Speaking of photographs, some of the phots I have enjoyed the most in the last several months are those that Pete Maher posted of the […]

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For those of you who don’t keep an eye on the recent comments sidebar widgety thingy, I meant to draw your attention to Ellen’s photos […]

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While I was celebrating Dublin’s most famous literary day, in, well, Dublin, Kansas City was having its annual celebration of Bloomsday in the new Irish […]

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Some photos of Genoa, where I am this very moment though I’ll be back in Ireland tomorrow.
Despite the wonderful grandeur, and the sea and the […]

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If you have brilliant eyesight along with dedication to detail - much like myself - then when you go to this page in the KC […]

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Because I grew up in Dublin West, due west of O’Connell Street, my initial familiarity with town, Dublin city centre, wasn’t with that part of […]

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Cambodia. Walls.
Personally I think that should be enough to hold your interest.
But I suspect it’s not. So I should try and explain why […]

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Although it’s not uncommon for me to be up a tree, and you may well catch the odd picture of me up one, it’s not […]

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I was looking at a nice photo recently of a time Liam’s Fancy came to Kansas City.
It’s on their MySpace page so you’ll need […]

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When I was a kid I used to go with my mother to Moore Street for the week’s fruit and veg. And as I got […]

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As I’m sure you guessed by now, I spend most of my time in Ireland looking up at the skies and watching the aeroplanes as […]

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Kansas City’s The Elders are back a while now from their 2008 tour of Ireland with fellow Celtic rockers Enter The Haggis.
So I thought I’d […]

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Brian Rice has posted his photos of Kansas City’s premier U2 tribute band playing in KC’s newest Irish pub.
It’s Rattle & Hum KC downtown in […]

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When I was a kid Tallaght was a village, the last place you went through on your way into the mountains.
When I grew up Tallaght […]

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Present Magazine, Kansas City’s online cultural magazine, has a slideshow of photos of the weekend’s Snake Saturday parade.
The photos are all by Dustin Draper, and […]

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There’s a fantastic article by Louis P. Masur on Digital Journalist today. It’s about an Irish-American called Kelly and an African-American from Kansas City.
Born Theodore […]

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Sitting in a traffic jam, at the same place every morning, doesn’t bother me. Because somewhere nearby there will be a wall with a brick […]

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On its MySpace page, Midwest Irish Focus has posted a picture of the year 2007 in pictures, if you know what I mean.
As reviews of […]

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Derby clung on gamely like my mother-in-law pulling a Christmas cracker.
So said the reporter describing an almost draw on this very sporting of days.
You […]

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This year, not having a home, I won’t be getting a Christmas Tree.
In the last couple of years, despite not having a car in […]

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