Upcoming Events at Seanchaí – Kerry Literary & Cultural Centre include :
Summer Lunchtime Entertainment
22nd August – Tales of Mystery & Magic with Eddie Lenihan When Eddie Lenihan appeared in Irish national television's 12-part series 'Storyteller' in 1986, most of those seeing and hearing him were doing so for the first time. However, two further series titled 'Ten Minute Tales' in 1987 and 1988 changed all that for good.
But what viewers did not know was that he had already by then 6 books behind him, as well as 5 audio tapes, besides years of folklore-gathering, particularly in his native Co. Kerry, but also in many other parts of Ireland. It is this love of mixing with, listening to older generations (which he still keeps to this very day) that underpins everything he does, and after 27 years of collecting, he now possesses probably the largest tape-library in private hands in Ireland - a unique resource of irreplaceable material that would otherwise have been lost.
22nd August – Children’s Puppet Show
Enjoy traditional puppeteering in the style of Punch and Judy. Suitable for ages 4 to 10. Children must be accompanies by an adult.
Admission Free
Performances begin at 2.15 pm
HERITAGE WEEK 2008
24th to 31st August
To mark the 150th anniversary of Listowel Races, the Seanchaí Centre will host an exhibition of photographs, posters, programmes and other memorabilia over the last 150 years of one of Ireland’s leading Horse Racing Festivals.
Official Opening – Sunday 24th August at 8 pm.
Admission Free
FOR INFORMATION ON UPCOMING EVENTS CONTACT:
Cara at
Seanchaí - Kerry Literary & Cultural Centre,
24 The Square, Listowel.
TEL: 068-22212
E-mail: info@kerrywritersmuseum.com
When Eddie Lenihan appeared in Irish national television's 12-part series 'Storyteller' in 1986, most of those seeing and hearing him were doing so for the first time. However, two further series titled 'Ten Minute Tales' in 1987 and 1988 changed all that for good.
But what viewers did not know was that he had already by then 6 books behind him, as well as 5 audio tapes, besides years of folklore-gathering, particularly in his native Co. Kerry, but also in many other parts of Ireland. It is this love of mixing with, listening to older generations (which he still keeps to this very day) that underpins everything he does, and after 27 years of collecting, he now possesses probably the largest tape-library in private hands in Ireland - a unique resource of irreplaceable material that would otherwise have been lost.