Irish Fest 2024 Mourns Tragic Killing Of Shaun Brady

Every Irish Fest there's a Catholic mass that marks the occasion and insiders know that it's worth attending to keep in touch with the last remaining REAL IRISH LOCALS in Kansas City. 

Accordingly . . .We give credit were it's due to newsie Sam Zeff who understood this fact of life and reported today from the scene . . .

It was packed Sunday around the stage on the east edge of Crown Center, with about 1,000 people under the tent and 500 more in the bright sunshine in the rear. The weather was perfect. Still, there was clearly a sadness at Brady's loss.

"There is a cloud upon us," said Father Don Farnan, pastor at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, St. James, and St. Therese Little Flower. "We offer our Mass for him today."

After communion, a moment of silence for Brady was held while the bagpipes played "Amazing Grace."

This soul crushing detail deserves to be highlighted . . .

"Organizers said the crowd for the Irish mass wasn't any bigger than in the past, but there was a little more security. Normally there would be an Irish breakfast for everyone after Mass — cooked in large part by Brady himself — but this year, as a way to remember the beloved chef, it was canceled."

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At Kansas City Irish Fest Mass, Shaun Brady remembered as 'the living room where everybody came'

Shaun Brady was a driving force behind Kansas City Irish Fest, and the chef who cooked everyone an Irish breakfast. While that was canceled Sunday, the traditional Mass paid tribute to Brady, who was killed Wednesday outside of his Brookside restaurant.