Irish New Year Party at Eddie Delahunt’s in Kansas City, MO
Last year, one quiet afternoon on Antique Row there on 45th by State Line, a basketball went bouncing past the Cafe & and was retrieved by Mr Delahunt. And like in all the best fairy stories there was nobody else around. The ball was tripping all by itself, and a bounce of good fortune took it to Cafe &.
So the basketball became a symbol of good fortune for this little corner of Irishness in Kansas City and on New Year’s Eve, at the stroke of midnight in Ireland, 6pm in KC, the ball was lowered and good things have happened ever since to the coffee shop and all who were there.
UPDATE: This Event has been CANCELED
Unlike most of my Irish KC friends I didn’t attend last year - because I was tied up with two beautiful women bondage being a traditional Irish affair and the holidays a time for traditions - but I might make an appearance this year.
One of the great success stories last year, 2006, in the Irish community in Kansas City was the beginning of Cafe &. And one of the great events in Eddie and Betsy Delahunt’s coffee shop in that first year was the celebration of Irish New Year. I’m not just saying this; it was the talk of the town.
It sold out fast last year with so many people saying they were definitely going to go for the 2007 event. Well you can only definitely go if you definitely have a ticket.
The 2nd Irish New Years Celebration at Cafe & takes place, sticking with tradition, on New Year’s Eve, Monday December 31, 2007 and it starts at 4pm. Being an Irish event it doesn’t have an end time
There will be all the things you saw last year, Party Favours, a New Year’s Champagne Toast, and That Ball Drop. Wear something short on the step ladder and people will talk about you for months - in a good way.
Such a huge success was last year that the organization and the price have gone up. Space is quite limited and heating a tent is not cheap. Tickets are $60 and you know you’re sorted for the night with tons of good food, music and drinks.
Tickets are available in advance from the Cafe & at 1811 W 45th Street KCMO or you can phone them at 816 753 3322 and make a nuisance of yourself.
Look for this event on the KC Irish Events Calendar
See Also:
• Saying Happy New Year in Irish / Gaelic / Gaeilge
• New Year’s Bash at O’Malley’s of Weston, MO
• Differences in New Year in Ireland and New Year in America
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