It’s the weekend so here’s a random Irish memory.
Belle of Belfast City and before it Can’t Help Falling in Love were the 2 singles I […]

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The Lucky Charms are having a Free Flying Monkey tasting on Thursday, July 26th 2007 at Marfield’s Irish Pub in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Did you catch that? […]

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The Elders are playing at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City’s Westport, TONIGHT, Friday 20 July, 2007.
This is a benefit concert for Notre Dame de […]

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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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Speaking of Horslips and Dearg Doom, the track does of course come from the seminal Celtic Rock concept album The Táin.
The story of The Táin […]

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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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Did you know Sinéad O’Connor rates Damien Dempsey higher than Luke Kelly (and by default therefore, Liam Clancy)?
Anyway, her own brand new double album Theology […]

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Do you remember last year when I told you about The Cherry Coke$? (and note that spelling)
Yeah ya do. We talked of Scorsese, and Japan […]

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Modest Mouse in Kansas City.
Wait a minute I thought this site was about Irish things. It is, bear with me.
The greatest Irish group since […]

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The Tossers are among a group of bands playing at the Record Bar in Kansas City on Thursday, August 9, 2007.
I don’t know anything about […]

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2pm Tomorrow, Sunday July 15 2007.
Irish Trad School recital.
At the Irish Museum & Cultural Center.
In Union Station.
This is the birth of something folks. Give it […]

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Doug Goodhart & Mason Brown
Here’s a true gem of a gig for live music folk fans in Kansas City.
On Sunday July 22nd, 2007 […]

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Connacht Town are a new band in Kansas City playing Irish music.
Irish music?
Connacht Town perform Irish traditional songs, and then add some rock music […]

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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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Yes I went to see the bould Eddie Delahunt perform in Kansas City for the first time since his return from Ireland.
The perfect surface of […]

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Ah, activity on Kelly’s website.
Kelly is a band from the Kansas City area playing traditional music. They are based around the vocals of Kelly […]

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For my own reference, here’s a whole load of links to MySpace pages connected with Kansas City that I visit regularly.
Comedy, Bloggers, Bands, Cinema, Pubs, […]

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A lot of people in town have been asking me about The Frames lately.
This is because of the popularity of the Irish movie Once.
I was […]

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Back for one-night only - albeit in Cork and TONIGHT, Sunday July 6, 2007, which is just beyond the driving limits of the KC metro […]

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I know a lot of people will be very interested in Mike O’Laughlin’s podcast on Scartaglen, Talisman, and the early days of those traditional Irish […]

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