Anyone keeping an eye on my Irish sKCraps, and reading every entry here on Irish KC obsessively, might be interested to know that Peter […]

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In Waterfall in 1955 hurling was out. And rock ‘n’ roll was in.
Written and directed by the late Ronan Phelan, Gangs of Waterfall is a […]

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It’s not so much that I don’t have anything to say at the moment, but that I have too much to say.
But ignoring that, here’s […]

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Dog-Dog is quite typical of dogs in getting excited at certain things, such as walks or guests. Or guests who walk.
For the last couple of […]

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Here’s a few Irish music links I’m bumped into recently that I haven’t done posts on.
They are mostly photos, videos, or news. Or any combination […]

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Here’s a great video just posted a few days ago, of Mason Brown performing Jed Marum’s The White Cockade with Brian Fleming of Ireland’s De […]

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Sunday Short time.
Strictly speaking this is not an Irish Short Film. But it is a film, and it’s Irish, and it’s short.
It’s episode 7 from […]

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For my money the most significant thing for the Irish community in Kansas City in recent years has been the creation of the Irish Music […]

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Finbar Lebowitz is this week’s Sunday Short - the irregular post I do featuring an Irish short film.
Made in 2000 and set in Dublin, it’s […]

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When news of Tommy Makem’s death came yesterday I found myself reading a lot of tributes.
I remembered watching Makem talking on Irish television about […]

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Nun More Deadly, by the WYD-Eye Film Unit, is your Sunday Short, this week’s featured Irish short film.
This is a Raymond Chandler style film noir […]

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Duffel Coat. A short film by Alex Gill.
It’s Sunday so here’s your Sunday Short, the irregular posting I do of Irish short films.
Duffel Coat stars […]

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Out of Ireland, the PBS TV show produced and hosted by Dublin born journalist Patricia O’Reilly, will be showing some clips from the The Elders […]

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Here’s an interesting slice of a documentary on The Clancy Brothers.
It features Liam Clancy talking about playing in New York’s village back in the times […]

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It’s the weekend so here’s a random Irish memory.
Belle of Belfast City and before it Can’t Help Falling in Love were the 2 singles I […]

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Do you remember last year when I told you about The Cherry Coke$? (and note that spelling)
Yeah ya do. We talked of Scorsese, and Japan […]

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Modest Mouse in Kansas City.
Wait a minute I thought this site was about Irish things. It is, bear with me.
The greatest Irish group since […]

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The Tossers are among a group of bands playing at the Record Bar in Kansas City on Thursday, August 9, 2007.
I don’t know anything about […]

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A lot of people in town have been asking me about The Frames lately.
This is because of the popularity of the Irish movie Once.
I was […]

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We haven’t done a Sunday Short for a while.
Here then is my favourite from the Dublin Stories series of films by NOVARAfilms. It’s episode 4 […]

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