Frank McNally
@frankie49
Chief writer of An Irish Diary, The Irish Times
Ale glorious St Kilian: me on beer evangelism, Canadian modesty, & spelling Cork with an ‘e’.
Very much looking forward to this at Hinterland Kells on Sunday, while also wondering if I could make the Monaghan-Louth game in Croke Park beforehand (throw-in 1.45pm). Anyone have the loan of a helicopter? mylesdungan.bsky.social
Honoured to meet the great Matt Molloy (owner of six Grammy awards, not to mention a pub) in Westport last weekend.
Still squelching after a very wet night in St Anne’s Park, but even so it was a Once in a Lifetime experience.
In the Café Odeon, Zürich, where Joyce & Lenin used to drink circa 1916, albeit at different ends of the bar.
“Leafy-with-love banks and the green waters of the canal Pouring redemption…”
Mylesday at the Palace Bar, marking the 60th anniversary of the death of Brian O’Nolan, aka Flann O’Brien, aka Myles na gCopaleen (as another late great newspaper man, Con Houlihan, looks on).
What a game. Brilliant performance by Ireland. And now, even though I feel very dirty saying this: Come on England!
After many near misses, @irishtimes.com finally wins the big annual Dublin Rape Crisis Centre quiz, thanks in part to the late Ronnie Delaney, whose Olympic winning 1500m time (3.41.2) was the tie-breaker.
With Francis Brennan at the launch of Frank O’Dowd’s Parody Poems and Prose on Sunday in @booksupstairs.bsky.social
We’re gonna need a bigger sign. The meadow of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, after two months rain.
Dublin Bay as seen from Howth Head, as the late February sun makes a shy appearance.
Rare solar phenomenon over Dublin - sunset. Can remember the last time I saw one.