And now starring in P.2 and P.3……..
We were learning about story telling in P.2 and P.3. and stories from other cultures.
We were also delighted to welcome Steve Lally, an amazing story teller originally from Co, Kildare but now living in Northern Ireland.
Steve comes from a storytelling background, his grandma was a seanchaí from rural Co.Galway.
Steve Lally works in many different settings, including schools, universities, museums, historical societies, libraries, hospitals, community groups and festivals. He is invited to many festivals, here and abroad including most recently, the Meath Book Festival, the Yarn Festival in Bray and Ghost in the Glens in Co. Antrim.
Steve is the sole representative for the organisation, 'Read For Good, working as the resident storyteller at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
He has written and illustrated three books for the Irish History Press: Down Folk Tales, Kildare Folk Tales and Monaghan Folk Tales. Down Folk Tales has already gone into its third edition of publication, and Kildare Folk Tales is going into it's second.
He has recently released Monaghan Folk Tales. (November 2017)
He is working on a forth book entitled 'Magical Ireland: Fairy Stories from the 32 counties', with Singer/ Songwriter and freelance broadcaster Miss Paula Flynn. (This book will also be published by the Irish History Press).
Last Year Steve was hired as a storyteller in an advertising campaign for Tourism Ireland, where the story he told was based on the famous Hill of Tara. This tourism video has been a huge success with over 200,000 people viewing it in a very short time. The feedback has been phenomenal, and he has gained a lot of attention and significant work-related opportunities as a result of it.
So we were delighted to have such a great story teller amongst us and has given us a real interest in story telling.
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