Galway’s CUIRT literary festival will be featuring a Storytelling Show this year with storyteller Nuala Hayes at Nun’s Island Theatre. It comes highly recommended!

The Wilder Wisdom of Auld Ones…. Stories , Legends and Poetry inspired by the Cailleach performed by Actor and Storyteller Nuala Hayes and Harpist and Composer, Anne-Marie O’Farrell.

“The stories of the Cailleach, the wise woman or hag of Irish mythology, are full of mystery and the power, wisdom and imagination of older people. Often this power is a threat, sometimes it’s a challenge , but always,  like the rocks and the stones of the earth, it’s a force of nature.

Many of these  stories come from the oral tradition, and although considerable scholarly work has been done by eminent folklorists such as Gearóid O’Crualaoich, they are seldom told.  They tap into old pre-Celtic and pre-Christian beliefs. They  challenge, entertain and divert and are important in a world that is in flux.”

And another storytelling group has joined the Irish fold!

A monthly Story Slam Loose Lips is now into its second month at the Roisin Dubh Pub in Galway.  Five minute limit and true stories only! Get your best story voice on and test it at it on the last Wednesday of the month!