New Irish Painting - Bandon, Cork
Posted by: Eolaí on March 16th, 2007
Ah yes, relief, exhilaration, frustration. Interesting moments when you finish a painting. You’re done. Relieved mostly as you down the brush.
Then you walk away […]
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Dramatic Irish World Cup Debut
Posted by: Eolaí on March 16th, 2007
It’s half three in the morning and I’m taking a break from painting pictures of Ireland where it never rains, the sky is always yellow, […]
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Líadan and Kansas City
Posted by: Eolaí on March 16th, 2007
Currently on tour with the Chieftains, the all-female Irish traditional outfit Líadan, graduates of the Irish World Music Center at the University of Limerick, are […]
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What Are You Painting?
Posted by: Eolaí on March 15th, 2007
For the next while I will be posting new paintings of Ireland as I complete them.
While you’re waiting for these, you can always check […]
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An Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #24
Posted by: Eolaí on March 15th, 2007
Park
-Hey, do you want to go to a park?
-Okay
-Well which park do you want to go to?
-Em, how about the biggest park in the city?
-What […]
Choose Your Nationality
Posted by: Eolaí on March 14th, 2007
So Saturday is the day that everybody is Irish. Except me.
I’m taking advantage of the casual nature of this free nationality day and opting to […]
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The Irish Came To Kansas
Posted by: Eolaí on March 14th, 2007
49 ABC News has an article today on the first Irish immigrants to Kansas and their impact.
Joy Brennan, Folk Arts Program Co-ordinator for the Kansas […]
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Tivoli Closed for St Patrick’s Evening
Posted by: Eolaí on March 14th, 2007
This Saturday, March 17th, 2007 - which you might remember is St. Patrick’s Day - the Tivoli cinema in Westport will be have early afternoon […]
Entertainment Journalist Goes Visiting Again
Posted by: Eolaí on March 14th, 2007
Five years ago in KC I spent a scary night in intensive care beside a tracheotomy kit. The next day I was only just out […]
All Together Now, Drink. In Sync.
Posted by: Eolaí on March 14th, 2007
I like groups. At school in Dublin the Brothers took us to see Lord of The Flies to show us that man was not meant […]
An Irish View: 25 Things About Kansas City, MO
Posted by: Eolaí on March 13th, 2007
For the thousands of new readers this week, here’s a list of posts relevant to life in Kansas City as seen through the eyes of […]
My Irish Week in America
Posted by: Eolaí on March 12th, 2007
Ah yes, another week in the life of a stereotype from Ireland. And a typical week at that.
People, places, and animals have had their names […]
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Parades a Plenty
Posted by: Eolaí on March 11th, 2007
It’s another day of parades in the Kansas City area. See the St Patrick’s Day guide for details.
The Kansas City Star has a report on […]
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Claddaghs and Shamrocks and Snakes, oh my
Posted by: Eolaí on March 10th, 2007
So I’ve been up all night practising on the Tin Whislte. And the dog really hates me.
It’s for my role in a St Patrick’s parade […]
Glen Road with Connie Dover in Columbia, MO
Posted by: Eolaí on March 10th, 2007
A quick reminder about the concert TONIGHT Saturday, March 10 featuring the Kansas City based ensemble of singer Connie Dover with Irish traditional band Glen […]
St Patrick Kicks Off
Posted by: Eolaí on March 9th, 2007
So right now the traditional beginning to all things celebratory of St Patrick is underway.
It’s the St. Patrick’s Kick-Off Luncheon at Marriott Muehlebach Hotel. […]
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2007 KC Parade Adopt-a-Barricade Campaign
Posted by: Eolaí on March 9th, 2007
The 2007 Adopt-a-Barricade Campaign for the Kansas City St Patrick’s Day Parade is approaching its deadline
Deadline: MARCH 10
The barricades have been a great success since […]
Waxy O’Shea’s on St Patrick’s Day 2007
Posted by: Eolaí on March 9th, 2007
If you find yourself down in Branson, Missouri for St Patrick’s Day - because you live there, you’re lost, or you’ve been kidnapped - you […]
Planting Irish Potatoes
Posted by: Eolaí on March 9th, 2007
Planting Irish potatoes
Word of the day for me: tuberization
From the High Plains Journal:
We have a good reminder of when to plant Irish potatoes –Saint […]
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Irish Pub Lovers
Posted by: Eolaí on March 9th, 2007
I don’t know if they’d behave any differently if the pub wasn’t Irish.
Or indeed if they carry on like this at home, but regardless, this […]
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