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Cycling Across America #30

Posted by: eolai on August 31st, 2006

Part 30 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

Ten years ago today […]

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Biggest Irish Festivals in America

Posted by: eolai on August 31st, 2006

I update this list of Celtic & Irish festival attendances as figures become available and as I find them.
Every year as we approach Labor Day […]

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Irish Events Labor Day Weekend +

Posted by: eolai on August 31st, 2006

The Irish Events Calendar for Kansas City has been updated. While I was at home in Ireland there for a couple of weeks, it had […]

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KC School of Irish Traditional Music

Posted by: eolai on August 31st, 2006

Timothy Finn in the Kansas City Star is busy at the moment with the coming weekend of music festivals, but he finds time for […]

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Festival Times in Kansas City

Posted by: eolai on August 31st, 2006

Went out to O’Dowd’s Irish pub on the Plaza last night for some Irish music. Eddie Delahunt, Gabriel Reyes (bodhran), and Brett Gibson (accordion) had […]

Read: Festival Times in Kansas City »

Categorized as: Eddie Delahunt, Events, Festivals, Fuchsia Band, Grada, O'Dowd's - Plaza, Photos, Shows, The Gaf | No Comments »


Kansas City Irish Fest Previewed

Posted by: eolai on August 31st, 2006

The Kansas City Irish Fest is previewed in today’s Johnson County Sun with an article featuring Irish Fest founding director, Ed Follis of Overland […]

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The ‘Pillowman’ in Kansas City reviewed

Posted by: eolai on August 31st, 2006

Anglo-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman has received a very strong review from the Kansas City Star at the Unicorn.
McDonagh’s plays are always a little […]

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Flying to Ireland from Kansas City

Posted by: eolai on August 30th, 2006

So I’m back in Kansas City a couple of days, enough to know again that the days have names. And all things being equal I […]

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Categorized as: 1-eolai, Ireland, Ireland & USA: Differences, Travel | No Comments »


Cycling Across America #29

Posted by: eolai on August 30th, 2006

Part 29 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

Ten years ago today […]

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Luka Bloom withdraws from KC Irish Fest

Posted by: eolai on August 30th, 2006

Luka Bloom has had to withdraw from Kansas City’s Irish Festival this Labor Day Weekend due to a throat infection:
To those of you hoping to […]

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Irish Conversation in a Dublin Pub #27

Posted by: eolai on August 30th, 2006

Dressing
-Your t-shirt is on inside out
-I know, and my underwear is on back to front
See Other Conversations, Long and Short:
   • Leaves Changing Colour
   • A Kansas […]

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Mo Jo joins new Canadian MLS team

Posted by: eolai on August 30th, 2006

Former Kansas City Wizard, scotland’s Mo Johnston has joined new MLS team, and first Canadian MLS team, Toronto FC, as head coach only a couple […]

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Categorized as: Scotland, Sport | No Comments »


Irish Music Event at Bloomsday Books

Posted by: eolai on August 29th, 2006

One of the founders of the Brookside Irish Festival, the event which together with the Westport Irish Fest grew into the Labor Day Weekend Kansas […]

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Categorized as: Events, Glen Road, Liam's Fancy, Musicians | No Comments »


Top 100 #1 Albums in UK Charts

Posted by: eolai on August 29th, 2006

As part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the UK charts (which are the main music charts Irish people listen/are subjected to), the UK Chart […]

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Categorized as: Bono & U2, England, Lists | No Comments »


Cycling Across America #28

Posted by: eolai on August 29th, 2006

Part 28 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

Ten years ago today […]

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The Hairdressers Guide to Information Technology #020

Posted by: eolai on August 29th, 2006

HGIT #20 - gearmánach : german

See More Irish Cartoons:
   • HGIT #12 - ríomhchláraitheoir : programmer
   • HGIT #1 - cibé : no matter what
   • HGIT #11 […]

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Cycling Across America #27

Posted by: eolai on August 28th, 2006

Part 27 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

Ten years ago today […]

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A Taxing Night

Posted by: eolai on August 28th, 2006

Well, it’s not Sunday any more, but while I’m trying to work out when exactly I should be sleeping having deplaned* from Ireland a few […]

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Categorized as: Sunday Shorts, Video | 2 Comments »


Cycling Across America #26

Posted by: eolai on August 27th, 2006

Part 26 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

Ten years ago today […]

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10 Things I Heard on Holiday in Ireland

Posted by: eolai on August 27th, 2006

Granted it was only a two week holiday home, but here’s a short list of things I’ve heard more than once on this trip […]

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    Cycling Across America #30

    Posted: on August 31st, 2006

    Part 30 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

    Ten years ago today […]

    Biggest Irish Festivals in America

    Posted: on August 31st, 2006

    I update this list of Celtic & Irish festival attendances as figures become available and as I find them.
    Every year as we approach Labor Day […]

    Irish Events Labor Day Weekend +

    Posted: on August 31st, 2006

    The Irish Events Calendar for Kansas City has been updated. While I was at home in Ireland there for a couple of weeks, it had […]

    KC School of Irish Traditional Music

    Posted: on August 31st, 2006

    Timothy Finn in the Kansas City Star is busy at the moment with the coming weekend of music festivals, but he finds time for […]

    Festival Times in Kansas City

    Posted: on August 31st, 2006

    Went out to O’Dowd’s Irish pub on the Plaza last night for some Irish music. Eddie Delahunt, Gabriel Reyes (bodhran), and Brett Gibson (accordion) had […]

    Kansas City Irish Fest Previewed

    Posted: on August 31st, 2006

    The Kansas City Irish Fest is previewed in today’s Johnson County Sun with an article featuring Irish Fest founding director, Ed Follis of Overland […]

    The ‘Pillowman’ in Kansas City reviewed

    Posted: on August 31st, 2006

    Anglo-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman has received a very strong review from the Kansas City Star at the Unicorn.
    McDonagh’s plays are always a little […]

    Cycling Across America #29

    Posted: on August 30th, 2006

    Part 29 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

    Ten years ago today […]

    Luka Bloom withdraws from KC Irish Fest

    Posted: on August 30th, 2006

    Luka Bloom has had to withdraw from Kansas City’s Irish Festival this Labor Day Weekend due to a throat infection:
    To those of you hoping to […]

    Irish Conversation in a Dublin Pub #27

    Posted: on August 30th, 2006

    Dressing
    -Your t-shirt is on inside out
    -I know, and my underwear is on back to front
    See Other Conversations, Long and Short:
       • Leaves Changing Colour
       • A Kansas […]

    Mo Jo joins new Canadian MLS team

    Posted: on August 30th, 2006

    Former Kansas City Wizard, scotland’s Mo Johnston has joined new MLS team, and first Canadian MLS team, Toronto FC, as head coach only a couple […]

    Irish Music Event at Bloomsday Books

    Posted: on August 29th, 2006

    One of the founders of the Brookside Irish Festival, the event which together with the Westport Irish Fest grew into the Labor Day Weekend Kansas […]

    Top 100 #1 Albums in UK Charts

    Posted: on August 29th, 2006

    As part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the UK charts (which are the main music charts Irish people listen/are subjected to), the UK Chart […]

    Cycling Across America #28

    Posted: on August 29th, 2006

    Part 28 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

    Ten years ago today […]

    Cycling Across America #27

    Posted: on August 28th, 2006

    Part 27 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

    Ten years ago today […]

    A Taxing Night

    Posted: on August 28th, 2006

    Well, it’s not Sunday any more, but while I’m trying to work out when exactly I should be sleeping having deplaned* from Ireland a few […]

    Cycling Across America #26

    Posted: on August 27th, 2006

    Part 26 of the Cycle-Across-America series relayed day by day, exactly ten years after it happened. (Read from the start in Boston)

    Ten years ago today […]

    10 Things I Heard on Holiday in Ireland

    Posted: on August 27th, 2006

    Granted it was only a two week holiday home, but here’s a short list of things I’ve heard more than once on this trip […]

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