Aideen McBride

Aideen often used storytelling in her Primary School in Ballymun, Dublin.  Now a full time storyteller, she has told her stories at the National Museum in Dublin, CultralFolk Museum in Belfast and at many summer festivals. Her stories, sad and funny by turns, include yarns and folktales handed down to her by her father in Carlow. She loves to include her audience in the stories, many of which have a participatory element.  Audiences of all ages enjoy the spell Aideen weaves with her imaginative and warm delivery of these stories from the Irish tradition.

Liz Warren

Liz is a fourth-generation Arizonan, is the director of the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.  She has performed nationally and in Ireland and England.  Representing SMCC, she is the producer of the annual Mesa Storytelling Festival in Mesa, Arizona. Her textbook, The Oral Tradition Today: An Introduction to the Art of Storytelling was published in 2008. Every summer she comes to Ireland to teach “The Irish Storytelling Tradition” as part of Mesa Community College’s Study Abroad Ireland Program.

Pat Speight

Pat specialises in traditional Irish talesand folk tales from the fireplaces of Ireland.  He has stories to make you laugh, to make you cry and to scare and cheer, stories about animals and birds, kings and warriors, saints and sinners, witches and magicians, pickpockets and ghosts, fairies and mermaids and mythical, mystical characters that inspire and captivate the imagination. Pat has travelled far and wide and has been a featured Storyteller at many Festivals both in Ireland and abroad.

Liz Weir

Liz has worked with all age groups for over thirty years, promoting the traditional art for which Ireland is world famous. A children’s librarian by training, she now travels the world telling stories to adults and children, organising workshops on storytelling, and speaking at courses for parents, teachers and librarians.  She was the first winner of the International Storybridge Award for “exemplary work in promoting storytelling between Ireland and other countries”. She is the director of the Ulster Storytelling Festival and has been a featured teller at major festivals in Ireland, England, Scotland and in the U.S.

Danielle Allison

Danielle comes from an educational background. She has worked with children in schools, libraries and festivals all over Ireland. She tells a wide range of stories, which often involve audience participation.  She is a founder member of The Dublin Yarnspinners. Now settled in Athlone, she is committed to bringing the traditional artform of storytelling to the Midlands and is Director of the Three Rivers Storytelling Festival.