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Our Storytellers
 Pat
McGeeney
Pat McGeeney comes from Mullaghbawn in South Armagh, a place that
is widely regarded as the cultural capital of Ulster.
He has been telling stories for many years and
has taken part in numerous festivals and concerts right across Ireland.
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 Matthew
Noone
Born in Australia, Matthew epitomizes the travelling musician/storyteller,
wandering the world searching for story and song for the last 10
years. Trained as a teacher, he left the blackboard behind and hit
the open road, picking up instruments, songs and stories along the
way. His travels have taken him through India, across Europe, into
Asia and the US.
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 Susie
Minto
Born in Scotland, Susie’s work takes her to festivals, schools
and libraries, national heritage locations – in fact, wherever
the storytelling trail leads. She runs workshops for children and
adults, including child educators and librarians, on storytelling
and storymaking skills, life story and intergenerational work.
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 Clare
Muireann Murphy
Storyteller, writer and performer, Clare hails from Galway town.
From animated animal tales for little ones to mythic love stories
for the young at heart, Clare has a wide repertoire of folktales,
legends, myths and anecdotes from Irish mythology and world culture.With
a background in theatre, Clare's unique physical style of telling
brings a new light to old tales.
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Stanley was the 12th child born into a fine
old traditional traveller family. He grew up with music, ballads
and stories handed down through the oral tradition. After working
in the fish trade for 48 years, he was invited to be the head of
the Travellers Project at Aberdeen University for three years. He
has featured at the top international storytelling and folk festivals
across the US as a storyteller and ballad singer.
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 Mick
Quinn
Born in Carricknagavna in South Armagh and now retired to Mullaghbawn,
Mick learned many of his stories and songs from his father and
at neighbourhood barn and flax dances in the 1940s. A noted author
of comic songs and a great raconteur, he is highly respected and
is considered by younger singers to be the father figure of the
Northern Irish song tradition.
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