As I approach my eighth aniversary of being in America some people keep telling me that I haven’t lost my Irish accent.
Actually, I have; I […]

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Normally at this time of the year I am besieged with suggestions as to where I can watch Ireland in the Six Nations rugby yokeymabob. […]

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The video clip of Ben Meade’s film on independent music that you got a preview of The Elders in here is presented here for you […]

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Deliver Us From Evil, the Oscar-nominated documentary about the notorious pedophile, the Irish Catholic priest, Oliver O’Grady, continues at the Screenland in downtown Kansas City […]

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Sometimes, believe it or not, I don’t want to talk. Luckily on the web you don’t have to - you can just link.
Some people […]

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Celtic Woman is performing at Kansas City’s Music Hall on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Go grab your best frocks and your cans of dry ice.
Looking […]

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Once, the Irish movie made by John Carney starring Glen Hansard of the Frames, and Czech pianist Marketa Irglova, has just won the Audience Award […]

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One of the best gigs I ever saw was Iggy Pop.
Around the same time I saw Dudu Pukwana, the Go-Betweens, and The Chieftains. It’s […]

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In yesterday’s newsletter sent out by the Elders highlighting a clip of the forthcoming Ben Meade documentary, the eagle-eyed among you will have spotted the […]

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In what he says “could be the ultimate document of Midwestern baby boomer saturnalia and catharsis”, Pitch Music Editor Jason Harper ponders Kansas City film-maker […]

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Speaking of the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, you can keep an eye on some of the highlights in audio and video through the BBC.
The […]

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Yesterday Blogonomicon named Gordon Parks (1912-2006) as its pipesmoker of the week. Yes, the director of Shaft and famed photographer.
And why does Irish KC care? […]

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I think the literal translation of Auld Lang Syne from the Scots - of Old Long Since - is perfectly clear of meaning, and when […]

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Oíche Chiúin - Silent Night as Gaeilge.
Sung by Enya, with lyrics and translations (more or less) so you can sing and follow along:

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From An Irish Christmas by Moya Brennan

If Christmas Eve is your day, enjoy it. If not, d’ya fancy a pint?

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It’s not remotely Irish, but then neither is that stuff I drank last night. And I need to go out and watch for price reductions. […]

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I need to go out and mug a few people, so here’s something to keep ya entertained. To quote Margaret Thatcher, youTube if you want […]

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Resting Places is the documentary by Melissa Villanueva on the growth in the Western World of roadside Christian crosses marking where loved ones lost their […]

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Dublin’s Balcony TV is great for keeping an eye on unsigned and up and coming Irish acts, though it also throws the odd establisher performer […]

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Terence O’Malley, director of acclaimed documentary Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time, tells me that it will continue to play at the Screenland Theatre in […]

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