As the drip feed of the 2008 Irish Blog Awards nominations turns into a waterfall, I’m off again flying from whatever country I’m in now […]

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In all my years in Kansas City I’ve always been puzzled by how local businesses describe Irish sausages.
They say things like “Full Irish breakfast […]

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Were I a better person I would have kept record of the paragraphs I wrote in support of each of my nominations for the 2008 […]

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Embroiled in exasperating and heartbreaking nonsense for the last 10 or so days, I’ve been busy writing a story I don’t want to post.
Meanwhile, I’ve […]

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Kansas City’s new downtown Irish pub, Raglan Road continues its high profile local Irish associations with a March triple booking of U2 tribute band Rattle […]

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Raglan Road is one of the Downtown Kansas City Power & Light District’s tenants that will participate in a 2-day Job Expo and Career Fair […]

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This morning the immensely popular recent Irish film Once was announced to have received an Oscar nomination.
In the category for Best Song, Falling Slowly has […]

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Do you want to work for an Irish pub in Kansas City?
Raglan Road, the new Irish gastro pub destined for Kansas City’s Power & Light […]

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When you say aye aye aye aye, and you don’t say Moosey, it means things aren’t great. In other words it’s not a case of […]

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Living in the world of stereotypes, yesterday I traveled from the land of the little people to the land of the big people.
And I […]

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Wade Sisson of the Titanic Historical Society based in Massachusetts is trying to form a local Titanic club.
Wade wants to have regular meetings for […]

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You know the way you watch cookery programmes and read recipes when you’re on a diet? Well when I don’t paint for a considerable period […]

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Mary Nestle, described as Martin City St. Patrick’s Irish Palooza parade and festival point person by Hearne Christopher Jr, in the Kansas City Star, gets […]

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In the summer of 2007 I was living in America and finally making progress in a 9-year war with the Mosquito Nation.
Severely bitten in the […]

Read: Signs From The Gods #2 »

On Saturday February 23rd, 2008 at 9pm, The Elders are playing at Union Station in a fundraiser gig for the Irish Museum & Cultural Center. […]

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Tom O’Malley’s Locks & Pulls of Overland Park, Kansas was featured in yesterday’s Kansas City Star.
Locks & Pulls should be familiar to the Irish community […]

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Maybe it’s an over-reaction on my part.
Before I move countries there’s alway a sign. A sign that things just aren’t quite right where you […]

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Covered in paints that are Pretty Pink and Fun Green, there’s not a lot going on in my world to report on.
Except for the fact […]

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The Record Bar February 16th 2008 Show for Rattle & Hum KC, the Kansas City U2 tribute band, has been canceled due to a […]

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The dates are set.
Irish KC, in a desperate attempt to appear to be genuinely related to KC, is visiting the Metro area this month, January […]

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