An Irishman in London
Posted by: e on July 30th, 2009
Those of you who liked some of my Travel pieces from the past, such as A Table in a Prague Tavern, or the Phnom Penh […]
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Art: My Irish Paintings for Sale
Music: Kansas City Irish & Celtic Bands
Sport: 1st Gaelic Football Game in Kansas City
Archive for “Nostalgia”
A Relationship Graphed by Japanese Art
Posted by: e on January 7th, 2009
Most of my memories are mathematical.
Even when I remember smells and sights, it is the maths that triggers them.
For example, every time I look […]
Phoenix Park Racecourse: The Lodge
Posted by: e on October 14th, 2008
I never go past it any more.
Because it isn’t there any more. Yet it looks like it is.
Twice last week I cycled through the Park. […]
A Table in a Prague Tavern
Posted by: e on September 5th, 2008
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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Nobody’s Child #39
Posted by: e on April 23rd, 2008
Frequently when setting off to pick up my son during winter in Kansas City, I would fill the birdfeeder that hung from my porch.
So that […]
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Nobody’s Child #34
Posted by: e on April 17th, 2008
5 years ago today, in Kansas City, I wrote these words:
It’s 5 months today since my wife and I separated.
Distractions are a permanent feature […]
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Signs From The Gods #1
Posted by: e on January 8th, 2008
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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Last Call for Ardal O’Hanlon Document
Posted by: e on October 19th, 2007
Distracted by the move to Ireland from Kansas City I forgot about giving away the Ardal O’Hanlon document.
A reminder that if you want this […]
Columbus Day in the Midwest
Posted by: e on October 9th, 2007
Less than an hour after Columbus Day and I find myself in Ireland all nostalgic for the day I had this time last year.
Or maybe […]
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An Irish Shed
Posted by: e on September 21st, 2007
Currently I am of no fixed abode and still sorting out paperwork related to the life I just left in the US. Thanks to d’oul […]
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The Late Late Phil Lynott
Posted by: e on August 21st, 2007
Anyone keeping an eye on my Irish sKCraps, and reading every entry here on Irish KC obsessively, might be interested to know that Peter […]
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Lovers in Transit on Wang Dang Doodle
Posted by: e on August 17th, 2007
Kansas City’s excellent Lovers In Transit get played and toasted on Irish music person extraordinaire B.P. Fallon’s Breakthru Radio show Wang Dang Doodle #16.
The first […]
Pub Crawl Memories
Posted by: e on July 19th, 2007
In this city that boasts more fountains than Rome (or everywhere else but), every morning shortly after sunrise I watch a couple of men advance […]
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Royal Blue Toyota Corollas Banned in Dublin
Posted by: e on July 9th, 2007
Back when the Lucan Road west of Chapelizod wasn’t a one-way off ramp from the N4, it was the main feature of my typical cycling […]
Dublin Legend in Kansas City
Posted by: e on June 26th, 2007
One of the greatest sights I first noticed in Kansas City, was this great mural depicting Dublin’s legendary 1983 All-Ireland winner, Kieran Duff.
Dublin’s forward Duff, […]
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Remembering Stephen Biko
Posted by: e on May 20th, 2007
Speaking of anger, it’s Sunday, and I always think of Sunday as a day of anger.
Apartheid is something that used to make me angry. […]
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Watch The FA Cup Final on TV in Kansas City
Posted by: e on May 18th, 2007
I remember being furious with the FAI. Within 12 feet of where I sat, English boots and fists laid into Irish bodies.
It was 1991 and […]
The Garda Band at Croker
Posted by: e on April 13th, 2007
Irish major entertainment blog Blogorrah today gave the heads up on The Police performing at Dublin’s Croke Park in October this year.
Maybe I’ve forgotten, but […]
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Good Friday
Posted by: e on April 6th, 2007
The first time I didn’t fast on a Good Friday I was on a train in North Wales.
I didn’t know I wasn’t fasting; after my […]
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Ireland & USA Little Differences #21: Camping Without a Tent
Posted by: e on March 29th, 2007
Camping Without a Tent
I’ve been invited to go camping here in the middle of America next month. I know what this means.
It doesn’t mean […]
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