Among the Fall 2008 program of events currently being announced by the Kansas City Irish Museum & Cultural Center (IMCC) is an Irish book club.
Commencing […]

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The KC Community News has an article about an historical novel written by a Leawood man, John H. Brown.
The novel, A Wind of Many Colors, […]

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Kansas favourite son of Texas, Ike - President, not Turner - features again as the uncle of Billy Boyle, Irish cop in Boston, in the […]

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There’s a review by Brad Tyler of Joe Bageant’s book on America’s class war, Deerhunting With Jesus, in the Houston Chronicle
The general gist is that […]

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A KC son of Irish immigrants is featured in the World Socialist Web Site on the occasion of the publication of a major biography - […]

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I haven’t really but this test says I’ve decided I have.
Because all my books are now in boxes somewhere between KC and Ireland right now, […]

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One of the highlights in becoming a grown up for me was being able to choose what books go in the bathroom.
Actually being able to […]

Read: Packing List #2: Books in the Bathroom »

When you walk into a bookstore that sells used books you are surrounded by a million memories of lives you’ll never know.
Here’s a photograph […]

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Speaking of the Book of Kells, on Sunday October 7, 2007 the Irish Museum and Cultural Center is having a presentation of the most famous […]

Read: Learn About The Book of Kells at KC’s Irish Center »

Bloomsday Books, the quality used and rare bookstore in the historic Crestwood shops is looking for a partner.
Tom & Nancy Shawver of Bloomsday Books would […]

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A few days ago my brother in Ireland sent me an article from the Irish Times.
It was by Kate Holmquist about a new book making […]

Read: American Slang Created by Irish. And Jazz too. »

Ireland’s Kevin Dundon is the chef proprietor of Dunbrody Country House Hotel & Restaurant, located in Ireland’s sunny Southeast (well Wexford).
Raglan Road is the name […]

Read: New Irish Sausages for the US, and for KC a New Irish Gastro Pub? »

For my own reference, here’s a whole load of links to MySpace pages connected with Kansas City that I visit regularly.
Comedy, Bloggers, Bands, Cinema, Pubs, […]

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Larry Kirwan of Black 47 has wished everyone a belated Happy Bloomsday.
Strictly speaking he’s wishing us a Happy Mollyday as he renames it. Larry considers […]

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Since I’m on an animal jaunt, I want to talk about an animal here in the midwest that we don’t have in Ireland.
This is an […]

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Free beer and hot weather. An intoxicating combination.
And it’s probably best to go to bed the night before such a day.
I did my reading, spotting […]

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Bloomsday 2007. An Irish celebration in Kansas City.
Why would you go?
1. It’s FREE
2. There’s Beer
3. The book is the laugh-out-loud kind of fun
4. You don’t […]

Read: 20 Reasons for a KC Party About an Irish Book »

John Mark Eberhart in the Kansas City Star gives a plug to the Bloomsday Celebration on Saturday June 16, 2007.
Live Irish music from Eddie Delahunt […]

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Mike O’Laughlin of Kansas City’s Irish Roots Cafe let me know that he has now posted the first weekly episode of Missouri Irish for your […]

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By popular demand the journal to my bicycle trip across America back in 1996, that I posted excerpts from the first half of - will […]

Read: Book: Cycling Across America (by me) »