Programme 341, Frank McNally's Education (14-11-18)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.

On this week's programme I speak to the main author of An Irishman's Diary in The Irish Times, Frank McNally. Frank was a keynote speaker at the 42nd annual conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland. Among the topics covered in the interview are the following:

• Why Frank's family members were known by the nickname the “College” McNallys.


• Among native English speakers, why only the Irish and the Scots use the expression “Amn’t I?”


• Doing two Leaving Certificates and no Inter Cert


• Doing a masters degree without doing a bachelors degree


• How he goes about writing An Irishman’s Diary in The Irish Times


• The books he read while attending the “University of Life”


• Two English teachers who had a significant impact on him