I actually haven’t been here for a couple of days. Instead I’ve been being Irish around Ireland, gallivanting around the island to see a man […]

Read: Here I Amn’t, Here I Am »

Coverage of the 1st Mid-America Gaelic Classic, which included Kansas City, will be included in the September edition of the Midwest Irish Focus.
Until then you […]

Read: Photos: Gaelic Football in the Midwest »

Sister Rita Smith is one of 3 Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL), Kansas who recently celebrated their 50th anniversaries.
The daughter of two Irish parents, […]

Read: Kansas City Irish Nun Celebrates 50 Year Jubilee »

Tina Turner, that well known Irish woman, is playing Kansas City, Missouri on October 1, 2008.
She’s not Irish, I hear you say, for my Irish […]

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On Friday, August 29, 2008 Irish performance poet and musician, Belfast’s Gearóid Mac Lochlainn, reads at the Writers Place in midtown Kansas City, Missouri, and […]

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From Eilis Crean:
“I am an accomplished trad Irish fiddle player and will be in Kansas city the first week of October, for work. I am […]

Read: Trad Irish Fiddle Player Seeks October KC Irish sessiuns »

Kansas City’s Gaelic Athletic Club yesterday played in the 1st Mid-America Gaelic Classic over in Springfield, Missouri.
In a rematch of their first Gaelic Football game […]

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The Elders of Kansas City are starting to appear all over the KC Irish Entertainment calendar these days.
If you’ve been keeping a close eye […]

Read: An Irish Sundae for Kansas City Singles »

Ireland’s Lisa Hannigan is touring America this October and November.
She’s her own woman of course, but while we’re waiting for this album to come out […]

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‘Twas down by Christ-church that I first met with Annie,
A neat little girl - and not a bit shy
She told me her father, who came […]

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There is a range of entertainment and food from Ireland and other Celtic countries at this weekend’s Ethnic Festival in Kansas City’s Swope Park.
Ireland is […]

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Trails West!® is an arts festival that celebrates the special cultural heritage of St. Joseph, Missouri.
The festival takes place over 3 days this weekend, August […]

Read: The Kelihans at Trails West Festival »

In the series of 2008 summer concerts held at the Richmond Amphitheater in Missouri, the band chosen for Celtic music is The Lucky Charms.
On Thursday, […]

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This is an awful painting, though in my defence it’s not finished.
I post it here now because I referred to it in my recent post […]

Read: Chapelizod Stile »

There was a time I used to give the Irish Fest website some stick.
But the 2008 Irish fest site is different. How so, you […]

Read: My Irish Fest »

Speaking of Irish blogs and Kansas City (as we were when chatting about Bob Reeder’s blog) those rascally boys from Cork, The Fuchsia Band, are […]

Read: The Fuchsia Band After Kansas City »

I’ve been bemoaning the lack of blogs on the Kansas City Irish scene since years before I brought Irish KC into existence almost 2 and […]

Read: Bob Reeder’s Blog »

It’s just over a month to go now before everybody will be halfway from being Irish.
If fractions aren’t your thing though, you could always […]

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A slew of Kansas City based Irish and Celtic entertainment is performing on Saturday, September 13, 2008 in the annual Emerald Autumn event.
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Read: Emerald Autumn: September Irish Music »

The shocking thing about being in Ireland is the conversations you have with people. They might have an MBA, but they work on a dairy […]

Read: Former KC Irish Pub Proprietor Opens OK Irish Pub »