I recorded this conversation last fall with the award-winning Irish storyteller Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair, who lives in Donegal, Ireland, and learned her craft from the last living traditional storytellers in Donegal.

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Notes:

*The book Eithne mentions at 39:00, Women Who Run With the Wolves is written by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. It’s available at used and new bookshops all over.

*42:05 the "schools collection" she refers to is part of the National Folklore Collection of Ireland, at University College Dublin

*This episode edited by Laura Hamill of Perennial Collective! http://www.perennialcollective.com/

Music:

Intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods

“Carolan's Farewell to Music” by Julia Seager-Scott

“Untitled” by Jean Christian

“Carolan - Five Tunes By the Irish Harper: IV. Carolan's Farewell to Music” by Da Camera

“When She Cam Ben” by Da Camera

“Untitled” by Jean Christian

“Carolan's Farewell to Music” by Julia Seager-Scott

“The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry” by Ale Möller & Aly Bain

Image: Eithne Ní Gullaher on St. Colmcille’s bed at Glencolmcille, Donegal