American Hell turned 50 yesterday.
A lot of people don’t like the name - because it’s a negative American name that is written by an Irishman. […]

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[Update: After a couple of major hold-ups, the journal of the entire trip is now published. Currently, and I’m useless at deadlines, the plan is […]

Read: Book: Cycling Across America (by me) »

To clear up a few things, I want to talk about posting comments here on Irish KC, and then I will link to this from […]

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Mosquitos eating Irish person in the Midwest.
A policy to fight the bite, by a sufferer of bad bites, bad bite reactions, and bad treatment reactions.
Recap:
No […]

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This question I am frequently asked in America, simply because I am Irish, is one of the most stupid.
Though not the most stupid Irish […]

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For any Irish who may be homesick in America, though it may well apply to Irish emigrants in other parts of the world, here’s a […]

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Go to Southwest Boulevard. Scramble up the hill on the north side. And Sketch.
Nobody ever talks about the trains in Kansas City. Even Union Station […]

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Some final words then on The Wind That Shakes The Barley

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In my post on Fun in America and elsewhere I’ve referred to ‘Craic’ being an English term that was then Gaelicized, and Conor has said […]

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As somebody who drinks between typically 50 and 70 cups of tea a day, which means there have also been countless times I have drank […]

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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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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 […]

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Some blog fight linking love, from:
• Tony’s Kansas City
And:
• nmrboy
• Primal Sneeze
And in linking love news the other direction, I’ve been stealthily adding sites to […]

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Relevant and irrelevant, Irish and not, current information and historical, and all of it personal, but not too personal, is to be found on the […]

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Late
-Where the hell are they?
-What’s wrong?
-They’re not here
-When are they supposed to be here?
-They said they’d be here at 7
-But it’s only a quarter to […]

Read: Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #30 »

I’ve never known it so quiet considering all the noise. Like a car crash.
So what happens now?
I wait for the right thing to be done.
And […]

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Donegal. The most northerly county in the Republic of Ireland has been annexed by the UK.
Why? Because it’s in Ulster, like Cavan and Monaghan? Does […]

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This is a large painting I did of the West of Ireland, that I’m offering for sale. (Update: SOLD)
I call it Blue Mountains, Green Grass […]

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There’s been a lot of buzz in air travel circles about VLJs lately.
In this instance the phrase air travel circles is meant to apply […]

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I always find it difficult to identify the first mosquito bite of the year in Kansas City.
During spring I will get several bites, not […]

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