Tips for Coping with Winter in the Midwest
Posted by: Eolaí on February 1st, 2007
We are currently deep in the heart of winter deep in the heart of the country. It’s rather colder than winters in Ireland.
And freezing […]
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Ireland & USA Little Differences #18: End Times
Posted by: Eolaí on January 30th, 2007
End Times
Fridges all over the middle of America have invitations clamped to them. And I’ll never get used to these invitations to social functions […]
FAIQ #20: What’s it like driving on the left-hand side?
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 […]
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Ireland & USA Little Differences # 17: Going Out The In-Door
Posted by: Eolaí on January 9th, 2007
A woman gave me her trolley at Aldi today. She wouldn’t take the quarter from me.
It occurred to me that so many people could […]
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Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #22
Posted by: Eolaí on January 8th, 2007
Nice Guy
-You seem like a nice guy; I’m going to give you my number and you can call me so we can go for a […]
Of Paintings, Irish and Not
Posted by: Eolaí on January 7th, 2007
As you’ve been partying for the last twelve nights, you may not have kept up with the status of paintings by me that I’ve been […]
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Comments are not plentiful
Posted by: Eolaí on January 6th, 2007
Much like my brain, comments are currently not working.
Apologies if you’ve attempted to leave a comment and then been faced with a blank screen. […]
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Comments are free and plentiful
Posted by: Eolaí on January 5th, 2007
Boys and Girls, Irish KC has been kind of busy in the spam wars these last twelve hours - on the good side of course.
A […]
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History of a Pub, an Irish Pub
Posted by: Eolaí on January 5th, 2007
Once upon a time Irish people, whoever they were - probably those who slaughtered the Tuatha Dé Danann - drank alcohol in public places such […]
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Burren Tower, A Painting by me on Special Offer
Posted by: Eolaí on January 4th, 2007
Burren Tower
$195 to Irish KC readers
Update: SOLD
12″ x 16″,
Framed
The Burren is as gorgeous close up as it in the grander view. Famed for its […]
USA & Ireland: Little Differences #16 - Lasagna
Posted by: Eolaí on January 3rd, 2007
A pasta story continues the series of the less celebrated differences between Ireland and the US. It’s one of those tiny things that hits you […]
Ireland 2007- the beginning
Posted by: Eolaí on January 3rd, 2007
A few years ago a man in Kansas City asked me to show him photographs of my trip home to Ireland that I had just […]
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So, how was it for you?
Posted by: Eolaí on January 2nd, 2007
Okay boys and girls, a lot of people have been asking about Christmas here in Towers gan Fhéile, and about 2007 of all things. […]
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New Year’s Day 2007
Posted by: Eolaí on January 1st, 2007
I only ever wish a Prosperous New Year to those who live in Clane.
As for everybody else who comes to Irish KC, I hope […]
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Milk and Onions: USA & Ireland Little Differences #15
Posted by: Eolaí on December 29th, 2006
Solving the World’s Problems.
I used to get my hair cut in Ringsend in Dublin. I would walk from where I worked in Ballsbridge, ignoring much […]
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Lights, Cameras…
Posted by: Eolaí on December 24th, 2006
Lest their be any confusion regarding my posting on the differences experienced on Christmas Eve in Kansas City and in Dublin, I should stress that […]
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Drunken Christmas Story Part III
Posted by: Eolaí on December 24th, 2006
You are on a train from the middle of England destined for North Wales. For Holyhead and the ferry home.
The train arrives on time. […]
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Christmas Eve: Dublin & KC
Posted by: Eolaí on December 24th, 2006
Christmas Eve in Dublin
I would leave most if not all present buying until Christmas Eve and then head into town for the present-buying blitz.
I might […]
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Drunken Christmas Story - Part II
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 […]
Christmas, It Could Happen to a Bishop
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 […]
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