Seanchaí
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A seanchaí is a traditional Gaelic storyteller or historian, serving as an oral repository. In Scottish Gaelic the word is seanchaidh. The word is often anglicised as shanachie.
Seán Ó hEinirí, a seanchaí from County Mayo
Eddie Lenihan
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Edmund Lenihan, known as Eddie Lenihan, is an Irish author, storyteller, lecturer and broadcaster. He is one of the few practising seanchaithe remaining in Ireland.
Seanchaí
…All-Ireland Fleadh Ceoil storytellers who preserve the stories and oratory style of the seanchaithe continue to display their art and compete for awards. Eddie Lenihan is one notable modern-day seanchaí, based in County Clare. Actor Eamon Kelly was well known for his portrayals of the traditional seanachaí, and ran…
Common Hawthorn, also known as Whitethorn