A few notes and reminders for this coming weekend July 27/28/29 2007 in Kansas City.
And by “Kansas City” I mean wherever I want it […]

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So I bumped into a new Johnny O’Quigley’s Irish Pub. But it’s one for your holidays, your vacation.
Because it’s in Panama City. Panama City, […]

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On Saturday July 21, 2007 - tomorrow - Eddie Delahunt performs at his own Cafe & at 7pm.
Joining Eddie, as was the case for the […]

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Barry’s Tea. More than Bewley’s Tea or Lyons Tea, Barry’s is the tea I am asked about in Kansas City the most.
Sometimes by email here […]

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Juan and Javier are the boys with the bus, and Eddie told them to expect some slagging.
This is the Irish Bus to O’Malley’s of Weston […]

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As a way to thank everybody who helped make Browne’s 120th anniversary Street Fair the great success that raised over $11,000 for Children’s TLC, Browne’s […]

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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 […]

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Eddie Delahunt’s Cafe & on 45th St at State Line is extending its hours of opening.
From Monday, July 16th 2007, the Cafe & will now […]

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Looking in Missouri for an Irish Bed & Breakfast specializing in homemade fare? I’m not.
But if I was, The Carthage Press tells me that you […]

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I don’t think I mentioned before that Bloomsday Books is on MySpace.
So if networking with a quality used bookstore, named after a day named after […]

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Omaha, Nebraska has a new Irish pub.
It’s called Two Fine Irishmen, which is a fine Irish name.
As well as Guinness, Harp, and Smithwicks on tap, […]

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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 […]

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Somebody at a festival once asked me what makes my paintings Irish. It’s not an infrequent question.
-I do, is my frequent answer.
Of course this is […]

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The Extraordinary Life of Nelly Don is the name of the first special exhibit at the Irish Museum & Cultural Center.
Thanks to Terence O’Malley’s record […]

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I get asked every week where is good, or even possible to watch soccer in Kansas City, and being an ex-pat I tend to focus […]

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June 2007 saw the first issue of a nicely produced glossy newsletter from Sheehan’s Irish Imports.
The cover highlights a whole load of new Irish and […]

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Last Saturday I was talking with John Morris as he was on his way to Browne’s big anniversary Irish festival.
I asked him about this new […]

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So I’m sitting on the small ivy-covered wall, listening to live music and getting my bottom bitten, and I’m thinking, god my head hurts.
Don’t […]

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So I’m cycling around Kansas City, thinking I wish I was at a festival, an Irish festival, with music and dancing and art and food. […]

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Alas Stoneking is not a new verb. Monica Moore Stoneking is teaching Irish step-dancing lessons in Columbia, Missouri.
According to the Columbia Tribune Monica, through her […]

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