The parents have been galivanting around Ireland again.
Sligo and Donegal.
Of course it’s easy for them as they actually live there, and thanks to the […]

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Not that the Silicion Valley is in Kansas to begin with but Mike Cassidy is telling you about his driving experiences in Ireland as an […]

Read: Driving in Ireland Means You’re Not in Kansas Anymore »

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? »

Happy 12th of July then.
It’s not my world, but if you’re of Scots-Irish stock, like much of rural Missouri, and much of rural everywhere […]

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Back when the Lucan Road west of Chapelizod wasn’t a one-way off ramp from the N4, it was the main feature of my typical cycling […]

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I do love GAA Championship Sundays like yesterday.
When I left Ireland and moved to Kansas City, Waterford hadn’t been Munster Hurling champions since 1963, and […]

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We haven’t done a Sunday Short for a while.
Here then is my favourite from the Dublin Stories series of films by NOVARAfilms. It’s episode 4 […]

Read: Dublin Stories: Episode 4 - Peter »

Today, Tuesday 3rd July is your last chance to get an Irish Mocha in Kansas City until Monday July 9, 2007.
Why? Because yesterday the proprietors […]

Read: Cafe & rests for a few days »

Now I don’t want to turn Irish KC into Gawker’s Celebrity Watch, at least not until I return to Ireland, but I did receive a […]

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Actually I could have said Tullamore in Meath. Or Tullamore in Virginia.
Why? Because Kansas City’s trad band Tullamore are still on their tour of Ireland, […]

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Falling into the category of Infrequently Asked Irish KC Questions, comes a question from Denmark I’m fond of in a gentle way:
Q. It’s a long […]

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Ballyvaughan Story is an award-winning Irish short animated documentary featuring a story from the War of Independence.
It’s a small story from 1921 in Ballyvaughan, which […]

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The European super bantamweight title fight between Ireland’s Bernard Dunne and Norwegian Reidar Walstad is being webcast LIVE by RTE this Saturday, June 23, […]

Read: Watch Irish Boxer Fight for Title Live on Web »

Wondering how Kansas City’s Tullamore are doing on their tour of Ireland?
Well they have their name in the paper, specifically The Kingdom - and that […]

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Since most of my family are still in Ireland, we do what all familes separated by thousands of miles do. We swap photos online.
I mentioned […]

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The Irish blogging story of the last 24 hours has been Damien Mulley and Sky Handling Partners.
Readers of Irish KC will know Damien as, among […]

Read: Irish Blogosphere & Beyond Rallies Behind Mulley »

Speaking of differences and similarities between Ireland and the US, it’s time for talk of seasons.
Brother the younger is long a fan of how the […]

Read: Ireland & USA Little Differences #23: Spring into Summer »

Once, the Irish musical movie we first told you about all the way back when it was a huge hit at the Sundance Film Festival, […]

Read: Rave Review for Irish Movie ‘Once’ »

A year ago today I wrote this about Fathers’ Day.
Such is the annual nature of holidays that not much is different a year on.
And that’s […]

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People have been asking me how fared the nearest to a representative Kansas City had at the inaugural Balcony TV awards.
Well Máirtín de Cógáin didn’t […]

Read: Balcony Awards: Winners, Losers, and Kansas City »