I received some disturbing news late last night about Kansas City. I haven’t decided yet what action to take but it’s likely to impact on […]

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2 years ago today I left Kansas City and moved back to Ireland, arriving on September 11 such is that business with timezones and travel […]

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Karen Errington of Kansas City is Mistress Page in “The Merry Wives of Windsor” in this summer’s Heart of America Shakespeare Festival down there near […]

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While British parliamentary politics continues to unravel amid the daily drip-feed scandals of MPs expense claims, the costs of Local Councils sending members around the […]

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Irish American Immigration is among the subjects that a Shawnee Mission North teacher taught his students before receiving reprimand letters from his principal about sticking […]

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Poilce in Oklahoma have warned residents of Nichols Hills to be on the lookout for suspicious characters known as Irish Travelers.
Recently spotted in Kansas, according […]

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Former Nancy Boy, or possibly Hardy Drew himself, Tipperary’s Ger Corrigan was telling me about the re-recording of the now famous song There’s No One […]

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There was rather a lot of coverage in Ireland of that election business of yours, America.
Most stations on television had live coverage from midnight […]

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People have been emailing me about when I left an Irish fest that I worked for in Kansas City several years ago, and when I […]

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There are a lot of people in Ireland today, and I would be one of them, very puzzled by the decision of a Grand Jury […]

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Irish and Celtic names once again figure prominently in the most popular babynames in Kansas.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has released its statistics […]

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There’s a band from Canada playing Irish-influenced music in Ireland and Britain for the next month, and they owe something of their name to a […]

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Tony Rizzo shared his memories of PJ Cullinan, in the Kansas City Star on Tuesday:
The P.J. Cullinan I knew had nothing to do with Ireland.
To […]

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The Irish Foundation for Educational Excellence Board of Directors announced the award of $63,400 in scholarships to Chapman High School seniors and alumni over in […]

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Less often than being asked how certain Irish related words are pronounced, I am asked how to spell certain words.
And one of the words I […]

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It’s coming up to the Eurovision. Dustin the Turkey is Ireland’s entry this year and because of the poor finish by the Irish entry last […]

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Donald R. Whitman of Kansas City passed away recently, aged 76.
Donald was in the Air Force as part of the team doing weather reconnaissance […]

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I miss the times with my son where we planned nothing.
Things just happened.
And we laughed a lot.
Got me bike back from the mechanic last […]

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Early February of 5 years ago was the period when I was separated from my son’s mother and the divorce, I was told, was on […]

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One day when he was 5 years old, Mr. Moo had diarrhoea.
Upon leaving the bathroom, when I asked him if he had pooped, he responded:
You […]

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