May Fame in April
Posted by: Eolaí on April 27th, 2007
A couple of weeks back, part-time Kansas City resident, Irish performer Máirtín de Cógáin sent me a link about somebody we’d been talking about on […]
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Kansas City Premiere of ‘The Wind That Shakes The Barley’
Posted by: Eolaí on April 25th, 2007
A major charity event
Cannes 2006 Palme d’Or Winner
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
THE KANSAS CITY PREMIERE
With Special Guest Máirtín de Cógáin
Tivoli Theatre
May 10, 2007
A Benefit […]
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Northern Ireland Remembers US WWII Generation
Posted by: Eolaí on April 13th, 2007
Here’s a great article in today’s Belfast Telegraph that salutes young American men who died in World War II in Ireland including some from Kansas.
Although […]
Kansas’ Phelps in BBC Documentary
Posted by: Eolaí on March 30th, 2007
Remember a year ago I told you about the almost unbelieveably obnoxious Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas calling Irish poet Desmond Egan a […]
Nelly Don Movie on Local Kansas City TV
Posted by: Eolaí on March 22nd, 2007
Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time, the movie about one of America’s first female millionaires, Irish-American Nelly Don, is on television in Kansas City tonight, […]
The Elders & Ben Meade in Ireland
Posted by: Eolaí on February 28th, 2007
The Elders get their name in the paper. Again.
About to head off on their tour of Ireland, Kansas City’s Celtic rock outfit are featured by […]
Resting Places Filmmakers on KCUR
Posted by: Eolaí on February 27th, 2007
Local based film-makers, Melissa Villanueva and Joe Kipikash, are on Up To Date with Steve Kraske on KCUR, Wednesday, February 28 from 11am-Noon.
KCUR is […]
Tenuous Irish-Related Tip for Oscars
Posted by: Eolaí on February 25th, 2007
It being Oscar Sunday. let’s look forward a few hours. While Peter OToole is the most obviously Irish chance for an Oscar, my tip for […]
The Wind That Shakes The Barley in Kansas City, MO
Posted by: Eolaí on February 22nd, 2007
A lot of people in KC have been asking me about this Irish film.
You know it finally gets its release in the US in March […]
Elders Ben Meade Film Clip on YouTube
Posted by: Eolaí on February 3rd, 2007
The video clip of Ben Meade’s film on independent music that you got a preview of The Elders in here is presented here for you […]
Deliver Us From Evil
Posted by: Eolaí on February 2nd, 2007
Deliver Us From Evil, the Oscar-nominated documentary about the notorious pedophile, the Irish Catholic priest, Oliver O’Grady, continues at the Screenland in downtown Kansas City […]
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German Irishness & Irish Nazis
Posted by: Eolaí on January 30th, 2007
Sometimes in the Midwest the portrayal of Irishness seems more German than Irish. And sometimes movies in America depicting Irish themes seem more like propaganda […]
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Irish Movie “Once” Wins At Sundance Film Festival
Posted by: Eolaí on January 28th, 2007
Once, the Irish movie made by John Carney starring Glen Hansard of the Frames, and Czech pianist Marketa Irglova, has just won the Audience Award […]
Midwestern baby boomer saturnalia and catharsis
Posted by: Eolaí on January 20th, 2007
In what he says “could be the ultimate document of Midwestern baby boomer saturnalia and catharsis”, Pitch Music Editor Jason Harper ponders Kansas City film-maker […]
In America in St Louis, MO
Posted by: Eolaí on January 17th, 2007
Jim Sheridan’s In America is being shown TONIGHT, Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 7pm in the Dubliner Pub over in St Louis.
In America is a […]
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American Release of ‘The Wind That Shakes The Barley’
Posted by: Eolaí on January 13th, 2007
I’ve been meaning to post on the American release of The Wind That Shakes The Barley since it was first announced back in August. It’s […]
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Resting Places by Melissa Villanueva
Posted by: Eolaí on December 22nd, 2006
Resting Places is the documentary by Melissa Villanueva on the growth in the Western World of roadside Christian crosses marking where loved ones lost their […]
Irish Events December 15/16/17 in Kansas City
Posted by: Eolaí on December 15th, 2006
For the Irish Events Calendar this weekend, note that the showings of Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time have been added.
Also be aware that won’t […]
Three Kids Movies - Three Irish Actors
Posted by: Eolaí on December 7th, 2006
So you’re sitting around the table wondering what’s good to show your kids over the holiday. You assure me that your kids aren’t brats and […]
Nelly Don movie to end Screenland run
Posted by: Eolaí on December 6th, 2006
Terence O’Malley, director of acclaimed documentary Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time, tells me that it will continue to play at the Screenland Theatre in […]
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