TONIGHT Friday October 12th, 2007 at 9pm in the Paddy O’Quigley’s at 119th & Roe is balladeer Brendan Loughery from Ireland.
And tomorrow night, Saturday […]

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The Heatons are back.
Matt & Shannon Heaton are playing another concert at Big Plain House in Lenexa almost a year since their last gig in […]

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I thought I had mentioned this ages ago, but I don’t see it anywhere.
If you’ve ever looked east from Gillham when you’re at 38th Street […]

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I went to a play last week. In the Dublin Theatre Festival.
Is This About Sex?
Not really. But not not really either.
Using sexual manners and […]

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Kip Niven, who I mentioned is a special guest star in the Irish play Translations by Brian Friel, is featured in the Lawrence Journal-World
A Prairie […]

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Yesterday I had the enjoyment of traveling to Tipperary where I watched on television Ireland being completely outplayed by Argentina and exiting the World Cup.
I […]

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At the Genealogy and Local History branch of the Mid-Continent Library you can have an appointment with a genealogy expert - on the subject of […]

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The University of Kansas Department of Theatre and Film and University Theatre is presenting a production of Brian Friel’s Irish play Translations at 7:30pm on […]

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Just a quick note to let you know that the U2 tribute band Rattle & Hum KC have had their slot changed for the big […]

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While I continue to fight a dodgy broadband connection, I’ll put together some photos for you and finish offline a couple of longer posts I’m […]

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My memory might be out on this but do you remember 5 years ago at St Agnes over on Mission a couple of blocks to […]

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If I seem quiet today it’s because Ireland as a nation is about to watch in a few minutes the World Cup rugby crunch game […]

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7 or 8 years ago I was walking the streets of Kansas City’s Midtown on a Halloween evening when I ended up at the front […]

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A new season of Irish traditional music classes has started this week at the Kansas City School of Irish Music.
Classes take place on Mondays with […]

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I’ve a soft spot for this festival in McPherson, Kansas. It was the first Scottish festival I attended in the US and as such the […]

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John Morris is performing at Walsh’s Corner Cocktail on Saturday October 6th, 2007 at 8:30pm.
The Corner Cocktail is one of my favourite pubs in Kansas […]

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Here’s a major event for the Irish in Indiana and Michigan this coming September weekend.
The Elders are appearing in the 900-seat Leighton Concert Hall in […]

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In a busy weekend for Nebraska’s Wild Clover Band, they have a gig in Kansas sandwiched between two home state gigs.
On Saturday, September 15, 2007 […]

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On Monday September 17th, 2007, at McCormick & Schmick’s on the Plaza, The Kelihans feature at a Half-Way to St. Patrick’s Day Party organized by […]

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Voices and Visions: Ireland Across Disciplines
The 2007 Midwest ACIS Conference takes place on 18-20 October 2007 at University of Missouri, Kansas City
The American […]

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