I haven’t really but this test says I’ve decided I have.
Because all my books are now in boxes somewhere between KC and Ireland right now, […]

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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 […]

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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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Speaking of the Book of Kells, on Sunday October 7, 2007 the Irish Museum and Cultural Center is having a presentation of the most famous […]

Read: Learn About The Book of Kells at KC’s Irish Center »

Bloomsday Books, the quality used and rare bookstore in the historic Crestwood shops is looking for a partner.
Tom & Nancy Shawver of Bloomsday Books would […]

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A few days ago my brother in Ireland sent me an article from the Irish Times.
It was by Kate Holmquist about a new book making […]

Read: American Slang Created by Irish. And Jazz too. »

Ireland’s Kevin Dundon is the chef proprietor of Dunbrody Country House Hotel & Restaurant, located in Ireland’s sunny Southeast (well Wexford).
Raglan Road is the name […]

Read: New Irish Sausages for the US, and for KC a New Irish Gastro Pub? »

For my own reference, here’s a whole load of links to MySpace pages connected with Kansas City that I visit regularly.
Comedy, Bloggers, Bands, Cinema, Pubs, […]

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Larry Kirwan of Black 47 has wished everyone a belated Happy Bloomsday.
Strictly speaking he’s wishing us a Happy Mollyday as he renames it. Larry considers […]

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Since I’m on an animal jaunt, I want to talk about an animal here in the midwest that we don’t have in Ireland.
This is an […]

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Free beer and hot weather. An intoxicating combination.
And it’s probably best to go to bed the night before such a day.
I did my reading, spotting […]

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Bloomsday 2007. An Irish celebration in Kansas City.
Why would you go?
1. It’s FREE
2. There’s Beer
3. The book is the laugh-out-loud kind of fun
4. You don’t […]

Read: 20 Reasons for a KC Party About an Irish Book »

John Mark Eberhart in the Kansas City Star gives a plug to the Bloomsday Celebration on Saturday June 16, 2007.
Live Irish music from Eddie Delahunt […]

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Mike O’Laughlin of Kansas City’s Irish Roots Cafe let me know that he has now posted the first weekly episode of Missouri Irish for your […]

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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) »

• Kerry, Meath and Donegal in bed together?
• Where in Ireland is Glasgow?
• Irish Scarecrow?
• Not Irish milk
• Pat Short’s Jumbo Irish Roll with lyrics […]

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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 […]

Read: ‘Craic’ or ‘Crack’: Is it Irish? »

The Kansas City Literary Festival of course isn’t specifically an irish event; it just has a significant Irish element.
Well, if by any chance you’re sick […]

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One of the most interesting things in the Irish world of Kansas City takes place this coming weekend May 17 through May 20, 2007 - […]

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Tom Shawver of Bloomsday Books tells me that Eddie Delahunt is confirmed for his annual performance at the FREE mini-festival that is the Bloomsday celebration.
Tom […]

Read: Charms & Delahunt for Bloomsday 2007 »