Festivals & Events

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Slieve Bloom Storytelling Festival

 

11th Annual Storytelling Festival

Wednesday 9th to the 12th of October 2013

A festival of Yarns, Tales, Legends, Lies, Poetry, Music and Fun...

 

Welcome to The Slieve Blooms, a landscape of mountains, valleys, glens, waterfalls, ancient raths and medieval castles, in the heart of Ireland, rich in music and folklore, is an ideal setting for a festival of storytelling, music, and song.

The stories that have been told for generations by the people who live on and around these mountains are bound up with the landscape, place names and the history of the area which stretches back to before the time of the druids, There are stories of invasions, plantations and rebellions, fairy lore and ghost stories, as well as the necessary yarns and tall tales which Irish people love.

Visitors to the Slieve Blooms will discover a new landscape of the imagination in these mountains and local people will rediscover the magic of the stories of their own place through the art of storytelling which will be brought to you by great storytellers, some local, who have all developed a keen interest in the revival of storytelling by featuring at the Storytelling Festivals in Ireland.

 

Storytellers (to be confirmed): Claire Muireann Murphy and Pat Speight

Musician: Joe Burke

Featuring local storytellers, musicians and singers

 

Programme:

 

Wednesday 9th October 2013 - 10.00 pm

Rambling House, Murray's Pub, Ballybritt, Co. Offaly

On R421 between Kinnitty and Roscrea

Admission free

 

Thursday 10th October 2013 - 8.00 pm

Leap Castle, Co. Ofally

Admission €12 by ticket only

 

Friday 11th October 2013 - 8.00 pm

Roundwood House, Mountrath, Co. Laois

Admission €12 by ticket only

 

Saturday 12th October 2013 - 8.00 pm

Kinnitty Castle, Co. Offaly

Admission €12 by ticket only

 

Sponsors

Our thanks to The Management at Kinnitty Castle Hotel, Sean Ryan of Leap Castle, Hannah and Paddy Flynn Roundwood House Mountrath, and our sponsors Laois County Council Arts Office Offaly County Council Arts Office

Shannon Development & Failte Ireland.