Here’s something I forgot to mention on my list of homesick cures for the Irish in America.
It’s actually the one I do the most. Not […]

Read: An Irish Beach in the American Midwest »

The rough schedule for 120th Anniversary party of Browne’s Irish Market & Delion Saturday June 16, 2007, has been updated.
Please note that it is rough […]

Read: Entertainment Schedule at Browne’s Street Festival »

From Tuesday June 19th - Saturday June 23rd, 2007, as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival, part-time KC resident, Cork’s own Máirtín de Cógáin stars […]

Read: Thailand: What’s Love Got To Do With It »

The week beginning June 11, 2007 marks the 1st anniversary of Eddie Delahunt’s Cafe & being open in Kansas City.
There will be events to mark […]

Read: 1 Year Anniversary of Delahunt’s ‘Cafe &’ »

There were three things you always heard foreigners say about Ireland and the Irish when you were growing up.
And being actually Irish, and knowing […]

Read: Is Ireland Really Green, Potato-Eating, and Red-Haired ? »

The Wild Clover Band had a quiet April, picked things up again in May, and are now back with a full calendar for June 2007.
Friends […]

Read: The Wild Clover Band in June 2007 »

Yesterday I had the pleasure of talking with Irish performing phenomenon Damien Dempsey.
Damo’s latest CD To Hell or Barbados has just been released in Ireland […]

Read: Audio Interview with Damien Dempsey »

On Saturday, June 9th 2007, Corey and Andee are celebrating their 10th anniversary with live music at O’Malley’s 1842 Irish Pub in Weston, Missouri.
Being a […]

Read: Party at O’Malley’s : Corey & Andee 10th Anniversary »

The Saw Doctors were unable to travel to the West Coast of the USA in May, and so pulled out of the recent San Francisco […]

Read: The Saw Doctors in the USA, August 2007 »

The Events Calendar has been extended up to and including the weekend of Aug 25/26, 2007.
New events have also been added to the calendar throughout […]

Read: Planning Events for Summer 2007 in Kansas City »

I’m very excited right now because it’s a big day for Irish KC.
It’s a day more important than the day I met the Governor of […]

Read: Anticipation of a Big Day »

Jim Cosgrove, the children’s entertainer known as Mr Stinky Feet and a regular performer at the various Irish festivals in Kansas City, was featured over […]

Read: Jim Cosgrove “Mr Stinky Feet” Feature »

Twice a month, on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 3pm to 6pm a trad session takes place at The Gaf, the Irish pub at […]

Read: Irish Music Sessions at The Gaf »

The 26th annual Hope in the Heartland Summer Gala takes place Saturday, August 25th, 2007 at the InterContential Hotel on Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza.
The […]

Read: The Elders at Hope in the Heartland Summer Gala 2007 »

The Morgue File in Saturday’s Crime Scene KC blog had some great photos of that celebrated Irish-American Tom Pendergast.
They include the courtroom huddle during sentencing […]

Read: Boss Tom Pendergast Photos »

Former Kansas City resident, who held Irish musical court at Harling’s Upstairs for a long time, Jonathan Ramsey, has been busy lately.
Currently residing in St […]

Read: Live Music by Jonathan Ramsey Available Online »

On Saturday and Sunday, July 21 and July 22, 2007, a new summer festival for the KC metro area Strotherfest, takes place in Lee’s Summit, […]

Read: New Festival: Strotherfest, Celebrating Americana in Lee’s Summit, MO »

Mike O’Laughlin of Kansas City’s Irish Roots Cafe let me know that he has now posted the first weekly episode of Missouri Irish for your […]

Read: Kansas City Irish History Podcast »

Good morning Kansas city and welcome to car crash blogging.
I have a brand new pedal, and a brand new ankle, and so resume living again. […]

Read: Brand New Song »

This is one of those weekends where Irish ex-pats follow all sorts of sporting events in and concerning Ireland.
Yesterday Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien - the […]

Read: Sporting Weekend of Irish Interest »