‘Tis 5 in the morning in my time zone. I’m in England on holidays for a family wedding.
In an hour people will be surfacing […]

Read: On Me Holidays »

A large black cloud sits on Chicago O’Hare. A wonderful send off of rain.
A middled-aged woman in green and blue bosses the feet of […]

Read: Touchdown »

We’ll talk a little bit later before I leave Kansas City but I just wanted to mention what will happen to IrishKC over the next […]

Read: Time to Pack »

You might like to read the experiences of a young Kansas City man currently in Ireland, especially his recent adventures over 7 days in Tullamore […]

Read: KC Man Visits Ireland’s Fleadh Cheoil »

Here’s something that made me laugh. Because life in Ireland was like this for me all the time before I moved to Kansas City.
It’s a […]

Read: Readying for Ireland on the Streets of Kansas City »

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, the Irish musician I spoke about 3 months ago, stopped by IrishKC on MySpace a few days ago and left a very […]

Read: Kerry in the Fog »

Now you might think I’ve been doing nothing here it seeming so quiet at Towers gan Fhéile, and you’d be right.
However when I do nothing, […]

Read: Reading Round Randomly »

Postcards. A list.
It’s an exercise in documentation and a snapshot of where I might be right now, or more to the point where people I […]

Read: Postcards on the Fridge »

The parents have been galivanting around Ireland again.
Sligo and Donegal.
Of course it’s easy for them as they actually live there, and thanks to the […]

Read: Donegal & Sligo Photos »

Not that the Silicion Valley is in Kansas to begin with but Mike Cassidy is telling you about his driving experiences in Ireland as an […]

Read: Driving in Ireland Means You’re Not in Kansas Anymore »

Looking in Missouri for an Irish Bed & Breakfast specializing in homemade fare? I’m not.
But if I was, The Carthage Press tells me that you […]

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Falling into the category of Infrequently Asked Irish KC Questions, comes a question from Denmark I’m fond of in a gentle way:
Q. It’s a long […]

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Wondering how Kansas City’s Tullamore are doing on their tour of Ireland?
Well they have their name in the paper, specifically The Kingdom - and that […]

Read: Tullamore in The Kingdom »

Tullamore, one of the biggest trad bands in the midwest, are leaving their Kansas City base this week as they embark on a major tour […]

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When I was planning to cycle across America, and for good measure had a plan to cycle down it, up it, and down it again […]

Read: Liking County Kildare »

There were three things you always heard foreigners say about Ireland and the Irish when you were growing up.
And being actually Irish, and knowing […]

Read: Is Ireland Really Green, Potato-Eating, and Red-Haired ? »

[Update: After a couple of major hold-ups, the journal of the entire trip is now published. Currently, and I’m useless at deadlines, the plan is […]

Read: Book: Cycling Across America (by me) »

With apologies to anybody from Limerick, and to anybody who doesn’t care, Dublin comedian Andrew Maxwell HERE on the Guardian gives one of his 6 […]

Read: Andrew Maxwell’s Guide to Dublin »

We’ve covered this new cheap air travel thing before, but there’s a lot more details in this SkyBus article on how they are, like the […]

Read: The Influence of RyanAir in American Skies »

The International Scattering Society is a travel agency for the cremated.
Based in Lee’s Summit, MO in the KC area, the ISC will have a […]

Read: Lee’s Summit, MO Firm Scatters American Ashes in Ireland »