Fadó Fadó, Storytelling Festival

The focus this inaugural year is very much on traditional Irish storytelling with tellers from all corners of Ireland. Booking required for some events. Please read more below.

Dalkey Library

Sat 22 October

11am & 12pm

Ages 3-6 years and their family

Story Blast! A Storytelling and Puppetry Adventure

Booking required. Email: dalkeylib@dlrcoco.ie or Phone (01) 285 5277

Join storyteller Simone Schuemmelfeder in a special storytelling and puppetry experience for young listeners.

Tuesday 25 Oct

6.30pm

Suitable for Adults and Older Children

Máirín Mhic Lochlainn: Scéalta ón Sean-Am! Tales of Yore!

Booking required. Email: dalkeylib@dlrcoco.ie or Phone (01) 285 5277

Má tá scéal agat, inis é; muna bhfuil, cum ceann! If you have a story, tell it; if you don’t make one up

Part of dlr Festival of Inclusion

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Sat 22 Oct

Ages 8-12 yrs

11am-12.30pm

Booking required. Email: dlrlexiconlib@dlrcoco.ie or Phone (01) 280 1147

Maria Gillen: The Story That Was Never Told

In this workshop we will explore listening - not just with our ears, but with our hearts and spirits as well. If you listen to stories in between the lines, what will you hear? If you find the right kind of stillness will you hear the stones sing?

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Sat 22 Oct

All Welcome. No booking necessary

Suitable for Ages 4-104!

12pm

Joe Brennan: Washed up Tales

Joe brings his love of stories together with his love of the sea. Hear tales brought in on the tide from across the oceans.

2pm

Órla Mc Govern: Watery Tales

Storyteller Órla Mc Govern brings us a set of water stories… magical wells, lakes with spells and wonders of the seas – tales for the whole family!

3.30pm

Maria Gillen: The Red Thread of Story

Did you know that storytelling in Ireland stretches back across the Millennia to our ancestors that lived in Druid times?  It affords us the ability to cast word spells creating pictures in the minds of our listeners.  When things get very magical in a story Maria often finds herself drifting into the Teanga Draíochta - the magical language of Irish.

Wed 26 October

6.30pm

Liz Weir: Banshees, Selkies and Tales of The Otherworld

Adults and Older Children. No booking necessary

Join award winning storyteller Liz Weir as she shares traditional tales of magic, fairies and mermaids, while tossing in some humorous yarns for good measure

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Shankill Library

Thurs 27 October

6.30pm

Jack Lynch: A Jewel Box of Tales

Suitable for Adults and Older Children

Booking required. Email: shankilllib@dlrcoco.ie or Phone (01) 282 3081

Come and hear storyteller, Jack Lynch unpack some wise and entertaining tales he has picked up on his travels throughout Ireland, the Middle East, North America and Europe

Dundrum Library

Wed 2 November

6.30pm

Mapping Stories with Patrick Ryan

Adults

Booking Required. Email: dundrumlib@dlrcoco.ie or Phone (01) 298 5000

This event is a combination of storytelling and a talk for adults who are interested in telling, creating, tinkering, mapping and taking in stories

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Events for Schools

Mon 24 October

Deansgrange Library

10am & 11am

Join Nuala Hayes for storytelling sessions. Booking essential. Email: deansgrangelib@dlrcoco.ie or Phone (01) 285 0860

Tuesday 25 October

Dundrum Library

10am & 11am

We are delighted to welcome Máirín Mhic Lochlainn to Dundrum Library for storytelling for local schools.

Booking required. Email: dundrumlib@dlrcoco.ie or Phone (01) 298 5000

Wednesday 26 Oct

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10am & 11am

Join Catherine Brophy for these storytelling sessions for schools. Booking required. Email: dlrlexiconlib@dlrcoco.ie or Phone: (01) 280 1147

Friday 28 Oct

Deansgrange Library 

10am & 11am

We are delighted to welcome school groups for these storytelling sessions with Seosamh Ó Maolalaí.

Booking required. Email: deansgrangelib@dlrcoco.ie or Phone (01) 285 0860