The Extraordinary Life of Nelly Don is the name of the first special exhibit at the Irish Museum & Cultural Center.
Thanks to Terence O’Malley’s record […]

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I’ve been critical of Setanta, the Irish multi-platform international sports broadcaster, many times on Irish KC.
Most of my remarks have been casual and flippant without […]

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Two of the Saw Doctors‘ USA shows on their summer tour during August are FREE admission. Lewiston, NY on August 15, 2007 and Albany, NY […]

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Jonathan Ramsey, in 3 performances sponsored by the Missouri Valley Folklife Society, is playing at the Kansas City Fringe Festival on July 27, 28, and […]

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I get asked every week where is good, or even possible to watch soccer in Kansas City, and being an ex-pat I tend to focus […]

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Pete Maher gets his name in the paper.
Specifically The Maryville Daily Forum regarding his appointment as Managing Editor.
Pete, who often times resembles a big fluffy […]

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This autumn you’ll get your chance to spot all the dodgy bits of Irish you see around town, and maybe write your own.
As alluded to […]

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So I decided to cycle in the rain to O’Dowd’s last night. And very glad about it I was.
And not because riding on the Trolley […]

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Now I don’t want to turn Irish KC into Gawker’s Celebrity Watch, at least not until I return to Ireland, but I did receive a […]

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I suppose there’s not much more mobile than music, so it makes sense when tunes associated with one land end up associated with another.
That […]

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Irish musical movie Once, has been retained again for a 12th or 13th week (I’ve lost count) exclusively at the Tivoli in westport.
However it is […]

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The Kansas City School of Irish Music is having a Tinwhistle and Fiddle Recital on Sunday July 15, 2007 at 2pm at the Irish Museum […]

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We all know plenty of people in the middle of America who have gone to Ireland for a semester or some other period of time […]

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Actually I could have said Tullamore in Meath. Or Tullamore in Virginia.
Why? Because Kansas City’s trad band Tullamore are still on their tour of Ireland, […]

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HGIT #32
oilithreach : pilgrim
Bibi has news for TT:

See More Because You Know You Liked It:
   • uachtar reoite : ice cream
   • oileán : island
   • turas : […]

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Ya know, when it appears I’m not posting, and you’re wondering if I’m dead or out stalking, you could always check in with me on […]

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Lord, won’t you give me the strength to be strong, and be true
Cos, Lord, when the devil gets into my head, I’m so blue
You knock […]

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One of the greatest sights I first noticed in Kansas City, was this great mural depicting Dublin’s legendary 1983 All-Ireland winner, Kieran Duff.
Dublin’s forward Duff, […]

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Falling into the category of Infrequently Asked Irish KC Questions, comes a question from Denmark I’m fond of in a gentle way:
Q. It’s a long […]

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For the people who phone me to complain about something that is posted on Irish KC:
Telling me you never visit the site, and […]

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