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Archive for “May, 2006”

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ETH in Kansas City

Posted by: eolai on May 31st, 2006

If I say Neil Dorfsman to you, what Irish music do you think of? Paul Brady, Solas? Okay very good, but as it happens […]

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Categorized as: Enter The Haggis, Events, Solas | No Comments »


Roger Coleman and Joe Miquelon

Posted by: eolai on May 31st, 2006

The Kansas City Star today features an article on The Elders‘ keyboard player, Joe Miquelon, and Roger Coleman from midtown’s Pilgrim Chapel. It’s an interesting […]

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Categorized as: Elders | No Comments »


Encore: 50 More Conservative Songs

Posted by: eolai on May 31st, 2006

Speaking of the National Review list of Top 50 Conservative Rock Songs of All Time (or the last fifty years, if you prefer), John J. […]

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Categorized as: Bono & U2, Festivals, Lists, Pogues, Waterboys | 2 Comments »


Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #11

Posted by: eolai on May 31st, 2006

Jimmy
-Where are you from
-Ireland. Dublin
-Ahh, Jimmy
-Jimmy?
-Yes. I have a friend called Jimmy. He is from Dublin
-I see
-Do you know him?
-Jimmy?
-Yes
-Jimmy from Dublin?
-Yes
-He lives in Dublin?
-Yes
-Just […]

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Normal Service for Kansas City Irish

Posted by: eolai on May 31st, 2006

It’s been a huge three days for Irish KC, with thousands of visitors due to the Celtic Block Party, the Ken Loach Cannes win, and […]

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Categorized as: Housekeeping | No Comments »


Lunasa: Sean Smyth Interview

Posted by: eolai on May 30th, 2006

Although this interview with Lúnasa’s Sean Smyth is in advance of a prestigious concert in Ireland, and not one in Kansas city or the Midwest, […]

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Categorized as: Bothy Band, Ireland, Lunasa | No Comments »


Bubble Hits: Irish Music Channel

Posted by: eolai on May 30th, 2006

Bubble Hits is a new Irish-owned TV music channel that will broadcast to over 8 million homes in Ireland and the UK starting this summer. […]

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Categorized as: Ireland | No Comments »


Feast or Famine: Emigration Assistance

Posted by: eolai on May 30th, 2006

Once upon an unemployed time in Ireland, I ran out of Unemployment Benefit and was thus applying for means-based Unemployment Assistance. The Benefit that had […]

Read: Feast or Famine: Emigration Assistance »

Categorized as: Immigration, Nostalgia | Comments Off


English Conversations in the American Midwest

Posted by: eolai on May 30th, 2006

Speaking of things British, you know what I miss leads me to celebrate conversations, well Kansas City based documentary-maker Roldy has been having his own […]

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Categorized as: Irish Conversations, blogs | No Comments »


Flannigan’s it is, so

Posted by: eolai on May 30th, 2006

Speaking of women cavorting alone on beds - speaking to myself you understand - I was thinking of everyone’s favourite woman of Joyce, Fionnuala Flanagan. […]

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Categorized as: Flannigan's Right Hook, Governor Stumpy's | No Comments »


Bloomsday Under Threat

Posted by: eolai on May 30th, 2006

Bloomsday, June 16, 1904 - the date of the setting of Ulysses, and celebrated for about seventy years - might be getting a new holiday […]

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Categorized as: England, Literature & Irish Writers | No Comments »


The Hairdressers Guide to Information Technology #5

Posted by: eolai on May 29th, 2006

HGIT #5 - gruaig : hair

See More Of:
The Hairdressers Guide to Information Technology
Conversations (Like cartoons, just no pictures)
 

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Categorized as: 1-eolai, Cartoons | No Comments »


Loach Irish Film Wins Cannes Big Prize

Posted by: eolai on May 28th, 2006

Ken Loach’s The Wind That Shakes The Barley, the film about the Irish War of Independence and following Irish Civil War, has won the top […]

Read: Loach Irish Film Wins Cannes Big Prize »

Categorized as: Movies | 3 Comments »


Irish Conversation in a Dublin Pub #14

Posted by: eolai on May 28th, 2006

Safety Pin
-You’re doing things different this time
-I know, I even wear shoes most of the time
-But you keep your trousers fastened by a safety pin
-That’s […]

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Part-time Irish Rock Star Learns Piano

Posted by: eolai on May 28th, 2006

Speaking of Irish singers and Bamoko, there’s a podcast interview by Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor, with Mr Bono over in Mali at the […]

Read: Part-time Irish Rock Star Learns Piano »

Categorized as: Bono & U2 | 1 Comment »


Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #10

Posted by: eolai on May 27th, 2006

European Food
-Hey, you’re from Europe, right?
-Yes
-Have you ever eaten their food?
-European food?
-Yes. Don’t you think it’s weird?
-What do you mean?
-Like the Mediterranean, have you ever […]

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Liam O Maonlai News

Posted by: eolai on May 27th, 2006

Liam O Maonlai has just updated his site where he lets us know that he too is now spending too much of his life on […]

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Categorized as: Liam O Maonlai, blogs | No Comments »


Celtic Block Party Music

Posted by: eolai on May 27th, 2006

Just to confirm, with tomorrow’s Celtic Block Party at Governor Stumpy’s running from 3-9pm, the entertainment starts with Jim Cosgrove at 3:00pm, followed by Fireside, […]

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Categorized as: Festivals, Governor Stumpy's | No Comments »


Daniel O’Donnell: He’s Coming to Missouri

Posted by: eolai on May 27th, 2006

You might think of him as a classy Irish tenor; I never have. In five months he’ll own Missouri. Right now he’s touring the northeast […]

Read: Daniel O’Donnell: He’s Coming to Missouri »

Categorized as: Daniel O Donnell, Events, Reviews | No Comments »


Irish and British Passports: FIFA Go Mad

Posted by: eolai on May 27th, 2006

Much more important to Northen Irish football than losing to Romania in the Midwest, is FIFA’s announcement that to play for Northern Ireland you must […]

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Categorized as: England, Scotland, Sport | No Comments »


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    ETH in Kansas City

    Posted: on May 31st, 2006

    If I say Neil Dorfsman to you, what Irish music do you think of? Paul Brady, Solas? Okay very good, but as it happens […]

    Roger Coleman and Joe Miquelon

    Posted: on May 31st, 2006

    The Kansas City Star today features an article on The Elders‘ keyboard player, Joe Miquelon, and Roger Coleman from midtown’s Pilgrim Chapel. It’s an interesting […]

    Encore: 50 More Conservative Songs

    Posted: on May 31st, 2006

    Speaking of the National Review list of Top 50 Conservative Rock Songs of All Time (or the last fifty years, if you prefer), John J. […]

    Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #11

    Posted: on May 31st, 2006

    Jimmy
    -Where are you from
    -Ireland. Dublin
    -Ahh, Jimmy
    -Jimmy?
    -Yes. I have a friend called Jimmy. He is from Dublin
    -I see
    -Do you know him?
    -Jimmy?
    -Yes
    -Jimmy from Dublin?
    -Yes
    -He lives in Dublin?
    -Yes
    -Just […]

    Normal Service for Kansas City Irish

    Posted: on May 31st, 2006

    It’s been a huge three days for Irish KC, with thousands of visitors due to the Celtic Block Party, the Ken Loach Cannes win, and […]

    Lunasa: Sean Smyth Interview

    Posted: on May 30th, 2006

    Although this interview with Lúnasa’s Sean Smyth is in advance of a prestigious concert in Ireland, and not one in Kansas city or the Midwest, […]

    Bubble Hits: Irish Music Channel

    Posted: on May 30th, 2006

    Bubble Hits is a new Irish-owned TV music channel that will broadcast to over 8 million homes in Ireland and the UK starting this summer. […]

    Feast or Famine: Emigration Assistance

    Posted: on May 30th, 2006

    Once upon an unemployed time in Ireland, I ran out of Unemployment Benefit and was thus applying for means-based Unemployment Assistance. The Benefit that had […]

    English Conversations in the American Midwest

    Posted: on May 30th, 2006

    Speaking of things British, you know what I miss leads me to celebrate conversations, well Kansas City based documentary-maker Roldy has been having his own […]

    Flannigan’s it is, so

    Posted: on May 30th, 2006

    Speaking of women cavorting alone on beds - speaking to myself you understand - I was thinking of everyone’s favourite woman of Joyce, Fionnuala Flanagan. […]

    Bloomsday Under Threat

    Posted: on May 30th, 2006

    Bloomsday, June 16, 1904 - the date of the setting of Ulysses, and celebrated for about seventy years - might be getting a new holiday […]

    Loach Irish Film Wins Cannes Big Prize

    Posted: on May 28th, 2006

    Ken Loach’s The Wind That Shakes The Barley, the film about the Irish War of Independence and following Irish Civil War, has won the top […]

    Irish Conversation in a Dublin Pub #14

    Posted: on May 28th, 2006

    Safety Pin
    -You’re doing things different this time
    -I know, I even wear shoes most of the time
    -But you keep your trousers fastened by a safety pin
    -That’s […]

    Part-time Irish Rock Star Learns Piano

    Posted: on May 28th, 2006

    Speaking of Irish singers and Bamoko, there’s a podcast interview by Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor, with Mr Bono over in Mali at the […]

    Irish Conversation in the American Midwest #10

    Posted: on May 27th, 2006

    European Food
    -Hey, you’re from Europe, right?
    -Yes
    -Have you ever eaten their food?
    -European food?
    -Yes. Don’t you think it’s weird?
    -What do you mean?
    -Like the Mediterranean, have you ever […]

    Liam O Maonlai News

    Posted: on May 27th, 2006

    Liam O Maonlai has just updated his site where he lets us know that he too is now spending too much of his life on […]

    Celtic Block Party Music

    Posted: on May 27th, 2006

    Just to confirm, with tomorrow’s Celtic Block Party at Governor Stumpy’s running from 3-9pm, the entertainment starts with Jim Cosgrove at 3:00pm, followed by Fireside, […]

    Daniel O’Donnell: He’s Coming to Missouri

    Posted: on May 27th, 2006

    You might think of him as a classy Irish tenor; I never have. In five months he’ll own Missouri. Right now he’s touring the northeast […]

    Irish and British Passports: FIFA Go Mad

    Posted: on May 27th, 2006

    Much more important to Northen Irish football than losing to Romania in the Midwest, is FIFA’s announcement that to play for Northern Ireland you must […]

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