Did I mention that last night was my last at O’Dowd’s Little Dublin on the Plaza?
It was a Wednesday with live Irish music so of […]

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I have a cold. 102 degrees yesterday, 117 degrees at its peak on the Real Feel heat index, and I have a cold.
I blame O’Dowd’s […]

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Kennedy’s Bar & Grill of 75th Street in south Kansas City is reopening.
Just 6 months after the Waldo fire that completely destroyed it and several […]

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There’s a great article on Kansas City’s Boulevard beers and the KC microbrewry beer market in general in the Pitch.
By Ben Paynter it mostly tells […]

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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 […]

Read: Report From O’Dowd’s Little Dublin 7/11/2007 »

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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So I decided to cycle in the rain to O’Dowd’s last night. And very glad about it I was.
And not because riding on the Trolley […]

Read: Brand New Song by Eddie Delahunt »

Memorial Day Weekend in Kansas City. Some Irish events for you.
• Irish Award-winning film The Wind That Shakes The Barley is held over at the […]

Read: Quick Memorial Weekend Events Links »

I don’t know how you feel, but every Wednesday in Kansas City, I feel Irish.
Sometimes I say it by shouting out the words Amhráns, bodhráns, […]

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The KC Visitors Choice Awards have been announced, and among the 19 categories of winners is O’Dowd’s Little Dublin on the Plaza - chosen for […]

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Rough times for Sunday night at the September 2007 Irish festival have been published.
It’s:
Solas or The Saw Doctors
followed by
Gaelic Storm or The Elders
Or you could […]

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On Sunday gone, Easter Sunday, I was working away late when I realised it was that time when I needed to leave the house if […]

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The entry for one of the questions I am asked most frequently in Kansas City, FAIQ #8: What’s Your Favourite Irish Song? has had the […]

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Almost.
In the dark days when I used to drive a car in Kansas City, the Record Bar wasn’t the Record Bar. It was Molloy Bothers […]

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It’s a big breaking Irish story. Word is filtering through that WJ McBride’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in KCK, over there by Cabellas’, the Speedway, […]

Read: WJ McBride’s Irish Pub in KCK Closes »

And now a brief message for the annual readers who haven’t been to Irish KC much before:
It’s Wednesday in Kansas City

Read: Message for KC Annual Irish Readers »

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 […]

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Ireland v England. Six Nations. Dublin. Croke Park.
This is history. This is huge.
England at Croke Park.
Saturday, February 24, 11:30am KC Time
Three options.
1. The Pub
2. […]

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It’s Wednesday.
The snow and ice are gone. The heating is off. The doors are open. The t-shirts are on. Christmas is a memory. The […]

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Today’s Kansas City Star has an article on Dave McQuitty and Jack Hanrahan, who used to dominate the Westport scene but with the recent sale […]

Read: We’ve never even shoved each other in 35 years »