About Us

Storytelling has existed for centuries as a traditional form of entertainment in Ireland. Although this tradition has been greatly displaced by alternative forms of mass-media entertainment over the past five decades, this art-form is currently undergoing a major revival as evidenced by the number of storytelling festivals and events now taking place all over the country.

County Leitrim has a particularly rich legacy of written and oral folklore and has produced some of the country’s finest singers, writers, storytellers and poets.

The Mohill Arts & Storytelling Festival was first held in 1995. After a lapse of five years a second festival was held in April 2000.

The festival has been held each year since then and has attracted large audiences from all over Ireland. Many of Ireland’s best-known storytellers have performed at the event. These include John Campbell, Len Graham, Pat Speight, Niall de Burca, Jack Lynch, Pat McGeeney, Colum Sands, Joe Brennan, Toby Kinsella, Padraig McGinn and Liam Butler. The event is now recognised as one of the primary cultural events in the North-West and has attracted visitors to the area from all over Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK.