The first thing I see is a large white van a mile away. Too early for my modem surely, and too near without directions. I […]

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Wake up to the sound of the dog jumping. Windy but another beautiful day. Drink first pot of tea watching a wren in the fuchsia.
It’s […]

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Leavenworth was the 1st city to be incorporated in Kansas.
To that end you have a First City Festival. Mind you the 2nd time it […]

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Woke up to the field that opens onto my front door having 50 sheep in it. The only way in is right past the door. […]

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So I’m sheltering from sheets of rain somewhere in Ireland.
Luckily for you however I took some photos yesterday when the weather preferred cameras.
Here’s a […]

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Today I move to a new home in Ireland with all of my boxes.
Technically speaking it’s only with half of my boxes, but I’ll spare […]

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A 15-year-old Abilene, Kansas, girl rated Ireland as her favourite place of a 3-country 3-week People to People International exchange program trip.
One of 15 students […]

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The rather moving Stranger is the latest song from the Missouri Scotland collaboration that is Triflemore.
In the song by song MySpace dripfeed of the forthcoming […]

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Probably my favourite time to sit at a table as one of 4 strangers was on a train in England from Crewe to Birmingham.
An […]

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The Missouri Irish Brigade will tell ghost war stories around a campfire at the Wornall House on Friday and Saturday night, September 5 and 6, […]

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Kansas City’s 5th Annual Halloween Pooka Party takes place on Saturday, Oct 25, 2008 in Harling’s Upstairs.
It’s the time of the year again for Ron […]

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Starting on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, there are classes in Conversational Irish at the Irish Museum & Cultural Center (IMCC) in Union Station.
These classes in […]

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You might think that as I’m moving house at the moment that I wouldn’t have anything else better to do.
For that’s what I thought.
But then […]

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There are now sessions every weekend of the month in Kansas City, to go along with John Bunch’s Benedictine College Celtic Music Club Wednesday night […]

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The Kansas City GAA club will continue to train and scrimmage at the Wizard’s practice facility, however, as we head into Autumn they are rearranging […]

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I’m on the move again.
To the mountains.
And the coast.
By the bog.
And the heather.
Among the sheep.
And the clouds.
With the views.
Of the fields.
And the sea.
And the islands.
And […]

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Meant to tell yehs that a couple of weeks back I got me name in the paper. In Ireland.
Well not my name, the blog’s name.
In […]

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I’m mad busy right now, with something regular readers can probably guess, so here’s a previously unpublished Irish music question and answer from my personal […]

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Rachel is from Abilene, Kansas and is studying English and pre-law.
She’s doing it in Ireland, at UCC, and she’s blogging her experience.
Just over […]

Read: A Kansas Student’s Fall Semester in Ireland »

For those looking for photos, videos and reactions to the 2008 Irish Festival that took place in Kansas City’s Crown Center area, I’ve put together […]

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