The new album by The Fuchsia Band is now ready and will be released on August 11 when the boys play the Irish Fair in […]

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Speaking of Dublin, Irish art magazine CIRCA (something I used to buy when I lived at home, because it was funny) today has a report […]

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In the Kansas City Star’s relentless reporting of Irish news, yesterday was featured the Irish Government’s latest plan to address Ireland’s chewing gum problem. Being […]

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The Kansas City St Patricks Day Parade committee are having their monthly LUCKY 17 tonight, Monday, July 17th 6:00-8:00pm at Fitz’s Blarney Stone on Broadway […]

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The venue for The Fuchsia Band’s gig on July 20 in Columbia Missouri has been changed due to the extreme heat in the region and […]

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The Nelly Don documentary film Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time has been receiving rave reviews since its release and has been a great success […]

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Bones
-Where is that accent from? Are you from Australia? New Zealand?
-Ireland
-I’m from Ireland. And from Scotland, Wales and England
-Okay
-See my hair?
-Yes
-It used to be bright […]

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The Missouri Valley Folklife Society Presents three shows at the KC Fringe Festival.

Multi-talented musicians Mike Dugger, Turlach Boylan, and Kelly Dougherty will showcase traditional […]

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A week ago today, I was reeling from the greatest exit in the history of world football, when minutes after Zidane’s headbutt I received an […]

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A bunch of music journos in the British Observer have compiled a list of 50 albums that changed pop music. No albums by Irish performers […]

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Speaking of David Gray (when we were talking about Majella Murphy), there’s a nice interview with the Welsh performer in the Galway Independent as he […]

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Last night at Pub Trivia at The Brick in downtown Kansas City, Missouri there was an Irish question. In three years at that Pub Quiz […]

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Born in Maryville, Missouri to Irish parents, Northland resident Pat Tobin is celebrating his 50th year as a Catholic priest, and his story of fighting […]

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You remember a while back we mentioned the first CD to be released by phone - Irish singer/songwriter Majella Murphy, with the help of o2 […]

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It doesn’t seem that long ago that Ireland was declared the 2nd richest country in the EU behind Luxembourg. Everyone seemed very proud, especially with […]

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Speaking of Irish music in Columbia, in the Classical Pops series part of the Hot Summer Nights Music Festival in Columbia, Missouri, Eileen Ivers and […]

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Yesterday wasn’t only Eddie Delahunt’s birthday, it was also the 21st anniversary of Live-Aid. As I remember the day, there wasn’t a soul in Dublin […]

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The Events Calendar for Irish related stuff, mostly music, but that movie too, has been updated. And there’s more coming.
See Also:
   • An evening with The […]

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The Pogues were always very good at knocking their portrayal as a stereotypical drunken Irish band. Noting their national make-up they claimed it was much […]

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Irish accents in the midwest as done by people who aren’t Irish have a tendency to sound like pirates as done by Disney, so going […]

Read: Pirates: Dead Man’s Ren Fest »