A couple of photos I took in Powell Gardens of the butterfly that everybody likes, the Monarch.
You may recall, or not and not care, that […]

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I don’t know how you feel, but every Wednesday in Kansas City, I feel Irish.
Sometimes I say it by shouting out the words Amhráns, bodhráns, […]

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The KC Visitors Choice Awards have been announced, and among the 19 categories of winners is O’Dowd’s Little Dublin on the Plaza - chosen for […]

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Do you remember Christmas when we talked about the lovely story concerning the Bishop of Southwark after an Irish party in England?
At the time it […]

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We’ve covered this new cheap air travel thing before, but there’s a lot more details in this SkyBus article on how they are, like the […]

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Some final words then on The Wind That Shakes The Barley

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Anybody interested in the Irish boxer who fought in Kansas last week, Oisin Fagan the Irish Light Welterweight Champion no less, based in Oklahoma, might […]

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Bantry
12″ x 16″
SALE price: $85 SOLD
Unframed, on panel
Have ya noticed for a Dublin man I do more than my fair share of paintings of Cork?

Shipping […]

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Those of you fascinated with the idea of me as fodder for insects might be interested to know that the pact between myself and the […]

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Wexford
12″ x 16″
SALE Price: $85 SOLD
Shipping is FREE - to anywhere in the world.
Wexford. I haven’t been ages. To the town that is, not the […]

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In my post on Fun in America and elsewhere I’ve referred to ‘Craic’ being an English term that was then Gaelicized, and Conor has said […]

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Tullamore’s much anticipated new CD, Wild and Wicked Youth, has been released.
The Kansas City based trio known for their intricate renderings in song and string […]

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The International Scattering Society is a travel agency for the cremated.
Based in Lee’s Summit, MO in the KC area, the ISC will have a […]

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As somebody who drinks between typically 50 and 70 cups of tea a day, which means there have also been countless times I have drank […]

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Finished three paintings of Ireland today.
Of Wexford town, Bantry in Cork, and Westport in Mayo.
Then I wasn’t quite happy with Westport so I repainted a […]

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Speaking of anger, it’s Sunday, and I always think of Sunday as a day of anger.
Apartheid is something that used to make me angry. […]

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12 Kansas City Wizards players are eligible for election to the 2007 MLS All-Star team to play Scottish giants, Celtic FC on July 19, 2007 […]

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The Literary Festival, at Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza yesterday, drew a large crowd exceeding the hopes of the organizers and probably ensuring the festival […]

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More artists to join local Irish trad band Kelly have been added for the MVFS Metro Artists’ show TONIGHT, May 19 2007 at the Bragg […]

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It seemed life had no answers for me
No special meaning or plan
How could I be a happy man?
Then just like in a love song
You’re here, […]

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