Kansas City Irish History Podcast
Mike O’Laughlin of Kansas City’s Irish Roots Cafe let me know that he has now posted the first weekly episode of Missouri Irish for your FREE listening pleasure.
Missouri Irish is a weekly podcast on the history of the Irish in America. The first 10 episodes are focusing on Kansas City in both Missouri and Kansas, because the Irish Roots Cafe was founded in KC - all the way back in 1978.
In those first KC episodes you’ll hear commentary from William Worley, Michael Burke, Pat O’Neill, Kerry Browne, Peter Adams, Peggy Sheehan, Pete Maher, Rachel Casey and others. The earliest days of Kansas City in the early 1800’s to the Pendergast era will be covered, and then so will the modern day festivals and parades.
Irish roots already offers a ton of great resources including podcasts on Irish Genealogy, and this new series is a wonderful addition to the oral folklore of Irish-America.
For all available podcasts go to Mike’s site
The series covers the story of the Irish in America including interviews with historians, business owners, every day Irish, and politicians. The second city that will be covered is St. Louis, Missouri.
The Irish Roots Cafe since 1978 has been a publisher of rare Irish books, and is currently also the home of Irish podcasts, newsletters and a blog.
Mike O’Laughlin is responsible for the first book ever written on the Irish in Kansas City, St. Louis and Missouri - published in 1984
See Books by Mike:
• The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small (Third Edition, Expanded)
• Master Book of Irish Placenames: Master Atlas and Book of Irish Placenames
• The Birth Index of Ireland
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