# The pluck of the Irish

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Podcast: [Kansas City Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kansas-city-today-4474135)
Published: 2026-05-15T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.kcur.org/podcast/kansas-city-today/2026-05-15/the-pluck-of-the-irish
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Duration seconds: 664

## Resource

Kansas City is bustling today, but it wasn’t always destined to be that way. Hear how Irish immigrants literally carved the city's first streets.

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