Here’s something that made me laugh. Because life in Ireland was like this for me all the time before I moved to Kansas City.
It’s a […]

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The teapot is packed.
Some Longer Irish Things I’ve Written in KC:
   • Good Times Don’t Last
   • Literally America
   • Turkeyed Out
   • Autumn, I Mean Fall
   • Everyone’s a […]

Read: I Don’t Know About You, But I Fancy A Pint »

Boys and girls, as we approach the hour of Friday, August 31, 2007, it’s a very big day for Irish KC.
Somewhere in the next few […]

Read: Kansas City Moves To Ireland »

Aha! I may not be a stereotype after all.
Because I listen to tapes way more than I listen to CDs.
And that’s just as well […]

Read: Packing List #3: The Kansas City Tapes »

When I left Ireland for Kansas City in 1999, I brought 32 boxes, a suitcase and a bicycle.
And 2 extra large brown soda breads straight […]

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I knew I had it somewhere.
I’ve just found my old Post Office Savings Bank book from Ireland.
Banc Taisce an Phoist.
I started it in 1974 with […]

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One of the highlights in becoming a grown up for me was being able to choose what books go in the bathroom.
Actually being able to […]

Read: Packing List #2: Books in the Bathroom »

Here’s a little something my brother sent me a couple of weeks ago.
It’s an old article from The Onion of a man who is very […]

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List time again.
I’m clearing my desk and so packing away the CDs that are on it. They are not all the CDs I […]

Read: Packing List #1: CDs on the Desk »

All-Ireland semi-final day. The 2nd one. Last week Cork dismissed Meath with frightening ease.
And today, moments ago, Dublin and Kerry finished their game.
We talk […]

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When you walk into a bookstore that sells used books you are surrounded by a million memories of lives you’ll never know.
Here’s a photograph […]

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For the stalkers and the concerned who have been following my imminent move to Ireland, there have been developments.
Promised that confirmation would be received on […]

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My dog was the featured video today on YouTube for Ireland.
If it’s no longer there then you still have 3 other places where you can […]

Read: Irish KC Dog Features #1 on YouTube for Ireland »

Here’s a selection from a series of 40 very small paintings I did once upon a time in KC.
They are of animals, all about 2 […]

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Do you remember me reminiscing about this Danish moment of Irish history?
Well revenge has been exacted.
Actually that’s rubbish. Friendlies are called friendlies for a reason. […]

Read: Denmark nil, Ireland four. »

It didn’t take Bob Geldof to let me know that we talk nonsense as a nation.
But unlike in the US we do it in […]

Read: Ireland & USA Little Differences #24: Pub Talk »

Today I was contacted from Ireland and offered an exhibition in Dublin.
That’s better than a poke in the eye by somebody with a smelly finger.
It’s […]

Read: Paintings in and of Dublin »

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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In an attempt to find out if I’m the stereotype I think I am, I took the Country Quiz to see if it would proclaim […]

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For those trying to establish the actual date of departure from KC of your Irish KC author, it’s not yet public due to so many […]

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