Libraries NI is pleased to announce that Irvinestown Library welcomes Declan Forde for an Evening of Storytelling on Wednesday 14th December at 7.00pm.
County Tyrone is an area redolent with tradition and Forde's work reflects this. Declan’s poems, songs and stories all emanate from the ceili-house tradition, when friends and neighbours would visit and spend an evening gathered around the hearth swapping local news and telling tales. His stories celebrate the life and times of the people from the Sperrin Mountains, where he lives happy and content.
Declan Forde writes, illustrates and has performed his original stories, songs and poems at Festivals all over Ireland. He has taught Creative Writing and Irish Art history in West Virginia as part of the legendary Irish Week in Elkins and also in Pendleton, Oregon and has spun tales in the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, London. He has also broadcast his work on RTE, BBC, Downtown Radio and the Sony Award winning community radio station Strule FM.
Elizabeth McAleer, Cultural Services Manager with Libraries NI, explains:
“This is an open invitation for everyone to come to Irvinestown Library to enjoy an evening’s entertainment with renowned storyteller Declan Forde, on Wednesday 14th December at 7.00pm.”
Everyone is welcome to come along and admission is free.
For more information on Declan, go to his website at www.declanforde.co.uk
You can contact Irvinestown Library (Main Street, BT94 1GT) on telephone number: 028 6862 1383) or email: irvinestown.library@librariesni.org.uk
For details of all events being held in Northern Ireland libraries, go to www.librariesni.org.uk
