Review: ‘To Hell Or Barbados’ by Damien Dempsey
Posted by: eolai on June 24th, 2007
The following review of To Hell Or Barbados by Damien Dempsey, appears in a slightly shorter version in the July 2007 issue of the Midwest […]
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‘Craic’ or ‘Crack’: Is it Irish?
Posted by: eolai on May 22nd, 2007
In my post on Fun in America and elsewhere I’ve referred to ‘Craic’ being an English term that was then Gaelicized, and Conor has said […]
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Talking Soccer in Missouri
Posted by: eolai on April 24th, 2007
Reading reports of soccer matches here in Missouri is as foreign to me as reading reports of American sports.
However with some translation I can get […]
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Celtic Comment
Posted by: eolai on February 13th, 2007
Celtic Comment is a column in the Midwest Irish Focus, a monthly newspaper for Irish-America in Missouri, Kansas, and a whole bunch of surrounding states […]
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Ireland & USA Little Differences #18: End Times
Posted by: eolai on January 30th, 2007
End Times
Fridges all over the middle of America have invitations clamped to them. And I’ll never get used to these invitations to social functions […]
Milk and Onions: USA & Ireland Little Differences #15
Posted by: eolai on December 29th, 2006
Solving the World’s Problems.
I used to get my hair cut in Ringsend in Dublin. I would walk from where I worked in Ballsbridge, ignoring much […]
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Cathie Ryan in Concert: A Review
Posted by: eolai on November 11th, 2006
The beauty of a venue like the Bragg Auditorium is, as Cathie Ryan said herself, that she gets to perform songs she just can’t do […]
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Dingle Votes for Bilingual Name
Posted by: eolai on October 21st, 2006
It has no legal standing, in terms of the Official Languages Act, but the results of the plebiscite in The Town Formerly Known As Dingle […]
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From Dingle to Dangle: What’s in a name
Posted by: eolai on October 19th, 2006
St Petersburg doesn’t get any tourists. It used to when it was Leningrad but then they changed the name and the tourists all went to […]
Buy Real Official Irish Dirt
Posted by: eolai on October 18th, 2006
Real official Irish dirt can be bought in America from two Irishmen who are not afraid of getting their hands dirty.
For planting a tree […]
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Review: “What Means Motley?”
Posted by: eolai on September 30th, 2006
Last week I had a chance to see “What Means Motley?” which showed at the recent Kansas International Film Festival. The following is a review […]
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Cathie Ryan in Kansas City
Posted by: eolai on September 24th, 2006
Update: See review of Cathy Ryan gig
The MVFS is presenting Cathie Ryan and her band, on Thursday, November 9 at 7:30 pm, at All Souls […]
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