Apologies guys and dolls. I’m currently as sick as a dog, which seems extra unfair because the dog is just fine.
There is lots of news, […]

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The beauty of a venue like the Bragg Auditorium is, as Cathie Ryan said herself, that she gets to perform songs she just can’t do […]

Read: Cathie Ryan in Concert: A Review »

So it’s the weekend, and such is your thirst for anything with an Irish beat that you are prepared to increase your carbon footprint and […]

Read: Driving Away Away From KC »

I’ve been meaning to take a photograph so you’ll believe me.
There’s a church near me - actually there’s tons of them and they follow […]

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The Father Ted Heads among you might be interested to know that Neil Hannon, otherwise known as The Divine Comedy, is not above performing everybody’s […]

Read: Running Around With A Man On Your Back »

Just a reminder for daily readers in the KC region that TONIGHT in Kansas City sees one of those major Irish gigs of the year, […]

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British genealogy site, Ancestry.co.uk, have made available passenger lists of over 100 million names from more than 100 American ports, in what is claimed to […]

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UPDATE: Police have said no charges are being brought as a result of these reports of rapes. And this is how Tony said it would […]

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Temperatures
I’m not referring to Fahrenheit versus Centigrade or Celsius - or as AccuWeather bizarrely calls those options, ‘English’ versus ‘Metric’, presumably on the basis that […]

Read: Ireland & USA: Little Differences #8 »

A couple of days back I read a great review by Arlice Davenport in the Wichita Eagle of Irish nobel prizewinner Seamus Heaney’s District and […]

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Nobody in Kansas City is talking about Daniel Ortega.
That’s something else I miss about Ireland. Nicaragua might be a lot closer to the US […]

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Words like ‘Celtic’, ‘fusion’, ‘contemporary’, ‘fusion’, ‘jazz’, and ‘fusion’ are used a lot when people describe Bad Haggis. For me though, Bad Haggis manage to […]

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Received a peculiar comment in the spam basket here at Towers gan Fhéile in the early hours:
Hey Irish KC, I tried to post a comment […]

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Still tweaking the new look. The main issue is I managed to break the feeds, and am now busily deactivating plugins and doing all sorts […]

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People on both sides of the Atlantic have been asking me how I’m voting today. I’m not.
Because I’m not a citizen, I don’t have a […]

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The long-planned overhaul of Irish KC has taken place. If you’re reading this by feed, c’mon over and have a look. (UPDATE: Feeds are out […]

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As I go about my life refusing to work, there is a soundtrack, and for now punk and the Pixies are curiously absent.
In the gorgeous […]

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Misled
-Hey, that couple are after getting married on a beach; didn’t you get married on a beach?
-No. I got married TO a beach
See More Happy […]

Read: Irish Conversation in a Dublin Pub #32 »

Speaking of Irish speech, it’s Sunday Short time and it’s all about the way we speak.
About twenty years ago, when I was temporarily in England, […]

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Irish Fests
There aren’t Irish Fests in Ireland.
Ah you’re just being semantic; it’s like saying we don’t have Irish Stew in Ireland, we just have Stew, […]

Read: Ireland & USA Little Differences #7 »