

Fifty Shades of Sabbath Day – Frank McNally on a half century of RTÉ’s ‘Sunday Miscellany’

Frank McNally
December 7, 2018

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Cork-born tenor John O’Sullivan

A Portrait of the Artist as a PR Man – James Joyce’s controversial campaign to promote an operatic friend, John O’Sullivan

Frank McNally
December 6, 2018

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“Johnny Murtagh astounded me by admitting that he had never broken anything while racing.” Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho

Bones of Contention – Frank McNally on fearless jockeys, Sean O’Brien’s arm, and climbing for sport

Frank McNally
December 5, 2018

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Mom’s the Word – Frank McNally on the Americanisation of the Irish mother

Frank McNally
December 4, 2018

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Dunsink Observatory in Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke

Reach for the stars – An Irishman’s Diary on Ireland’s observatories

Hugh Oram
December 4, 2018

Henry Cooke: his friends commissioned FS Lynn to sculpt a statue in his memory

Rev Henry Cooke, the ‘Presbyterian pope’ acted on unionist fears

Denis Fahey
December 3, 2018

The passage of the Catholic Emancipation Act was seen by many Protestants and Presbyterians as a threat to their standing

The Donnelly headstone in Lucan, Ontario. Photograph: Gerard Walsh

A long way from Tipperary to an Irish massacre

Frank McNally
November 29, 2018

Frank McNally on an Irish feud that escalated in 19th-century Canada

Although there appear to have been three different Patrick Sheehans wounded during the Siege of Sebastopol, the one in the ballad was probably from Ennistymon, Co Clare. Lithograph of the Siege of Sebastopol/Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images Lithograph of the Siege of Sebastopol. The sans Pareil and The Agamemnon engaging Fort Constantine. Lithograph by A. L. Morel-Fatio. Dated 1854. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

A soldier’s song (of sixpence) the real man behind the ballad of Patrick Sheehan

Frank McNally
November 28, 2018

Frank McNally: ‘As printed a week later, the song fitted Sheehan with a classic Irish backstory of eviction, parents dying in the workhouse, and a life of deprivation that forced him to enlist, and regret it’

Statues of Limitation – Frank McNally on the scrap-metal soldier, Brexit, and the Burghers of Calais

Frank McNally
November 27, 2018

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“Leo had strict rules. Infringement meant banishment. A list of the barred would have stretched to the far reaches of S t Stephen’s Green.” Photograph: Dara MacDonaill

Time, gentlemen – An Irishman’s Diary on Dublin pubs of yesteryear

Wesley Boyd
November 26, 2018

Painting history – An Irishwoman’s Diary on artist Una Watters

Mary Morrissy
November 26, 2018

Eimar O’Duffy: wrote a string of books and plays that had many admirers in their time, and may now be making a comeback

Sending Up The Republic – Frank McNally on a forgotten satirist of Irish independence, Eimar O’Duffy

Frank McNally
November 23, 2018

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Saint Columbanus as depicted in the Irish College in Rome

European Communion – How a sixth-century Irish saint helped unite the continent

Frank McNally
November 22, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

November is hard to love in its own right. Photograph: Elena Leonova/iStock

The Month that Likes to Say No – Frank McNally on the struggle to love November

Frank McNally
November 21, 2018

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Count Laval Graf Nugent Von Westmeath: born in Ballynacor, Co Westmeath, in 1777

Wild Goose Nest – Frank McNally on a castle-collecting Croatian hero, Count Laval Nugent von Westmeath

Frank McNally
November 20, 2018

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United Arts Club on Lower Fitzwilliam Street: “Established in 1907, its founding members were a cross-section of that extraordinary generation of Irishmen and women that wanted to drive a cultural renaissance for their country.” File photograph: Google Street View

Clubbing together – An Irishwoman’s Diary on the United Arts Club

Sheila Pomeroy
November 20, 2018

Libby Greenhalgh: a veteran of Olympic sailing teams, she is also familiar with Irish waters

In all weathers – An Irishwoman’s Diary on sailor and meteorologist Libby Greenhalgh

Lorna Siggins
November 19, 2018

Theresa May: frequently resorts to the phrase “our precious Union”. Photograph: Matt Dunham/Reuters

Getting Precious about the Union – Frank McNally on a Brexit buzzword

Frank McNally
November 16, 2018

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Ernest Blythe (holding hat) in the funeral procession for Michael Collins, 1922. Photograph: Courtesy of National Library of Ireland.

A man for all treasons – Frank McNally on a new book about Ernest Blythe: republican, fascist, and Orangeman

Frank McNally
November 15, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

A frame from the documentary film ‘The Battle of the Somme’. The soldier carrying a wounded comrade through trenches at the Battle of the Somme may have been Charlie Brennan from Finglas.

Dubbed over: Frank McNally on the missing accents in English war commemorations

Frank McNally
November 14, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary for 'They Shall Not Grow Old' and the missing voices

“One boy said he would only read another book by me if I could guarantee the presence of dinosaurs”

‘Do you live in a real house?’ – An Irishwoman’s Diary on writing for children

Alison Healy
November 13, 2018

A German stamp commemorating Philipp Scheidemann’s speech of November 9th, 1918

‘The Kaiser has abdicated . . . the German republic lives!’ – An Irishman’s Diary on the contested history of a key German speech

Derek Scally
November 12, 2018

Margaret Mary Pearse: shared her brother Patrick’s cultural and political vision for Ireland

Keeper of the flame – An Irishman’s Diary on Margaret Mary Pearse

Brian Maye
November 12, 2018

The eternal struggle between Wile E Coyote and the Roadrunner

The height of foolishness – Frank McNally on Brexit, newspaper bloopers, and Wile E Coyote

Frank McNally
November 9, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Schrödinger’s Cat Melodeon – Frank McNally on music, physics, and Hiberno-English

Frank McNally
November 8, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Phar Lap’s hide was preserved by a taxidermist and is now exhibited in the Melbourne Museum

Kingdoms for a horse – Frank McNally on Phar Lap and the rules of equine nationalism

Frank McNally
November 7, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

In December 1914, Kapp & Peterson dispatched ‘25,000 pipes’ from its factory in St Stephen’s Green to soldiers overseas

The pipes, the pipes: Frank McNally on smoking, cartooning, and war

Frank McNally
November 6, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

‘The Montague was set on its hook again, until Cecil heard Joan Crawford was due to fly in to Dublin Airport.’ Above, Crawford waving to photographers at London airport in April 1966. (Photo by Dove/Express/Getty Images)

My grandfather revealed the hidden power that lay in a battered old coat

Dean Ruxton
November 4, 2018

‘By 1966, the support vehicle mechanics at the airline had long been in a dispute over a request for proper clothing for the cold months’

Frank De Groot raises his sword to cut the ribbon

How an Irish antiques dealer upstaged locals to open Australia’s greatest bridge

Frank McNally
October 31, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary: Frank De Groot was dragged off his horse and faced charges including malicious damage to the ribbon

Re-enacting support for the 1798 rebellion: The group includes French ambassador, Stéphane Crouzat. Photograph: Henry Wills

The 12 days that shook the west: remembering the 1798 rebellion

Frank McNally
October 30, 2018

Vive la République (de Connacht): Frank McNally joins French tourists on a very special re-enactment

Seamus Murphy: In prison he played chess with Klaus Fuchs, a German scientist jailed for disclosing atomic secrets to the Russians

A brazen IRA prison escape, an interview that wasn’t and a memoir to reveal all

Kieran Fagan
October 29, 2018

‘Unnoticed, two members of Joe Christle’s republican splinter group were throwing a rope over the prison wall, and Seamus Murphy came scrambling over’

Governor of California Jerry Brown may be termed out, but is still idealistic. Even his critics concede he’s a political wizard.

‘Governor Moonshot’ – An Irishwoman’s Diary on Jerry Brown and California

Elgy Gillespie
October 29, 2018

Dylan Thomas: not perhaps the most obvious writer of inspirational quotations about running. Photograph: Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Puff-Pieces – Frank McNally on running mantras from literature

Frank McNally
October 26, 2018

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Bram Stoker: drew inspiration from Dublin’s supernatural lore. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Stoking the imagination – Frank McNally on how Dublin’s north inner city inspired the creator of Dracula

Frank McNally
October 25, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Paddy Dalton (right) was only seven when he died of influenza in 1918 Paddy Dalton (right) was only seven when he died of influenza in 1918

The virus that won the war? Frank McNally on an exhibition about the Spanish Flu of 1918

Frank McNally
October 24, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Fr Vladimir Pecherin: features in Dostoevsky’s writings, at least as an influence on other characters

Russian to judgment – Frank McNally on Fr Vladimir Pecherin and the Kingstown blasphemy trial of 1855

Frank McNally
October 23, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

PL Travers: the Australian-born writer who created the character of Mary Poppins had close connections with Ireland

The woman behind Mary Poppins: An Irishman’s Diary on PL Travers

Hugh Oram
October 22, 2018

Former president Mary Robinson: adopted a strong stance on human rights in the Middle East. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

‘We understand each other’: An Irishwoman’s Diary on Ireland and the Middle East

Michael Jansen
October 22, 2018

Stanley Johnson: “If the Irish want to shoot each other they will shoot each other whether there’s a hard border or whether there’s a soft border.” Photograph: Ian West/PA

Talking Turkey – Frank McNally on what the Johnsons could learn from the past

Frank McNally
October 19, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

The tactic had been suggested at the outbreak of war by a retired admiral from Cork

Plucking Up Courage – Frank McNally on the ‘White Feather’ campaign of the first World War

Frank McNally
October 18, 2018

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William Francis de Vismes Kane was an English-born sheriff of Monaghan. He was also an ardent unionist. He coined the name “Black Pig’s Dyke” to unify disparate archaeological elements.

Pork Scratchings, Stone-Age Style – Frank McNally on the Black Pig’s Dyke

Frank McNally
October 17, 2018

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Last Post – Frank McNally on Seumas O’Kelly, writer, journalist, and victim of the 1918 Armistice

Frank McNally
October 16, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Nicholas Flood Davin: lawyer, journalist and politician still provokes controversy in Canada Nicholas Flood Davin: lawyer, journalist and politician still provokes controversy in Canada

From Medicine Hat to Moose Jaw: An Irishman’s Diary on Nicholas Flood Davin and Canada

David Davin-Power
October 15, 2018

The late Bob Doyle: International Brigade veteran. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

‘A page of glory’ – An Irishman’s Diary on the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War

Deaglán de Bréadún
October 15, 2018

GK Chesterton: rallied to his country’s side

Last Call, Gentlemen – GK Chesterton and the recruitment drive of autumn 1918

Frank McNally
October 12, 2018

Frank McNally – An Irishman’s Diary

Aaron Monaghan in Druid’s riveting production of “Richard III” at the Abbey Theatre Aaron Monaghan in Druid’s riveting production of “Richard III” at the Abbey Theatre

My Kingdom for a Verse – Frank McNally on King Richard III, Shakespeare, and Irish bards

Frank McNally
October 11, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

First edition of Samuel Beckett’s “Eh Joe”, featuring Jack MacGowran on the cover (Faber & Faber, 1967)

Jumping Jack – How Samuel Beckett’s favourite actor Jack MacGowran hit the heights

Frank McNally
October 10, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

A contemporary depiction of the sinking of the RMS ‘Leinster’ in 1918

RMS ‘Leinster’: The sinking of a ship off Dublin by a German torpedo

Philip Lecane
October 10, 2018

Sinking of RMS 'Leinster' greatest loss of life in the Irish Sea

Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore: composer of the ballad “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”

Hurrah, Hurrah: Frank McNally on an Irish revival for the composer who brought Johnny home from war

Frank McNally
October 9, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary on Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore

Jack MacGowran in “How I Won the War” (1967)

Hero of the stage – An Irishman’s Diary on actor Jack MacGowran

Brian Maye
October 8, 2018

Nice: a rich cuisine yet it has the odd distinction of being synonymous with the world’s most boring biscuit

A city that takes the biscuit – Frank McNally visits Nice

Frank McNally
October 5, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Maud Gonne. Photograph: Courtesy of the Yeats Society of Sligo

Bones of contention – Why the remains of James Joyce are still in exile

Frank McNally
October 4, 2018

Frank McNally: An Irishman’s Diary

The exchange of letters is the starting point of ‘The Hurlers’, a fascinating new book by Paul Rouse about the origins of “the first All-Ireland Championship and the making of modern hurling”

Yours Gaelicly – how modern hurling pucked off on the letters page of ‘The Irish Times’

Frank McNally
October 3, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Christy Brown: his mother’s utterances included appealing to the ultimate matriarch: “Mother of God, amn’t I scourged?”

I Think, Therefore I Say ‘Amn’t I?’ – Frank McNally on a profound question of Hiberno-English

Frank McNally
October 2, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Prince William I of Albania. Enthusiasm for Albania’s newly minted monarchy among Europe’s rulers was short lived

The six-month kingdom – An Irishman’s Diary on Prince William I of Albania

Kieran Cooke
October 1, 2018

Fort Lenan was one of the seven forts of the Lough Swilly defences

Silent sentinel: An Irishman’s Diary on Fort Lenan

Dermot Curran
October 1, 2018

Douglas Gageby: centenary of his birth. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Life and ‘Times’ – An Irishman’s Diary on Douglas Gageby

Joe Breen
September 28, 2018

Presidential standard Presidential standard

Hail to the chief – An Irishman’s Diary on kings and presidents

Denis Fahey
September 27, 2018

Raymond McElroy pictured with the antlers and skull of an ancient Irish elk. Photograph: Ardboe Gallery, Facebook

Lough Neagh mysteries – An Irishman’s Diary on lake’s curious powers

Wesley Boyd
September 26, 2018

Claude Pélieu: the experimental poet, translator, writer and collage artist is the subject of an exhibition in the Boole Library, University College Cork

On all frequencies: An Irishman’s Diary on Claude Pélieu

Oliver O’Hanlon
September 25, 2018

The forgotten French member of the Beat Generation

“The scheme was part of a citywide project first proposed in 1912, but given urgency by the collapse of the Church Street tenements in 1913, which killed seven people, left 100 homeless and forced a public inquiry”

House and home – An Irishwoman’s Diary on the Tenters in Dublin

Margaret Ward
September 24, 2018

The Ardagh Chalice. It was discovered in the Limerick townland of Reerasta, near Ardagh, in late September 150 years ago. Photograph: Courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland

National treasure: An Irishman’s Diary on the Ardagh Chalice

Brian Maye
September 24, 2018

The circumstances of the event illustrate the transformation of the country that Irish soldiers of the Great War had left in 1914

Brothers in arms – the tangled tale of two Dublin siblings during Ireland’s revolutionary years

Frank McNally
September 21, 2018

Frank McNally – An Irishman’s Diary

David Power: world premiere at the National Concert Hall of a new work inspired by his version of a very old Irish tune, ‘Gol na mBán san Ár’

Second Wind – Frank McNally on a weather-delayed world premiere

Frank McNally
September 20, 2018

An Irishman's Diary on a resurfacing victim of the 'Beast from the East'

The Rocks of Bawn were famously unploughable. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Classic Rock – Frank McNally on tracing the origins of a famous Irish ballad

Frank McNally
September 19, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary on the Rocks of Bawn

A frame from the documentary film ‘The Battle of the Somme’. The soldier carrying a wounded comrade through trenches at the Battle of the Somme may have been a Dubliner.

The Face of War – How a Finglas man may be the answer to a 100-year-old mystery

Frank McNally
September 18, 2018

Frank McNally – An Irishman’s Diary

“Tears ensued and I did a terrible thing. ‘Maybe we can take him to the vet and make him better’, I ventured”

Going for goldfish: Patrick Logue on a moment of truth

Patrick Logue
September 17, 2018

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Archbishop John Ireland

Ireland’s call: An Irishman’s Diary on Archbishop John Ireland and the Americanisation of the US Catholic Church

Denis Fahey
September 17, 2018

German chancellor Angela Merkel and former British prime minister David Cameron looking at a Volkswagen Beetle Type 1 at the British Museum, London. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/PA

That’s All, Volks – Frank McNally on the rise and fall of the Volkswagen Beetle

Frank McNally
September 14, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Europe’s bread basket – southern Russia and Ukraine – was cut off by the Crimean conflict

Charge of the wheat brigade – A Meath farmer’s memories of the Crimean War

Frank McNally
September 13, 2018

Frank McNally: An Irishman’s Diary

Peter Kay: Lancashire comedian has the old country on his mother’s side

Countied out – The contrasting fates of English and Irish county boundaries

Frank McNally
September 12, 2018

Frank McNally: An Irishman’s Diary

Eoin O’Mahony, known affectionately as “the Pope”, sought nominations from local councils to run against President Éamon de Valera

‘The Pope’ v Dev: An Irishman’s Diary on Eoin O’Mahony and the presidential election of 1966

Charles Lysaght
September 11, 2018

The ‘Mary Celeste’ (1861)

An enduring maritime mystery – An Irishman’s Diary on the ‘Mary Celeste’

Norman Freeman
September 10, 2018

Frequently, they were tripped up in their measured tones by places along the Border such as the south Armagh village Meigh (Mike) or Rosslea (Ross-lay) in Fermanagh

Pronounced differences: An Irishman’s Diary on broadcasting and placenames

Paul Clements
September 10, 2018

A Brexit for the birds – Frank McNally on what ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ really means

Frank McNally
September 7, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Sir Edward Bulfin. Photograph: National Portrait Gallery, London

Haig’s ‘tower of strength’ – An Irishman’s Diary on Sir Edward Bulfin

John Powell
September 6, 2018

“Knotweed seems to have displaced ragwort as the Irish plant world’s public enemy number one”

Knotty problem – On Japanese knotweed and other unwelcome guests of the Irish countryside

Frank McNally
September 5, 2018

Frank McNally – An Irishman’s Diary

Michael Fitzsimons of Dublin and Peter Harte of Tyrone in action on Sunday’s All-Ireland final. Photograph: Tommy Dickson/Inpho

‘GAA ensures we don’t enjoy life too much by reminding us of our inadequacies’

Frank McNally
September 5, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary: We despair about Gaelic football and romanticise hurling. It's a national sport

Ilnacullin, also known as Garinish or Garnish Island, played host to many artists and writers. Photograph: Courtesy of Office of Public Works – Copyright OPW

‘A garden of gardens’ – An Irishman’s Diary on Ilnacullin (Garinish Island)

Oliver O’Hanlon
September 3, 2018

Thomas Kinsella. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Adapter and verse – An Irishman’s Diary on Thomas Kinsella

John Horgan
September 3, 2018

Theresa May dancing in Cape Town. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Bop till you drop – on Theresa May, Brexit, and the Dancing Plague of 1518

Frank McNally
August 31, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Charles Baudelaire: autumn gloom. Photograph: Etienne Carjat/Getty Images

The last throes of summer – Frank McNally ushers in autumn, with no help from Baudelaire

Frank McNally
August 30, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

George Orwell Photograph: AP

Moving scenes – Some random reflections on Orwell, Hemingway, and Percy French

Frank McNally
August 29, 2018

Frank McNally: An Irishman’s Diary

Practising passenger rescue techniques. Photograph: Courtesy of Dublin Fire Brigade

Car-free day – Frank McNally says farewell to a four-wheeled friend

Frank McNally
August 28, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Derek Hill: donated his Glebe House and Gallery in Co Donegal to the State. Photograph: Peter Thursfield

Enduring spirit: An Irishman’s Diary on Derek Hill and the Glebe House and Gallery

Frank McDonald
August 27, 2018

The Bristol Brabazon. Photograph: Courtesy of BAE Systems PLC

A plane tale: An Irishman’s Diary on remembering the Brabazon

Éanna Brophy
August 27, 2018

Pope John Paul II in Ballybrit in 1979

Papal indulgence – Frank McNally on the social side of the pope’s 1979 visit to Galway

Frank McNally
August 24, 2018

An Irishman’s Diary

Dorothy Parker, who is being celebrated in New York this week, Wednesday having been her 125th anniversary

Wit’s end – On smartphones, the death of conversation, and Dorothy Parker

Frank McNally
August 23, 2018

Frank McNally: An Irishman’s Diary

Targets with only a moustache or beard were addressed as ‘walrus’ or ‘beaver’. A man with both was called ‘Royal Beaver’. Photograph: iStock

Hair Here! – James Joyce and the eager beaverers of 1922

Frank McNally
August 22, 2018

Frank McNally: An Irishman’s Diary

Sligo Rose Julie Patterson, Galway Rose Deirdre O’Sullivan and Carlow Rose Shauna Ray Lacey. Photograph: Collins

Roses and poppies – The real-life characters behind a famous Irish ballad

Frank McNally
August 21, 2018

Frank McNally: An Irishman’s Diary

We would get to the Botanic Gardens and then scamper through the Palm House until finally we reached the Tropical Ravine. Photograph: Getty Images

Can Belfast’s Tropical Ravine reclaim the spirit of Tarzan and the jungle?

Dennis Kennedy
August 14, 2018

‘My first memories of the Ravine are of trips to Belfast from our home in Lisburn in the desperately depressing years of the second World War’

‘As I conceded in my MOB speech: when you are as proud as a peacock it’s alright to look as if you need to be plucked’. Photograph: Getty Images

Dos and don’ts for the mother-of-the-bride

Áine Ryan
August 13, 2018

‘A woman of your age – and I am not talking down to you – must wear something subtle on her feet’

Reginald Gray was taken under the art tuition wing of Cecil Ffrench Salkeld, whose daughter Beatrice married Brendan Behan (above) in 1955. Photograph: The Irish Times

The unconventional life and times of artist Reginald Gray

Hugh Oram
August 12, 2018

His portrait subjects ranged from Brendan Behan, Samuel Beckett, Günther Grass to Yves St Laurent and Helena Bonham Carter

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