In an orgy of self-indulgence, partly in answer to repeated meme taggings over the last year, and partly as an exercise in disclosure, I give […]

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Because I refuse to work, I spend all the waking and sleeping hours of the day reading and drinking and writing poetry.
And that causes some […]

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In the few days in Kansas City, from the saddle of a bicycle, I have seen:
1. A turtle
2. A woodpecker
3. A possum scurrying along
4. A […]

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A selection of links from me over on Twitter.
None of these ended up with their own blogpost here on IrishKC. Yet.
There’s more over there […]

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After the great success in community solutions that was the original Infrequently Asked Irish KC Questions, I can’t resist doing a further round.
Remember these are […]

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June. What do you think of in the middle of the year? I know what I think of. Lists. From the previous year.
Why do […]

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Here’s something I forgot to mention on my list of homesick cures for the Irish in America.
It’s actually the one I do the most. Not […]

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Local Kansas City long-distance walker and blogger, Scoot, has a great post on his top 20 bars.
It’s not limited to Kansas City or the KC […]

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This question I am frequently asked in America, simply because I am Irish, is one of the most stupid.
Though not the most stupid Irish […]

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For any Irish who may be homesick in America, though it may well apply to Irish emigrants in other parts of the world, here’s a […]

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• 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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The KC Visitors Choice Awards have been announced, and among the 19 categories of winners is O’Dowd’s Little Dublin on the Plaza - chosen for […]

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Courtesy of the four major search engines - yes Google is not the only orange - here’s just a sampling of some of the questions […]

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• A Maamturk challenge
• An American in south Dublin’s ruins
• Favourite Irish joke of the week/month/year
• A “David Brent-esque” Bill O’Reilly in Ireland
• The European […]

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• Malware - Ireland, very good; USA, very bad
• Midwest ads for the IRA
• About bleedin’ time. Damien indulges us.
• First Choice - Thanks
• Listening […]

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I feel a list coming on.
I’ve been listless for a while now.

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It’s Sunday, and it’s sunny, so naturally I am indoors reading the papers.
Reading the papers of course involves no actual paper anymore, which is a […]

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Camping Without a Tent
I’ve been invited to go camping here in the middle of America next month. I know what this means.
It doesn’t mean […]

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-Hang on, aren’t you supposed to be posting more paintings today, and showing us something else you’re working on?
-Well I’m glad you asked, and in […]

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For the thousands of new readers this week, here’s a list of posts relevant to life in Kansas City as seen through the eyes of […]

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