Posted by: Eolaí 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 […]
Read: Ireland & USA Little Differences #21: Camping Without a Tent »
Posted by: Eolaí on March 26th, 2007
Nostalgia time. And a list.
Ten pieces of prime advice from an Irish childhood.
Universal themes I suspect.
All in all, as a child it was a […]
Read: Irish Parental Advice »
Posted by: Eolaí on March 21st, 2007
A couple of years ago there was a lot of Scottish music at the Irish festival in Crown Center, some of it by way of […]
Posted by: Eolaí on March 16th, 2007
Currently on tour with the Chieftains, the all-female Irish traditional outfit Líadan, graduates of the Irish World Music Center at the University of Limerick, are […]
Read: Líadan and Kansas City »
Posted by: Eolaí on February 12th, 2007
When I was growing up in Dublin West, which is like West Dublin only wilder, I didn’t know anybody who played rugby, and I never […]
Read: Wanting Ireland to Lose »
Posted by: Eolaí on February 6th, 2007
Here’s a little something for fans of Kansas City’s Celtic Rock Band The Elders.
Secrets* from Kansas City were Brent Hoad and Norm Dahlor, who are […]
Read: Kansas City Secrets* »
Posted by: Eolaí on January 17th, 2007
Q. What is it like to drive on the left-hand side of the road?
A. I hate cars. Everything about them. I couldn’t even tell you […]
Read: FAIQ #20: What’s it like driving on the left-hand side? »
Posted by: Eolaí on December 22nd, 2006
By popular demand, here is a second snippet of a story of drunken fortitude in one Irishman’s quest to travel directly from a Christmas work […]
Posted by: Eolaí on December 20th, 2006
If you come from a country which celebrates Christmas over the Twelve Days, then to enjoy Christmas in the US you need to learn to […]
Posted by: Eolaí on December 10th, 2006
Dublin’s Balcony TV is great for keeping an eye on unsigned and up and coming Irish acts, though it also throws the odd establisher performer […]
Read: The Pale on the Balcony »
Posted by: Eolaí on November 30th, 2006
Q. What’s With You Irish And All This Guilt Stuff?
A. I like guilt. And I think it gets a bad rap.
People who go around […]
Read: FAIQ #18: What’s With You Irish And All This Guilt Stuff? »
Posted by: Eolaí on November 21st, 2006
Q. You Travel By Train In Ireland, Don’t You?
A. We didn’t have a car when I was growing up. One appeared when I was around […]
Read: FAIQ #22: You Travel By Train In Ireland, Don’t You? »
Posted by: Eolaí on November 16th, 2006
A long time ago, when I was living in Liverpool, new pint glasses were brought out. Imperial pint glasses of course, this being the empire […]
Posted by: Eolaí on October 20th, 2006
If you’re Irish and like horses racing you’re supposed to prefer National Hunt to the Flat. In fact you’re not supposed to really like the […]
Read: Horses and Courses »
Posted by: Eolaí on October 15th, 2006
It is twenty to five on a Saturday. Rupert Murdoch has yet to invent English football, and Al Gore has not yet invented the Internet. […]
Read: Reason to Leave Ireland #162 »
Posted by: Eolaí on September 29th, 2006
Trup Trup a Chapaillín - Or, Giddy Up There Pony. The first song I learned at school, but being aged four, and it being a […]
Posted by: Eolaí on September 6th, 2006
As my own review of the 2006 KC Irish Fest remains an unfinished unpublished monster, here’s something shorter on former years while I try and […]
Read: Top Ten Irish Fest Memories »
Posted by: Eolaí on August 20th, 2006
Walking the streets of Dublin always brings back memories of the early days in Kansas City. I bought a pair of socks today, and it […]
Posted by: Eolaí on August 6th, 2006
The recent Chris Moyles Bob Geldof thing reminded me of when I worked in England and my English boss - who was about to go […]
Posted by: Eolaí on July 26th, 2006
In the mid 1980s I was responsible for auditing the Irish Singles Charts prior to an overhaul of the system. The final calculation of chart […]
Read: Irish Music Charts and Bandwagon »
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