As the acorns ripened and fell to the ground, the last of the nettles produced seed and the Cailleach took up her blackthorn staff, the dream of “Airmid’s Journal” was borne.
We invite you on this journey with us to witness, share, co-create and take root.
AJ is intended to be an ever growing tapestry of stories, woven together with the plants of this land. Old stories, new stories, personal tales and present spells. Here we share the voices of those who tend to the wild wells, offering nourishment to all those who wish to drink from the source.
Ogham Eire Art is a project created by Shane Mc Cullough who is a traditional Artist from the North East of Ireland.
His Art is based around Ancient Folklore, Irish Mythology, History & Nature.
Along with researching ancient texts & knotwork for inspiration, he also visits Neolithic & Megalithic Sites and other ancient dwellings around Ireland.
I’m a Belfast artist now living in rural south Derry. Art is a hobby I’ve enjoyed from a very young age. My love of nature and Irish folklore is huge inspiration for me and I hope to share it with others.
Art by Margaret McKenna. Images all Irish produced as greeting cards, mugs, art prints, all inspired by Celtic mythology and the stories and folklore of ancient Ireland.
Retelling the stories of Irish Myth as they were traditionally told: accessible, entertaining, and with live musical accompaniment, in cozy settings.
We are a group of storytellers, performers, and musicians. We tell Irish myths to a live audience with live music.
Candlelit Tales was founded by brother-sister storytelling duo Aron and Sorcha Hegarty. Driven by a passion for Irish mythology, we started retelling the stories to a near-empty room upstairs in a Dublin pub one rainy evening in November. The next week, the room was a lot less empty, and we were joined by musician Ru O’Sé. By the fourth week, the room was full, and so was the hall outside. We realised that when we share our passion, it becomes contagious. And we’ve been telling stories and playing music from that day to this.
Since then, over the past five years of telling stories in the capital of this nation of storytellers, we have developed and refined our uniquely expressive, naturalistic and modern style. Live music is the heartbeat of all our performances, and a live original music score composed by a team of talented musicians drives the rhythm of the storytelling, weaving through the tale and sweeping the listener away.
We take our favourite myths, and we don’t shy away from the sex and violence that was always present in the Irish storytelling tradition. We keep the depth, the wisdom, and the richness, and leaven it with humour, passion and playfulness to enchant audiences of all ages.
Our guiding light has always been to make these stories accessible and available to as many people as we can. Because we love them, and we want everyone else in the world to have a chance to fall in love with them too.
We are breathing life back into these old stories, for young and for old and in many different ways.
We will make you laugh, make you cry, and maybe even make you roar.
We want to let these stories live again, and we need you to listen.
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