I like to do weather forecasts as a form of documentation. Not that I’m doing the forecasting myself, just the relaying.
And I love talking about […]

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On Sunday September 2, 2007 Different Drums of Ireland are playing in Columbia, Missouri.
The performance is at 7pm at the Unity Center of Columbia at […]

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Bloomsday Books, the quality used and rare bookstore in the historic Crestwood shops is looking for a partner.
Tom & Nancy Shawver of Bloomsday Books would […]

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Kansas City based Irish Trad band Kelly have lined up a series of gigs over the next couple of months.
We’ve already spoken about the Lenexa […]

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A quick note for those of you waiting for me to confirm your ‘friend requests’ on my Kansas City Irish MySpace page - I have […]

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Kennedy’s Bar & Grill of 75th Street in south Kansas City is reopening.
Just 6 months after the Waldo fire that completely destroyed it and several […]

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Did you notice that the Irish musical movie Once is still running at the Tivoli in Westport?
And that it’s been retained for yet another week […]

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On Monday, September 17, 2007 When the Kansas City Royals play the Chicago White Sox, it is of course Half-Way to St Paddy’s Day, and […]

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From the Opinion Line Extra in the Wichita Eagle in Kansas, somebody is proud to be a Scots-Irish-American.
I hate this nonsense:
“Nobody but a Scot would […]

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Just in the door. Was outside for up to 10 minutes talking to the next door neighbour.
It could well be the biggest mistake I […]

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I’m closing down my online art store where I sell my paintings on Friday 17th August, 2007.
This is part of the process of leaving KC […]

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Ireland’s Sunday Business Post just carried a story of people in Ireland losing money in postal scams.
Trying to establish how many Irish consumers are being […]

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Kansas City, Missouri is getting a new Irish pub.
And downtown.
One of 6 new tenants signed for Kansas City’s Power & Light District the new […]

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Quick apology time. Again.
Things are extremely busy and I have not replied to a whole bunch of emails that have come in to Irish KC.
All […]

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This Friday, August 10, 2007, The Wild Clover Band from Kearney, Nebraska make a rare foray into Missouri to play on the steps of the […]

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Do you remember the recent concert by Doug Goodhart and Mason Brown?
Well 3 fantastic sounding tracks from that gig in Lenexa, Kansas have been made […]

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Sweltering. 45th & State Line. Cafe &. Nice night for a cycle. Aproned Eddie mans the gate with Gabe. Máirtín introducing Dick Darby on stage. […]

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Speaking of things that don’t exist in Ireland, how much confidence should I have in American business people who insist on calling Euros Euro-Dollars?
How […]

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Here’s a few random notes for the here and now readers among you.
If you’re reading these notes there and then, I apologise.
Bear in mind […]

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For my money the most significant thing for the Irish community in Kansas City in recent years has been the creation of the Irish Music […]

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