Did you know there are jam sessions by Irish musicians of traditional tunes from 1–4pm every 3rd Sunday of the month at the Irish Museum […]

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The Extraordinary Life of Nelly Don is the name of the first special exhibit at the Irish Museum & Cultural Center.
Thanks to Terence O’Malley’s record […]

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Jonathan Ramsey, in 3 performances sponsored by the Missouri Valley Folklife Society, is playing at the Kansas City Fringe Festival on July 27, 28, and […]

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This autumn you’ll get your chance to spot all the dodgy bits of Irish you see around town, and maybe write your own.
As alluded to […]

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The Kansas City School of Irish Music is having a Tinwhistle and Fiddle Recital on Sunday July 15, 2007 at 2pm at the Irish Museum […]

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The 26th annual Hope in the Heartland Summer Gala takes place Saturday, August 25th, 2007 at the InterContential Hotel on Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza.
The […]

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My sources tell me that Irish language classes are under consideration for Kansas City’s Irish Museum & Cultural Center (IMCC).
The IMCC is based in Union […]

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The Kansas City School of Irish Music has now finished the Winter/Spring set of classes.
Turlach Boylan tells me that he’s not planning to run […]

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More artists to join local Irish trad band Kelly have been added for the MVFS Metro Artists’ show TONIGHT, May 19 2007 at the Bragg […]

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Last night I was talking with one of the committee members for the Jennifer Ireland Foundation, and he told me that there are still some […]

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The Children for Peace in Ireland Annual Auction by the Ancient Order of Hibernians has sneaked up on me. It takes place at 6:00 pm […]

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Needed: Bagpiper(s) to play for 15 minutes on St Patrick’s Day at a Private Benefit/Party for SAFEHOME, Johnson County’s only domestic violence shelter and program […]

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Tony Kenny’s Ireland a travelling musical review, will be in St. Joseph, Missouri on Sunday, February 25 at 2:00pm at Missouri Theater.
One of the […]

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NOTE: for the Jennifer Ireland Foundation benefit of the Kansas City premiere of the Irish movie The Wind That Shakes The Barley see HERE
No amount […]

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The story of Jennifer Ireland and her struggle with cancer, which ended on February 4th 2007, is a terribly moving one, and told with great […]

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Máirtín de Cógáin of The Fuchsia Band from Cork is playing at the Chez Coffeehouse, in Columbia, Missouri on Saturday February 10, at 7:30 pm. […]

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First Irish Friday
On Friday March 2nd, “First Friday” in the Crossroads Arts District, from 7-9pm the Bohemian Gallery, is celebrating March with the Irish.
In […]

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Photos are now posted of this year’s Lawrence Scottish Festival which took place last weekend.
See Also:
   • Black 47 Irish Tour Photos
   • Lawrence, Kansas St Patrick’s […]

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Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai was at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas on Sunday.
Her friend Florence Conrad Salisbury recalled Maathai teaching her […]

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The 10th Annual Erin Go Bar Hoppin’ Pub Crawl, a benefit for Ozanam sponsored by Boulevard Brewing Co., takes place on Saturday, March 3, 2007.
What […]

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