Despite all the hoopla about the opening of McFadden’s Sports Saloon in KC it’s fair to say that the opening early in 2008 of Raglan […]

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This Sunday, November 18, 2007 you can hear - or turn up and watch - Celtic Crossings broadcast live from Eddie Delahunt’s Cafe & in […]

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On December 8, 2007 Eileen Ivers returns to the KC region when she performs An Nollaig (An Irish Christmas) at the Lied Center of Kansas.
The […]

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Some Irish events and news for Kansas City, Missouri is coming up in a short while - I’m just a bit out of whack having […]

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For the first time in over a year, I bought a paper.
The Irish Times is 1.70 euro which at today’s rates of exchange is […]

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So Dublin Airport’s Pier D offically opened yesterday.
And Like the Taoiseach I was at the airport myself. But I was at the prefab […]

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Pier D in Dublin Airport opened yesterday. Officially. The Taoiseach’s the one that done it.
But Pier D has really been open for 2 weeks. I […]

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The performance of Frank Martin’s Piano Trio on Irish Folk Tunes by the Claremont Trio at the Lied Center is reviewed today by Dean Bevan […]

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Another opportunity for the people of western Missouri to hear Irish-related music performed by a premiere instrumental ensemble comes this week at Northwest Missouri State […]

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Today I’m flying to Ireland. Because it’s the sort of man I am.
I’m going to pick up the pieces of my life, and if you’re […]

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Kennedy’s Bar & Grill of 75th Street in Waldo was featured a couple of days back on KMBC with talk of the plans for the […]

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The Harp and Shamrock, the Bob Reeder Fan Club “Night of Celtic Music” benefit for the hearing aid fund at Children’s Mercy Hospital is TONIGHT, […]

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Welcome to more live blogging from upstairs on a bus in England. Front row seats. In Buckinghamshire to be exact, surrounded mostly by sleeping passengers. […]

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There’s a lot of visitors to Irish KC who come here looking for guitar pictures.
That tends to lead them to this drawing of a […]

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Yesterday I posted live from a bus in London, but to get there I had to leave Dublin.
Here’s what I wrote at Dublin airport:
The thing […]

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And following the announcement of the Irish pub Raglan Road as an addition to the Power & Light District, today sees the opening of […]

Read: McFadden’s Saloon Launches Entertainment District in KC, MO »

This is interesting. For me anyway, if not for you.
Right now I’m on a bus in London. And I’m online.
If you book early enough […]

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As I hinted a long time ago, another Irish pub, Raglan Road, has been confirmed for Kansas City’s new Power & Light district.
If you nose […]

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Let me quote the introduction to a book by Axel Klein.
Though the term “Irish music” typically evokes images of fiddles, flutes, and Riverdance, Ireland and […]

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Tommy Mehan, described as “a wonderful children’s performer” can be seen this Saturday, November 10th, 2007 in the Irish Museum & Cultural Center (IMCC) in […]

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