Damien Dempsey has just played the Wye and has a couple more festivals in Britain this month before coming to North America for dates in […]

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Comment of the Week on Irish KC is a greater honour than you might think - because it’s not awarded every week.
In fact I can’t […]

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Just a reminder that with the extension of the Events Calendar out to the end of October 2007 that I did a couple of weeks […]

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You know that new festival in the Kansas City metro area? The festival called Strotherfest - where you can watch KC’s premier Celtic Rock band […]

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Omaha, Nebraska has a new Irish pub.
It’s called Two Fine Irishmen, which is a fine Irish name.
As well as Guinness, Harp, and Smithwicks on tap, […]

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Speaking of Irish pessism, some readers of Irish KC will be interested in the recent celebration of Bishop Boland’s 50th anniversary of his ordination into […]

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This is a sad announcement.
I’ve enjoyed the Kansas City Irish Festival since its beginning, whether you count that beginning as the Labor Day weekend festival […]

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In an orgy of self-indulgence, partly in answer to repeated meme taggings over the last year, and partly as an exercise in disclosure, I give […]

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Because I refuse to work, I spend all the waking and sleeping hours of the day reading and drinking and writing poetry.
And that causes some […]

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There’s an interesting report on Bloomberg looking at the impact of the failure of the recent immigration bill to pass.
English-speaking (which includes the Irish), […]

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Yesterday was my ninth 4th of July since moving to the US. And it was my first not to have a drink. I was just […]

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Gaelic Storm, especially since the release of their last CD Bring Yer Wellies, are deservedly growing and growing in popularity.
They are one of the more […]

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It being the 4th of July I’ve postponed the original posts I was on the verge of throwing up, and will post one or two […]

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I took the test.
It being that time of year, it seemed appropriate.
And even more so with my impending departure after over 8 years […]

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Cool Yoke
-Your flight okay?
-Grand
-And your stay with your Irish friends in that other American city?
-Great. They’re very well off
-How so?
-They had one of these really […]

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Did you know there are jam sessions by Irish musicians of traditional tunes from 1–4pm every 3rd Sunday of the month at the Irish Museum […]

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In the few days in Kansas City, from the saddle of a bicycle, I have seen:
1. A turtle
2. A woodpecker
3. A possum scurrying along
4. A […]

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Today, Tuesday 3rd July is your last chance to get an Irish Mocha in Kansas City until Monday July 9, 2007.
Why? Because yesterday the proprietors […]

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Somebody at a festival once asked me what makes my paintings Irish. It’s not an infrequent question.
-I do, is my frequent answer.
Of course this is […]

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Am watching the Munster Football Final live from Killarney in Kerry via Setanta.
This is Gaelic Football lest you be wondering. The Kingdom are playing […]

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