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This September we welcome Sorcha Hegarty.

Sorcha Hegarty is a Cork native who has explored many corners of the world. In 2014, Sorcha co-founded storytelling performance company Candlelit Tales with her brother, Aron, bringing the stories of Irish mythology to life in an accessible way. The company has grown enormously over the past ten years, launching the Candlelit Tales Podcast in 2018. Scorch has worked on storytelling in live performances, theatrical shows, visual spectacles, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality pieces, collaborative improvisation, and everywhere else she can find a story waiting.

6:30pm - 7:30pm (complimentary tea/coffee available from 6pm)
Studio, Level 1, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire
 

October's guest will be Vincent Kiely.

Vincent Kiely is a writer and storyteller from Moyne, near Thurles in Country Tipperary. He is a lover of what he calls “creative oral storytelling.” He is a member of “The Gab” storytellers in Cork, and of “Storytellers of Ireland.” He is working on an oral epic called Scéalta na Muimhneach, The Stories of the Munster Men, set in the ancient Irish kingdom of Munster.

6:30pm - 7:30pm (complimentary tea/coffee available from 6pm)
The Lab, Level 3, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire (Beside the Security Desk)

In November we will welcome Eimear Burke.

Eimear is a Druid and a Storyteller. She has a deep love of the ancient Irish tales and has a passion for storytelling. She brings the old tales to new audiences, and - while remaining faithful to the stories - often examines them from new perspectives, so that listeners experience them as fresh and relevant. She loves to weave in song and the harp into her stories. She particularly enjoys showing people the sacred sites of Ireland and telling the ancient tales right where they happened.

Eimear has private practice as a Counselling Psychologist and her interests in Druidry and psychology have led her to act as a Celebrant, helping people to design and enact meaningful rites of passage. She is licensed to perform legal weddings in the Republic of Ireland and can also offer non legal ceremonies.

Eimear is the Chosen Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) and lives in Kilkenny, Ireland. She is also a Priestess dedicated to Danú in the Fellowship of Isis. She is an Arch Druidess in the Druid Clan of Dana and a member of the Noble Order of Tara.

6:30pm - 7:30pm (complimentary tea/coffee available from 6pm)
The Lab, Level 3, dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire (Beside the Security Desk)