The ninth annual Kansas City Irish Fest took place over Labor Day weekend, September 2-4, at the Crown Center Square in Downtown Kansas City. The Kansas City Irish Fest celebrates the city’s deep Irish roots with seven music stages featuring traditional music and Celtic rock from international, national and locally-known bands such as Gaelic Storm, [...]
Members of the St Louis-area Ancient Order of Hibernians celebrated Mass on Aug. 20 to honor Our Lady of Knock, Father Harrison, a member of the St Louis Chamber Chorus, was the celebrant and beautifully sang ‘Our Lady of Knock’ after Communion. Oliver Cromwell had wanted the landless Irish forced west, and to settle in [...]
Deadly Tornado in Joplin Missouri Not much remains of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Joplin, Missouri except for the Cross. Joplin, Mo., a town of roughly 50,000, was steam-rolled May 22 by a powerful tornado. It has resulted in 154 deaths to date. One of the lucky ones who escaped relatively unscathed was the [...]
Padraig Pearse Div 1 Kansas City,Mo , St. Patrick’s Day annual Lenten Shrimp dinners is staffed by this main kitchen crew for all the shrimp boiling and corn boiling too. Pictured (L – R) Back Row: Michael P. Murphy and Steve Page. Front row: John Phelan, Tom Quinn, and Frank Stapleton.
Growney Receives Padraig Pearse Hibernian of the Year Brother Ed Growney was alone at home when he suffered a stroke, fell and hit his head. As a result he had some swelling, bleeding and fluid around his brain. He spent several months in hospital in Kansas City, MO. and slowly recovered, beating all the doctors [...]
“Irish Outlaw” honored in Missouri The Missouri St. Charles Division honored Irish-American boxer Ryan Coyne (aka “Irish Outlaw”) for his accomplishments in the ring and in the community. Ryan was the proud recipient of the inaugural Cu’ Chulainn Award given annually to an Irishman of distinction. Ryan was recognized by his fellow Irish brethren following [...]
Kansas City on FIRE Neither high winds nor drizzle could keep some of the Padraig Pearse Division boys away from the links; we were there supporting children with special needs. The golf tournament was at the famed Blue Hills Country Club located in southern Kansas City, Missouri. The day started off with a prayer by [...]
St. Louis AOH Honor Irish Tradition and Culture South St. Louis was a veritable sea of green for the 27th annual AOH Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, on March 17. The parade stepped off at Tamm and Oakland and moved south past St. James the Greater Church, ending at Manchester Ave. Temperatures in the sixties drew [...]
