The Black Irish, or the Northern Cherokee Nation as you may know them.
Glinda Ladd-Seabaugh of Cape Girardeau, a member of the Northern Cherokee Nation for […]

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The following review of To Hell Or Barbados by Damien Dempsey, appears in a slightly shorter version in the July 2007 issue of the Midwest […]

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June 2007 saw the first issue of a nicely produced glossy newsletter from Sheehan’s Irish Imports.
The cover highlights a whole load of new Irish and […]

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Ballyvaughan Story is an award-winning Irish short animated documentary featuring a story from the War of Independence.
It’s a small story from 1921 in Ballyvaughan, which […]

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Larry Kirwan of Black 47 has wished everyone a belated Happy Bloomsday.
Strictly speaking he’s wishing us a Happy Mollyday as he renames it. Larry considers […]

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The European super bantamweight title fight between Ireland’s Bernard Dunne and Norwegian Reidar Walstad is being webcast LIVE by RTE this Saturday, June 23, […]

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There are some nice photos of Kansas City’s trad band Glen Road performing with Mason Browne and Charlene Adzima back in April over on Mason’s […]

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Crowded House play Kansas City, Missouri on Monday, August 20, 2007 at the Uptown Theatre.
Irish? Well, no, but let’s make some connections.
Australia and New Zealand […]

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Because I don’t have a television, the bits I do see (on the computer) tend to be the more dramatic moments rather than more thoughtful […]

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Wondering how Kansas City’s Tullamore are doing on their tour of Ireland?
Well they have their name in the paper, specifically The Kingdom - and that […]

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Last Saturday I was talking with John Morris as he was on his way to Browne’s big anniversary Irish festival.
I asked him about this new […]

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It’s been eight years since I first started explaining what blogging is, and to judge by some blogs around I haven’t done a very good […]

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Since most of my family are still in Ireland, we do what all familes separated by thousands of miles do. We swap photos online.
I mentioned […]

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The Irish blogging story of the last 24 hours has been Damien Mulley and Sky Handling Partners.
Readers of Irish KC will know Damien as, among […]

Read: Irish Blogosphere & Beyond Rallies Behind Mulley »

Speaking of differences and similarities between Ireland and the US, it’s time for talk of seasons.
Brother the younger is long a fan of how the […]

Read: Ireland & USA Little Differences #23: Spring into Summer »

Since I’m on an animal jaunt, I want to talk about an animal here in the midwest that we don’t have in Ireland.
This is an […]

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Jonathan Ramsey’s visit back to this side of Missouri last weekend rocked according to the man himself.
On Friday and Saturday night Jonathan played O’Malley’s Irish […]

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Once, the Irish musical movie we first told you about all the way back when it was a huge hit at the Sundance Film Festival, […]

Read: Rave Review for Irish Movie ‘Once’ »

A week ago I had to go on a tea run. I knew this because the Charge of the Light Brigade was passing through my […]

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I liked this little aside in an article by Tom English in the Scotsman over the weekend.
It concerns the Irish caddie making his debut in […]

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