This is a past event
Part of the Aberdeen and Beyond Storytelling Festival, co-hosted by the Elphinstone Institute and the Grampian Association of Storytellers
This event is sponsored by the Scottish International Storytelling Festival
In Ireland it was and still is the custom to combine stories with music, and many musicians carried stories along with the tunes. In this relaxed session, storyteller Nuala Hayes and musician Aoife Granville share stories and music inspired by Irish people and places they know and love.
Nuala Hayes is an actor, storyteller and broadcaster. She was founder/director of Scéalta Shamhna, Dublin’s Storytelling Festival, which she ran for 10 years. She has performed at many arts and storytelling festivals throughout Ireland and the UK, in Spain, Denmark, USA and at the Toronto Storytelling Festival in Canada. She was Artist-in-Residence in Co Laois in 2003 and produced the RTE Radio One Series, 'Tales at the Crossroad's, celebrating the oral traditions of the Midlands. She is the author of Laois Folk Tales, published by The History Press Ireland.
Aoife Granville is a flute player & fiddler as well as singer and currently works at the Folklore Department at UCC. She was appointed to the Arts Council in 2022 by Minister Martin and is currently recording her third solo album.
- Hosted by
- Elphinstone Institute
- Venue
- The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Fl. 7, Craig Suite
- Contact
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Free entry but booking required.
E-mail elphinstone@abdn.ac.uk to book your place