@frankie49.bsky.socialFrank McNally
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Chief writer of An Irish Diary, The Irish Times
@frankie49.bsky.social@frankie49.bsky.social“It was a balmy October day outside, with a gentle breeze still negotiating severance terms for the leaves left on trees. But inside the Dáil, the looming public service strike provoked chilly exchanges and Opposition predictions of a ‘winter of discontent’.” www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...
@frankie49.bsky.social“This particular specimen of the horse could be considered doubly endangered,” he warns, “because the house is up for sale.” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
@irishtimes.comReposted by @frankie49.bsky.socialDarkness into light: Frank McNally on a history-themed quiz in Joyce’s Nighttown
irishtimes.comDarkness into light: Frank McNally on a history-themed quiz in Joyce’s NighttownThe pub quiz was just around the corner from World’s End, and one of the more famous corners in world literature
@irishtimes.comReposted by @frankie49.bsky.socialTop o’ the mornin’ to ya: Frank McNally on a piece of Route 66 that is forever Irish
irishtimes.comTop o’ the mornin’ to ya: Frank McNally on a piece of Route 66 that is forever IrishDetails of how the town of Shamrock acquired its name are somewhat obscured
@frankie49.bsky.social“Although the once-prolific species must still be considered endangered, the news that there are at least two fanlight horses still out there may open the possibility that they could breed again.” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
@frankie49.bsky.socialFun night and a fighting second place at the Dublin Festival of History Quiz in (history-soaked) Cleary’s of Amiens St.
@irishtimes.comReposted by @frankie49.bsky.socialDead Ringer – Frank McNally on a tragic real-life counterpart of a fictional Joycean character
irishtimes.comDead Ringer – Frank McNally on a tragic real-life counterpart of a fictional Joycean characterEveleen Nicolls drowned while trying to save a girl on the Great Blasket in 1909
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@frankie49.bsky.socialThanks Patrick
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@frankie49.bsky.social“Reading Kavanagh’s poem again this week has brought the sobering thought that it may be October in my life now too. Even allowing for a few medical advances in the time left to me, it must be late September at best.” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
@irishtimes.comReposted by @frankie49.bsky.socialPostcards from the Edge – Frank McNally on Samuel Beckett’s newly published German Diaries
irishtimes.comPostcards from the Edge – Frank McNally on Samuel Beckett’s newly published German DiariesTravelling around Nazi Germany, he wrote presciently about war and found inspiration for Waiting for Godot
@frankie49.bsky.social“Ninety years ago this week, a young Samuel Beckett sailed out of Cobh, Co Cork, for a six-month tour of Nazi Germany, which he would record in a personal diary.” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
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@frankie49.bsky.socialThe last Kehoe’s of summer. (U2 were playing on a balcony around the corner, apparently, but the pints were too good to miss.)
@davidstifter.bsky.socialReposted by @frankie49.bsky.socialCharles de Gaulle (Sr.) a.k.a. Charlez Vro-C'hall and pan-Celtic sentiments connecting Ireland with Brittany and France, by @frankie49.bsky.social
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@slishwood.bsky.socialReposted by @frankie49.bsky.socialA well crafted piece by @frankie49.bsky.social on feeling surprisingly at home in Menorca
and its links with Bushmills and Doonbeg
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...