Click HERE for the 2009 IrishPalooza in Martin City, MO. The information below relates to the 2008 event.
Martin City St. Patrick’s Parade 2008 will again […]

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While America more than most countries is prone to the disease of moving celebrated days to weekends because it’s more convenient, the Catholic Church is […]

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Over the weekend Debbie Van Pelt-McEnroe, of North Kansas City’s Snake Saturday parade, was telling me that they still have space for more entries - […]

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The 3rd Annual Lee’s Summit Emerald Isle St. Patrick’s Day Parade takes place on Saturday, March 15th, 2008 beginning at 1pm.
Highlights of the day include […]

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Kansas City Star sensitive journalist Hearne Christopher Jnr had a thoughtful piece in Saturday’s paper.
Mary Nestel was for a long time an organiser of the […]

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The Westport St. Patrick’s Day Run, the 30th Annual holding of the event, takes place on Saturday March 15, 2008 at 20:00 10am.
It’s not a […]

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The Shamrock Shuffle 5K Run/Walk takes place on Saturday, March 8th, 2008. It is held on the Kansas River levee behind Johnny’s Tavern in North […]

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The annual Gaelic mass which takes place in the St Patrick’s Day season, is on Saturday, March 8th, 2008 at 5:00pm.
It is being […]

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It’s a very busy time for the Kelly Green Brigade, and Larry takes on more, and more green, than most.
On KMBC Larry outlines what St […]

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See HERE for the 2009 Snake Saturday
“One of the largest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the country not to be held on St. Patrick’s Day”, […]

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I’ve been hearing all kinds of different dates and accompanying rumours, but today the Kansas City Star is reporting that Raglan Road is due to […]

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The Kansas City St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee have named Lucky the Irish Pimp as the Grand Marshal for the 2008 Parade in downtown KC.
Unfortunately, […]

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Thanks to The Elders, Kansas City gets to see Millish play in Kansas City, Missouri in 2008.
Millish are down as special guests of The Elders […]

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On Monday, September 17, 2007 When the Kansas City Royals play the Chicago White Sox, it is of course Half-Way to St Paddy’s Day, and […]

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More than your neighbour, are you:
• Feeling a bit more connected to the earth?
• Living life as if it will go on long after death?
• […]

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Paddy O’Quigley’s Irish Pub place, the self-styled Irish Sports Zone (”Neutral Perspectives With Constructive and Controversial Opinions” - seriously) on the SouthSide at 119th & […]

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Tom McNamee in the Chicago Sun-Times has been responding to criticism of criticism, such as:
Please, in the future refrain from identifying yourself as Irish. You […]

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The Kansas City Star has a review of The Elder’s Annual Irish Hooley/Hoolie at the Uptown Theater. (scroll down)
And very glowing it is too, putting […]

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It was always hail more than rain. With winds whipping it sideways. And we’d joke about it.
The rest of the time in Ireland bad […]

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A few people in Kansas City have said to me over the last few days that, compared to what was going in in KC, Paddy’s […]

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