A few times in the last couple of weeks I’ve been reading that the reason for the creation of this year’s inaugural World Fleadh, is […]

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John Bambenek, an academic professional for the University of Illinois and a columnist for the Daily Illini, makes an interesting point about the recent/current Irish […]

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Because I’m really sad, yesterday I emailed some online news website because it was still representing the Book of Psalms in the Irish Bog as […]

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When I posted on the amazing find of the Irish book of the Bog, I did so without referring to Israel unlike most publications I […]

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Back in the early 1990s when Kansas City and the rest of the US had Irish people arriving on Morrison Visas I had an Irish […]

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You know, when I talk about things being filmed in Ireland, and you’re sitting in Missouri or Nebraska or somewhere in the US thinking it […]

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In the mid 1980s I was responsible for auditing the Irish Singles Charts prior to an overhaul of the system. The final calculation of chart […]

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The National Museum of Ireland has released photos of the Book of Psalms in the Bog, we talked about yesterday. I’m telling ya, menus and […]

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Being a romantic immigrant you know I get all misty when somebody breaks into a shed out here in Kansas City’s suburbs, and steals a […]

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You’ve heard of the Book of Kells - or at least of Kansas City’s Cow of Kells - and you know how important old Irish […]

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Podge and Rodge have their own handy Irish test, with the willing victim being Anne Charleston, who you may (not) know as Madge from Australia’s […]

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Speaking of Dublin, Irish art magazine CIRCA (something I used to buy when I lived at home, because it was funny) today has a report […]

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In the Kansas City Star’s relentless reporting of Irish news, yesterday was featured the Irish Government’s latest plan to address Ireland’s chewing gum problem. Being […]

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Speaking of David Gray (when we were talking about Majella Murphy), there’s a nice interview with the Welsh performer in the Galway Independent as he […]

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Last night at Pub Trivia at The Brick in downtown Kansas City, Missouri there was an Irish question. In three years at that Pub Quiz […]

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You remember a while back we mentioned the first CD to be released by phone - Irish singer/songwriter Majella Murphy, with the help of o2 […]

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It doesn’t seem that long ago that Ireland was declared the 2nd richest country in the EU behind Luxembourg. Everyone seemed very proud, especially with […]

Read: Money Brings Irish Misery (what money/misery?) »

Yesterday wasn’t only Eddie Delahunt’s birthday, it was also the 21st anniversary of Live-Aid. As I remember the day, there wasn’t a soul in Dublin […]

Read: Prosperous, Cosmopolitan, and not very Catholic »

Speaking of Internet habits in Ireland as compared to the US, Damien Mulley writes that access to the Web has remained static in Ireland as […]

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You’ve probably already noticed how your favourite Irish band, whatever kind of music they play, has an account on MySpace - well with the increase […]

Read: USA & Ireland: MySpace & Bebo »