The greatest National Hunt (that’s over fences as opposed to Flat racing) horse race of the year is on today in Liverpool.
The Grand National […]

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• Malware - Ireland, very good; USA, very bad
• Midwest ads for the IRA
• About bleedin’ time. Damien indulges us.
• First Choice - Thanks
• Listening […]

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Something I haven’t noticed a tendency for here in Kansas City is playfulness with language. Compared with what I was used to in Ireland, that […]

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Irish major entertainment blog Blogorrah today gave the heads up on The Police performing at Dublin’s Croke Park in October this year.
Maybe I’ve forgotten, but […]

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For anybody interested in waving a flag that says Ireland on it, regardless of what it might represent, Ireland were slaughtered in the cricket World […]

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Here’s a great article in today’s Belfast Telegraph that salutes young American men who died in World War II in Ireland including some from Kansas.
Although […]

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B-Sides in St Louis’ Riverfront Times has helped us all my clearing up any confusion people might have between Celtic Woman and Celtic Frost.
The motivation […]

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I’ve had this great idea.
It will make the world a better place. If you’re up for it, that is - I don’t want to impose […]

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I feel a list coming on.
I’ve been listless for a while now.

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The Elders are performing at a fund raising event at St. Peter’s School, Kansas City, on Saturday, April 28, 2007.
Kansas City’s favourite Celtic rockers […]

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More news from Browne’s Irish Market & Deli. On Saturday, May 12, 2007, Browne’s are serving Irish Breakfast from 8:30am-11:30am.
The Irish store is actually open […]

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The current edition of Kansas City’s online magazine Present has Laren Mahoney, a Kansas City resident, sharing eight pages of photographs of her travels in […]

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On Sunday gone, Easter Sunday, I was working away late when I realised it was that time when I needed to leave the house if […]

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Speaking of The Kelihans (when talking about Bloomsday) I’ve just noticed that they’ve changed the songs on their MySpace page.
The four songs you get to […]

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On Saturday June 16, 2007, Browne’s Irish Market & Deli are having their 120th Anniversary Street Fair.
Brownes’ on St Patrick’s Day is such a […]

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KC Irish Translation #2
Said in KC: I live in the suburbs, do you live in the city?
Meaning to Irish Person: I live in the suburbs, […]

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I knew that BBC documentary on Kansas lovely Phelps’ family would have an impact on home. And by home I mean Ireland, not Waldo.
From BBC […]

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On Thursday, April 12, 2007, GLAOCH AN FIACH DUBH (Call of the Raven) will be playing traditional Irish music from 7-9 pm at O’Malley’s Irish […]

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Steven Soltis, the manager of The Tossers, tells me that the band are currently on tour until May 19, 2007 when they play in Springfield, […]

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On Thursday 19th, April, 2007, bouzouki greats Roger Landes and Chipper Thompson are performing in Kansas City at Delahunt’s Cafe &.
It’s a 7:30pm scheduled start […]

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