Good Friday Agreement Anniversary in Kansas City
Posted by: eolai on April 4th, 2008
There is a celebration of the Good Friday Peace Agreement on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at the Irish Museum & Cultural Center in Kansas City’s […]
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Corned Beef: Long Comment Alert
Posted by: eolai on March 29th, 2008
Because it’s long, very long, I’m pointing you at a comment on Corned Beef & Cabbage.
Joyce, Pepys, and Middle-Irish, they’re all there - with […]
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The Troublesome Irish in Uncle Sam’s Lodging House
Posted by: eolai on March 25th, 2008
Tony’s Kansas City yesterday featured an old political cartoon from Joseph Keppler’s Puck concerning Irish immigrants in America in the late 19th Century.
Called “Uncle Sam’s […]
Clontarf Irish Whiskey
Posted by: eolai on March 22nd, 2008
Speaking of whiskey (when talking about the Irish Whiskey Tasting), Anne Brockhoff in the Kansas City Star this week included among her recommendations for well-made […]
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The Soiling of Old Glory
Posted by: eolai on March 10th, 2008
There’s a fantastic article by Louis P. Masur on Digital Journalist today. It’s about an Irish-American called Kelly and an African-American from Kansas City.
Born Theodore […]
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The Book of Kells: A Presentation in Kansas City
Posted by: eolai on March 6th, 2008
There is a presentation on the most famous of Irish illuminated manuscripts, the Book of Kells, by Joanna Carraway of Rockhurst University, this Sunday, March […]
KC Irish Heritage Thru Kids’ Eyes
Posted by: eolai on February 25th, 2008
On Saturday March 1, 2008 at 2pm KC author Pat O’Neill presents Kansas City Irish Heritage - through the eyes of Children, at the […]
Irish in the American Civil War: Encampment & Discussion
Posted by: eolai on February 23rd, 2008
On Sunday, February 24, 2008 a Civil War Irish Regiment Encampment is being staged at the IMCC by Irish Regiment Civil War re-enactors.
The IMCC […]
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American Presidents of Irish Descent
Posted by: eolai on February 4th, 2008
Launching what is being called the Irish Season at the Irish Museum and Cultural Center, is a month long exhibit celebrating the 19 Irish-American presidents […]
Titanic Club for Kansas City
Posted by: eolai on January 12th, 2008
Wade Sisson of the Titanic Historical Society based in Massachusetts is trying to form a local Titanic club.
Wade wants to have regular meetings for […]
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The Cause of Irish Immigration to America
Posted by: eolai on November 7th, 2007
I’ve been mulling over a Lewis W. Diuguid article in the Kansas City Star from a couple of days back.
The article is about how the […]
A Wind of Many Colors
Posted by: eolai on November 2nd, 2007
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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Ike’s Irish Nephew
Posted by: eolai on September 25th, 2007
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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Biography of Kansas Son of Irish Immigrants
Posted by: eolai on September 18th, 2007
A KC son of Irish immigrants is featured in the World Socialist Web Site on the occasion of the publication of a major biography - […]
Learn About The Book of Kells at KC’s Irish Center
Posted by: eolai on August 24th, 2007
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 […]
Labor Day Weekend at the Irish Center in KC, MO
Posted by: eolai on August 22nd, 2007
Irish events are taking place at the Irish Museum and Cultural Center in Kansas City’s Union Station on both Saturday, September 1, 2007 and Sunday, […]
American Slang Created by Irish. And Jazz too.
Posted by: eolai on August 2nd, 2007
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 […]
Song For Tara (Money Mad Mile)
Posted by: eolai on July 29th, 2007
Have ya heard Liam Ó Maonlai’s brand new Song For Tara?
Listen to Tara’s Eye (Money Mad Mile) on MySpace, and wonder if you can do […]
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Anniversary of the Shamokin Uprising
Posted by: eolai on July 25th, 2007
July 25th 2007 is the 130th anniversary of the Shamokin Uprising, when railroad workers and miners joined the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, America’s first […]
Nelly Don Exhibit at Irish Center
Posted by: eolai on June 30th, 2007
The Extraordinary Life of Nelly Don is the name of the first special exhibit at the Irish Museum & Cultural Center.
Thanks to Terence O’Malley’s record […]
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