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Archive for “April, 2007”

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The Hairdressers Guide To Information Technology #31

Posted by: eolai on April 22nd, 2007

HGIT #31 - moladh : compliment
Bibi and TT, the American girls with a taste for things Irish, are trying out the Irish-style of compliments.

See More […]

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Irish Bridge Bomb

Posted by: eolai on April 22nd, 2007

A Highway 40 I-64 Story. The demolition of the Tamm Avenue bridge inspires a new drink.
Jaeger, Baileys and Guinness.
But why isn’t it the Basque […]

Read: Irish Bridge Bomb »

Categorized as: Food & Drink | No Comments »


Kiss Me I’m Irish, Sack Me I’m Black

Posted by: eolai on April 22nd, 2007

A bizarre Missouri story of what’s appropriate and what’s offensive in the workplace.
Matthew Rothschild has the story that is prompting Missouri State Representative Maria Chappelle-Nadal […]

Read: Kiss Me I’m Irish, Sack Me I’m Black »

Categorized as: Miscellaneous | No Comments »


Irish Pub Quiz Trivia Questions #5 and #6

Posted by: eolai on April 21st, 2007

Is it a pub quiz when it’s not at a pub? The International Relations Council had their annual quiz during the week. It’s called World […]

Read: Irish Pub Quiz Trivia Questions #5 and #6 »

Categorized as: Ireland, Miscellaneous | No Comments »


Hello Blogorrah Readers

Posted by: eolai on April 20th, 2007

It’s rather busy in KC here at Towers gan Fhéile this morning because our Dublin Walls post was fetured on Ireland’s premier entertainment site, HERE […]

Read: Hello Blogorrah Readers »

Categorized as: blogs | No Comments »


Kansas City Walls: Photo Essay

Posted by: eolai on April 20th, 2007

In Kansas City there are other walls you might think are more interesting. In this collectiion I deliberately haven’t included the Plaza or the Bottoms, […]

Read: Kansas City Walls: Photo Essay »

Categorized as: Art, Photos | 5 Comments »


Anseo is Ansiúd

Posted by: eolai on April 20th, 2007

I was thinking of a phrase you don’t hear very often in Kansas City.
Assuming you don’t have a television or watch British parliamentary debates […]

Read: Anseo is Ansiúd »

Categorized as: England, History, Ireland | 2 Comments »


Dublin Walls: Photo Essay

Posted by: eolai on April 19th, 2007

Here’s some photos of Dublin which might illustrate that living in KC I miss grey much more than I miss green.
All were taken before I […]

Read: Dublin Walls: Photo Essay »

Categorized as: Ireland, Photos | 17 Comments »


Kansas City Direct to Ireland, Kind of

Posted by: eolai on April 18th, 2007

Directions from Kansas City, Missouri to Dublin, Ireland.
Because sometimes I forget the way home.
Google maps sends me to Massachussetts, and then suggests I […]

Read: Kansas City Direct to Ireland, Kind of »

Categorized as: England, Ireland, Travel | 1 Comment »


Appreciating the Living: The Politics of the Last Atrocity

Posted by: eolai on April 18th, 2007

Being Irish and walking among American flagpoles with their flags at half-mast has me thinking of the dead.
You know the way we sing happy-clappy sing-a-longy […]

Read: Appreciating the Living: The Politics of the Last Atrocity »

Categorized as: 1916 Rising, Bob Geldof, Christy Moore, England, History, Holidays, Ireland, Literature & Irish Writers, Pogues | No Comments »


Driving By and Killing

Posted by: eolai on April 18th, 2007

I’m just wondering how many kids in Kansas City have been killed in drive-by stabbings?
See also:
   • Appreciating the Living: The Politics of the Last Atrocity

Read: Driving By and Killing »

Categorized as: Miscellaneous | 6 Comments »


Browne’s Irish Market at the Irish Roots Cafe: A Podcast

Posted by: eolai on April 17th, 2007

The latest podcast (#20) from Mike O’Laughlin’s Irish Roots Cafe is a special from Browne’s Irish Market & Deli.
The first podcast on location begins with […]

Read: Browne’s Irish Market at the Irish Roots Cafe: A Podcast »

Categorized as: Brownes' Irish Market, Genealogy, History, Irish Business | 1 Comment »


Dublin City Ramblers Accepting US Gig Bookings

Posted by: eolai on April 17th, 2007

John Ryan, manager of The Dublin City Ramblers tells me that Ireland’s legendary Ballad and Folk Group (8 Gold Albums), are now accepting bookings for […]

Read: Dublin City Ramblers Accepting US Gig Bookings »

Categorized as: Ads, Dublin City Ramblers | No Comments »


The Hairdressers Guide to Information Technology #30

Posted by: eolai on April 17th, 2007

HGIT #30 - muince : necklace
The girls are back!
Bibi (on the left) is talking with TT (on the right) about Irish Jewelry.

See Other Cartoons […]

Read: The Hairdressers Guide to Information Technology #30 »

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Jimmy Crowley & Máirtín de Cógáin in Branson, MO

Posted by: eolai on April 16th, 2007

Cork performers Jimmy Crowley & Máirtín de Cógáin are appearing at Waxy O’Shea’s in Branson, Missouri on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 6:00 pm
The elder […]

Read: Jimmy Crowley & Máirtín de Cógáin in Branson, MO »

Categorized as: Branson, Events, Fuchsia Band, Jimmy Crowley, Waxy O'Shea's | No Comments »


Around the Irish Blogs and Mind the Dresser

Posted by: eolai on April 16th, 2007

• A Maamturk challenge
• An American in south Dublin’s ruins
• Favourite Irish joke of the week/month/year
• A “David Brent-esque” Bill O’Reilly in Ireland
• The European […]

Read: Around the Irish Blogs and Mind the Dresser »

Categorized as: Ireland, Lists, blogs | 3 Comments »


Titanic Anniversary News

Posted by: eolai on April 15th, 2007

On the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, there’s a lot of interesting news about the ship that was built in Belfast and […]

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Categorized as: Branson, England, Genealogy, History, Ireland | 1 Comment »


Ireland Bangladesh: Maybe

Posted by: eolai on April 15th, 2007

For those of you not interested in another Irish horse-racing victory, I just know you’re waiting on the edge of your over-sized seats to see […]

Read: Ireland Bangladesh: Maybe »

Categorized as: Sport | No Comments »


Weird Weather of a Weekend

Posted by: eolai on April 15th, 2007

Just for the record, here at 3am in Kansas City, the forecast this mid-April weekend is for snow in two hours’ time, and then later […]

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Categorized as: weather | 1 Comment »


The Elders, Pitch Previewed

Posted by: eolai on April 14th, 2007

I should’ve linked to this preview of The Elders‘ two gigs at Kansas City’s Record Bar this weekend, before they took place, but I was […]

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Categorized as: Elders, Record Bar | 6 Comments »


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    Irish Bridge Bomb

    Posted: on April 22nd, 2007

    A Highway 40 I-64 Story. The demolition of the Tamm Avenue bridge inspires a new drink.
    Jaeger, Baileys and Guinness.
    But why isn’t it the Basque […]

    Kiss Me I’m Irish, Sack Me I’m Black

    Posted: on April 22nd, 2007

    A bizarre Missouri story of what’s appropriate and what’s offensive in the workplace.
    Matthew Rothschild has the story that is prompting Missouri State Representative Maria Chappelle-Nadal […]

    Irish Pub Quiz Trivia Questions #5 and #6

    Posted: on April 21st, 2007

    Is it a pub quiz when it’s not at a pub? The International Relations Council had their annual quiz during the week. It’s called World […]

    Hello Blogorrah Readers

    Posted: on April 20th, 2007

    It’s rather busy in KC here at Towers gan Fhéile this morning because our Dublin Walls post was fetured on Ireland’s premier entertainment site, HERE […]

    Kansas City Walls: Photo Essay

    Posted: on April 20th, 2007

    In Kansas City there are other walls you might think are more interesting. In this collectiion I deliberately haven’t included the Plaza or the Bottoms, […]

    Anseo is Ansiúd

    Posted: on April 20th, 2007

    I was thinking of a phrase you don’t hear very often in Kansas City.
    Assuming you don’t have a television or watch British parliamentary debates […]

    Dublin Walls: Photo Essay

    Posted: on April 19th, 2007

    Here’s some photos of Dublin which might illustrate that living in KC I miss grey much more than I miss green.
    All were taken before I […]

    Kansas City Direct to Ireland, Kind of

    Posted: on April 18th, 2007

    Directions from Kansas City, Missouri to Dublin, Ireland.
    Because sometimes I forget the way home.
    Google maps sends me to Massachussetts, and then suggests I […]

    Appreciating the Living: The Politics of the Last Atrocity

    Posted: on April 18th, 2007

    Being Irish and walking among American flagpoles with their flags at half-mast has me thinking of the dead.
    You know the way we sing happy-clappy sing-a-longy […]

    Driving By and Killing

    Posted: on April 18th, 2007

    I’m just wondering how many kids in Kansas City have been killed in drive-by stabbings?
    See also:
       • Appreciating the Living: The Politics of the Last Atrocity

    Browne’s Irish Market at the Irish Roots Cafe: A Podcast

    Posted: on April 17th, 2007

    The latest podcast (#20) from Mike O’Laughlin’s Irish Roots Cafe is a special from Browne’s Irish Market & Deli.
    The first podcast on location begins with […]

    Dublin City Ramblers Accepting US Gig Bookings

    Posted: on April 17th, 2007

    John Ryan, manager of The Dublin City Ramblers tells me that Ireland’s legendary Ballad and Folk Group (8 Gold Albums), are now accepting bookings for […]

    Jimmy Crowley & Máirtín de Cógáin in Branson, MO

    Posted: on April 16th, 2007

    Cork performers Jimmy Crowley & Máirtín de Cógáin are appearing at Waxy O’Shea’s in Branson, Missouri on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 6:00 pm
    The elder […]

    Around the Irish Blogs and Mind the Dresser

    Posted: on April 16th, 2007

    • A Maamturk challenge
    • An American in south Dublin’s ruins
    • Favourite Irish joke of the week/month/year
    • A “David Brent-esque” Bill O’Reilly in Ireland
    • The European […]

    Titanic Anniversary News

    Posted: on April 15th, 2007

    On the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, there’s a lot of interesting news about the ship that was built in Belfast and […]

    Ireland Bangladesh: Maybe

    Posted: on April 15th, 2007

    For those of you not interested in another Irish horse-racing victory, I just know you’re waiting on the edge of your over-sized seats to see […]

    Weird Weather of a Weekend

    Posted: on April 15th, 2007

    Just for the record, here at 3am in Kansas City, the forecast this mid-April weekend is for snow in two hours’ time, and then later […]

    The Elders, Pitch Previewed

    Posted: on April 14th, 2007

    I should’ve linked to this preview of The Elders‘ two gigs at Kansas City’s Record Bar this weekend, before they took place, but I was […]

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