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Larry Kirwan Waxes James Joyce

Posted by: eolai on June 23rd, 2007

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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Irish Festival Scary Contests

Posted by: eolai on June 17th, 2007

There are a a couple of scary contests at the annual Irish Fest that supports and is held on the grounds of the Irish American […]

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Painting of Wexford Town

Posted by: eolai on May 22nd, 2007

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Wexford. I haven’t been ages. To the town that is, not the […]

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Remembering Stephen Biko

Posted by: eolai on May 20th, 2007

Speaking of anger, it’s Sunday, and I always think of Sunday as a day of anger.
Apartheid is something that used to make me angry. […]

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Categorized as: Black 47, Christy Moore, Nostalgia | 3 Comments »


Black 47 Ireland Tour Photos

Posted by: eolai on December 2nd, 2006

New York’s Black 47 - last seen in Kansas City in September - are now back from their trip to Ireland with a bunch of […]

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Black 47 Tour of Ireland 2006

Posted by: eolai on October 26th, 2006

One of the highlights of the recent Irish Festival in Kansas City for me, was sitting with Seven Nations‘ Kirk McLeod as we watched Black […]

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Larry Kirwan Goes Shopping

Posted by: eolai on October 12th, 2006

Tower Records is going out of business, and Black 47’s Larry Kirwan was spotted at the New York store with his hands in the rock […]

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Shay Healy

Posted by: eolai on October 9th, 2006

If you’ve seen Eddie Delahunt perform around Mexican times of celebration (like beating Ireland in the 1994 World Cup), you’ll have heard a certain song […]

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Categorized as: Black 47, Eddie Delahunt, Video, eurovision | 2 Comments »


Black 47: After Kansas City

Posted by: eolai on September 6th, 2006

If you enjoyed Black 47 in Kansas City Labor Day Weekend, you might be interested to know that you need to get your skates on […]

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More Blog Reactions to KC Irish Fest 2006

Posted by: eolai on September 5th, 2006

To add to the 8 earlier reactions to the festival, here’s another few:
  • Timothy Finn of the KC Star’s Back to Rockville, enjoyed himself, especially […]

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Categorized as: Black 47, Elders, Festivals, Flannigan's Right Hook, Gaelic Storm, Liam O Maonlai, Reviews, blogs | No Comments »


Sunday September 3 at KC Irish Fest 2006

Posted by: eolai on September 3rd, 2006

NOTE: This post relates to an event in 2006 and is no longer applicable.
I wish I was French.
One of the biggest buzzes from the festival […]

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Categorized as: Accordion, Black 47, Elders, Festivals, Fuchsia Band, Gaelic Storm, Grada, John Spillane, Something For The house | 2 Comments »


MVFS Annual Irish Fest Radio Show

Posted by: eolai on August 13th, 2006

Mark & Valerie Andruss, from MVFS, are doing another Celtic music show on KKFI today, Sunday, August 13, from 11am-1 pm. You can also listen […]

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Categorized as: Black 47, Elders, Enter The Haggis, Festivals, Fuchsia Band, Gaelic Storm, Grada, Luka Bloom, Organizations, Seven Nations, radio | No Comments »


Larry Kirwan’s Green Suede Shoes

Posted by: eolai on August 10th, 2006

Talking about Celtic Music News and back shows, Aaron has just uploaded CMN Podcast #9 - which is a special edition podcast with Larry Kirwan […]

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Celtic Music News Podcast #79

Posted by: eolai on August 9th, 2006

CMN Podcast #79 has been posted. This latest celtic podcast features five artists all new to the show. Poor Aaron has a heavy cold, so […]

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Categorized as: Black 47, Eileen Ivers, Enter The Haggis, Flogging Molly, Indulgers, Kelihans, Lucky Charms, Reviews | No Comments »


“Irish Festivals” by Larry Kirwan

Posted by: eolai on July 20th, 2006

The following is an essay on “Irish Festivals” by Larry Kirwan of Black 47. Larry said he’s happy for “Irish Festivals” to be republished on […]

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Pirates & Black 47

Posted by: eolai on July 19th, 2006

Speaking of pirates Larry Kirwan of Black 47 says there are openings for pirates and wenches aboard their Rocks Off Concert Cruise in New York […]

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The Heart Has a Mind of its Own

Posted by: eolai on June 6th, 2006

Speaking of Larry Kirwan of Black 47, Larry has been serializing his latest play The Heart Has A Mind of its Own on his MySpace […]

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Win Trip to Ireland with Black 47

Posted by: eolai on June 5th, 2006

You know we told you about Black 47’s Trip to Ireland a while back? Well now Larry Kirwan brings you news of a chance to […]

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Musicians on Irish KC

Posted by: eolai on May 17th, 2006

An Index for each of the following has been added to the sidebar:
    • Black 47
    • Liam O Maonlai
    • Enter The Haggis
and of course:
    • Bono

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Larry Kirwan Podcast Interview

Posted by: eolai on May 16th, 2006

Celtic Music News Podcast #69 has just been released and the whole podcast is an interview with Larry Kirwan of Black 47
It’s a long one, […]

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