Infrequently Asked Irish KC Questions
Posted by: eolai on April 26th, 2007
Courtesy of the four major search engines - yes Google is not the only orange - here’s just a sampling of some of the questions […]
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Hillbillies, Rednecks and Professional Irishmen
Posted by: eolai on March 26th, 2007
Tom McNamee in the Chicago Sun-Times has been responding to criticism of criticism, such as:
Please, in the future refrain from identifying yourself as Irish. You […]
The Irish Came To Kansas
Posted by: eolai on March 14th, 2007
49 ABC News has an article today on the first Irish immigrants to Kansas and their impact.
Joy Brennan, Folk Arts Program Co-ordinator for the Kansas […]
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Colm & Eddie Delahunt: Their Journey
Posted by: eolai on February 28th, 2007
Not to be outdone by The Elders in the Star, the Delahunts are in the paper also. The Dublin brothers are in The X
Colm and […]
Online: Staying Irish Away From Ireland
Posted by: eolai on February 16th, 2007
As I approach my eighth aniversary of being in America some people keep telling me that I haven’t lost my Irish accent.
Actually, I have; I […]
St Brigid’s Day - February 1st
Posted by: eolai on February 1st, 2007
Just a thought. Given that Saint Brigid is Ireland’s most important saint after St. Patrick, and so many people use the Feast Day of Saint […]
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Funky Links #1
Posted by: eolai on January 31st, 2007
Sometimes, believe it or not, I don’t want to talk. Luckily on the web you don’t have to - you can just link.
Some people […]
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Scottish KC
Posted by: eolai on January 26th, 2007
Yesterday, January 25th, was the anniversary of Robbie Burns’ birthday, so it’s the time of year when all over the world, Scottish people have Burns’ […]
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Irish Man Makes Missouri Woman Wife #20
Posted by: eolai on January 26th, 2007
Celebrated Irish bigamist Oliver Killeen has been at it again.
Featured in a documentary in Britain last year for being the man who married fourteeen […]
Happy Birthday to Irish-American, Muhammad Ali
Posted by: eolai on January 17th, 2007
Speaking of Muhammad Ali and his visit to Dublin West in 1972 (when he ran over my sister’s toe), the BBC has a nice slideshow […]
Cowboy Junkies, Your Plaids And Bandanas Are Ready
Posted by: eolai on January 14th, 2007
In advance of the Cowboy Junkies appearance at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, the Sunday Herald has a long piece about an old cowboy […]
Tribute to Overland Park, KS Child of Immigrants
Posted by: eolai on January 10th, 2007
Today’s Kansas City Star has a tribute to a member of the Irish community who sadly passed on December 29.
Teresa McGilley Redlingshafer, of Overland Park, […]
History of a Pub, an Irish Pub
Posted by: eolai on January 5th, 2007
Once upon a time Irish people, whoever they were - probably those who slaughtered the Tuatha Dé Danann - drank alcohol in public places such […]
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More on The Irish Wilderness
Posted by: eolai on December 21st, 2006
For anyone, from ’round these parts, who may not dig deep and follow comments on posts, let me draw your attention to Kevin Kiley’s contribution […]
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The Irish Wilderness in Missouri
Posted by: eolai on December 16th, 2006
The Irish Wilderness in Oregon County, Missouri is the subject of the first novel by Veronica Roberts featured in The South Missourian News
It’s a story […]
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Indoor Fishing: Tenuous Irish-Kansas Link #214
Posted by: eolai on October 27th, 2006
When his parents were worried about the inflexibility of Korean high school, Lee Oh was sent to attend high school in America.
Lee later progressed […]
Missouri Irish Name
Posted by: eolai on October 16th, 2006
Great-grandmother Sue Gerard has a nice piece in the Colombia Daily Tribune about a community in the middle of Missouri, called Harg
Granny Sue says that […]
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An Irish Odyssey in Kansas City
Posted by: eolai on October 3rd, 2006
God it’s hot. Wasn’t it meant to be cold? A book. Shouldn’t take long to get a book. I could get the bus. Only losers […]
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Ellis Island Texas Legend Debunked
Posted by: eolai on September 26th, 2006
Annie Moore has long been recognized as the first immigrant to come through Ellis Island. 15 year-old Annie arrived on a ship from Ireland on […]
Around the World and Mind the Dresser
Posted by: eolai on September 20th, 2006
If you’re interested in what is going on the world of the Irish beyond Kansas City, here’s ten stories for ya:
• The Irish Government is […]
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