Last night I was watching RTE look back at 1985.
In amongst Ballinspittle and other moving statues, Kiernan’s triple-crown winning drop goal against England, Barry McGuigan’s […]

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In case anybody missed it, and it’s much too important to languish in the comments, the man who used to RickRoll you in real life […]

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The Kansas City School of Irish Music offers tinwhistle classes at the Irish Museum and Cultural Center (IMCC) by All-Ireland flute champion Turlach Boylan, a […]

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Cork’s favourite sons on tour in America, Jimmy Crowley and Máirtín de Cógáin are back playing in Kansas City.
You can see them perform at […]

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There was a fire at Marfield’s Iris Pub in Leavenworth, Kansas on Tuesday night.
Dave has been a great supporter of the Irish community […]

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Hooley or Hoolie, we’re talking a party. The biggest tents in Kansas City on St Patrick’s Day 2008 will once again be at Lew’s Grill […]

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Former Kansas City resident Jonathan Ramsey has been abandoning his St Louis home and returning to KC to perform Irish songs for Paddy’s Day for […]

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Kansas City’s premier U2 tribute band Rattle & Hum KC play Kansas City’s newest Irish pub, Raglan Road, tonight Saturday March 15, 2008 and again […]

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Another very busy performer of Irish songs throughout the year and not just Paddy’s Week, is one Bob Reeder
For as long as I can recall […]

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Willy Peterson recently announced a new session in Johnnys Tavern in Lawrence, Kansas.
Johnnys is located on the North bank of the Kaw River, 401 N […]

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Here’s a great gig for those of you who may be Irish for more than a few days a year.
Gerald Trimble, a man you very […]

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You may have been lucky enough to have heard John Morris on the radio recently. If not, fear not, for you have several chances this […]

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Somebody just told me it’s Wednesday. An Irish person no less. I thought it was Monday. It’s been that kind of week.
Anyway it occurred […]

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The Kelihans are mad.
Did I say Flannigan’s Right Hook have a busy St Patrick’s Day with their 4 gigs? Ha! Meet the Kelihans.
After warming […]

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Busy busy boys are Flannigan’s Right Hook, every week in fact, and insanely so over the week up to St Patrick’s Day.
If you check their […]

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Kansas City’s most popular Celtic rock band, The Elders, are just back in KC not 5 minutes after a tour of Ireland with Canadian Celtic […]

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Triflemore, based in Columbia, Missouri and responsible for the classic Celtic sounds that was the CD Come By The Hills have just posted a new […]

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Sunday March 16, 2008, the day before St Patrick’s Day, is a busy one for Mr Eddie Delahunt.
Sandwiched between performances at the after-parade party in […]

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The BC Celtic Music Club is playing for the Sisters in the Dooley Center (their assisted living center) at Mount St Scholastica on Sunday, March […]

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O’Malley’s 1842 Irish Pub of Weston, Missouri is a fantastic pub I’ve gone on about a fair bit here on Irish KC. It’s also the […]

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