Showing posts with label country_Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label country_Ireland. Show all posts

Friday, January 20, 2012

KHM 175 - The Moon - Storyteller: Jack Lynch



(Read the original story: in German, in English, in Spanish)

The Moon (KHM 175) told in English by Jack Lynch
Recorded in the Teachers Club Dublin .
Jack has wide experience of telling in schools, libraries, hospitals and prisons. He works regularly in the National Museum at Collins Barracks and in Dublin psychiatric hospitals. He has been a regular teller at local arts festivals and storytelling festivals. Jack has appeared at Alden Biesen in Belgium , Sidmouth Folk Festival, The Orkney Folk Festival, Newcastle Irish Festival, The Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington and the Illinois Storytelling and Education Programme. He has twice been the featured Irish storyteller at the Cape Clear Festival and at Gimistory in the Cayman Islands . He is a founder member of Dublin Yarnspinners and of Storytellers of Ireland / Aos Sceal Éireann.

Contacts:
Phone (353) + (0)1 643 4992
Mobile : (353) + (0)87 986 3902
Email: quighie@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.jackstory.com

KHM 14 - The Three Spinners - Storyteller: Aideen McBride



(Read the original story: in German, in English, in Spanish)

The Three Spinners (KHM 14) told in Irish by Aideen McBride
Recorded in the Teachers Club Dublin .
Aideen is a founder member of the 16-year-old Dublin Yarnspinners monthly storytelling club.
She grew up in Co Carlow with a rural background and now lives in Dublin with her family. Her stories range from traditional tales and rural tales, to newly created stories, Irish legends, poetry, song and interactive story making.
Aideen was involved in story collection projects including Scéal Éile Ballymun; "Memories from the Grassy Margin", with St Catherine's Centre for Travellers in Carlow, and International Tales with the SPIRASI centre in Dublin .

Contacts:
Phone (353) + (0)1 862 5825
Mobile: (+353) + (0)85 160 5028
Email: ammcbride@eircom.net

KHM 99 - Spirit in the Bottle - Storyteller: Brendan Nolan



(Read the original story: in German, in English, in Spanish)

Spirit in the Bottle (KHM 99) told in English by Brendan Nolan
Recorded in the Teachers Club Dublin .
Brendan tells original and traditional stories from Ireland , and his native Dublin , in particular.
He presents Telling Tales the weekly access radio programme for writers and storytellers which may be heard online on his website.
Brendan has broadcast more than 90 stories of his own, mostly light-hearted, about people he knows or has met.
He is author of the story collections: Barking Mad: Tales of Lovers, Liars, Layabouts and Lunatics and of Dublin Folk Tales, the latter published by the History Press with distribution in the US , UK , and Ireland .

Contacts:
Phone (353) + (0)1 628 11 25
Mobile: (353) + (0)87 795 21 74
Email: brendannolan@eircom.net
Website: http://www.brendannolan.ie
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/BrendanNolanStory

KHM 1 - The Frog Prince - Storyteller: Máirín Mhiclochlainn



(Read the original story: in German, in English, in Spanish)

The Frog Prince (KHM 1) told in Irish by Máirín Mhiclochlainn
Recorded in the Teachers Club Dublin.
Galway-born Máirín is a full-time storyteller who tells stories in Irish and with translations into English.
Her repertoire includes stories from the Fianna cycle and local history stories, stories for children, and original stories.
Many of her folklore stories she heard from her father Beartla Malone.
As an actor, Máirín also presents plays in schools, adapting old stories for the stage.

Contacts:
Phone: (353) + (0)91 593799
Mobile (353) +(0)86 0888578
email mairinmhic@hotmail.com