I started CRAICLY to create a connection between people and places through storytelling. Irish heritage, culture, social settings are all key components of our events.

Professional storyteller Sinead can spin a yarn from folklore to mental health. Joined us for Irish ghostly tales when we celebrated Samhain with Púca Festival

- An organic beef farmer and forester in Kildare, Willie is full of tales and observations on his time spent working the land and preserving a natural Irish habitat

Zita’s storytelling gift is one of many! An artist in so many disciplines, her lovely childhood story was a beautiful contribution to our “Journeys and Reflections” evening!

Paddy took the chair at out “Sink or Swim” to share about his first winning lesson of … losing. His story of an impactful team sports loss that led to lifelong friendship struck a chord with multi-generational listeners!

Tillage Farmer Ricky has colourful tales from farming in both the UK and Ireland and native to Kildare he has joined multiple CRAICLY sessions and shared insights and experiences from farms to ghost sightings!

Chris moved from Goa to Ireland and has shared wonderful experiences of everything along the way! From cruise ships, to football referee to winner of RTE food truck competition!

Eleanor sang her story, which was wonderful because she’s very good at that. So good in fact, she turned down a major record deal when it dawned on her how the industry would really treat her joy of singing. Well done Eleanor - and we LOVE your little Octopus story. A very important moral.

Damien has been generous to share extraordinary life experiences and Irish history and folklore knowledge. Full of wisdom and humour and knowledge - A natural storyteller!

Susan’s extraordinary work and ability as a medium has given her insights, experiences and knowledge of how spirits and mortals interact and coexist. A generous, honest story sharer.

A career so full of detail, work, flavour and knowledge Rory’s contribution to our Food Heroes Session was an amazing insight to the professional kitchen and the characters in there!

Mary & Billy’s extraordinary success as Irish Butter Makers is grounded in family history and steeped in Irish culture. With two wonderful narratives that led them is heartwarming, sincere and inspiring.

Mairead joined our story panel as part of West Waterford Festival of Food and shared her story of starting her own organic vegetable farm at a time that she needed it the most. An amazing tale of healing and growth!

So established in the Irish hospitality scene, Justin is full of ideas, energy, awards (!!) and inspiration. He sat down with us in Waterford to share his own perspective and some insights to the surprise and challenges that life and business can put in front of you along the way.

Traditional and multi-award winning butcher, Barry Fitzgerald, took a well deserved night out and sat down with us to share tales from his job as a butcher, the trade, the challenges and the huge social impact of keeping our local shops supported.

Farming Life! Conventional dairy farmer turned Free range pork - with a huge amount of decisions along the way! Peter and his family have transformed their farming life in Cork and shared some of the key moments so far.

As part of the “Well Within the Law” Festival solicitor Matthew shared the feelings that came with leading an ambitious group climb of Kilimanjaro to raise money for social justice supports. What people can do when they work together!

A participant of the “Well within the Law” Festival Justice Baker shared some of her personal, varied of experiences of her work within the Justice System in Ireland. Reminding us all of the human responsibility and influence we all hold.

Mark shared a really important personal and professional view around neurodiversity within the workplace - which of course overlaps to all our personal lives! A talented coach with wonderful insights for us all.

In on of our Summer story sessions in June Blakes Garden, Paul shared the story of his journey in a jeep across Europe to deliver aid support in the Ukraine. People, places, stories of war and survival and the impact and social response to people helping each other.

Shared his story of the personal side of starting, growing and launching a services which impacted the experiences of many along the way.

June shared with us memories, adventures and the richness of family life in her wonderful Blessington homestead. She also shared a few glimpses of how her famous gardening talents got started from a young age.

Poet, Artist, Storyteller and proud Dubliner Steve has shared beautifully poetic insights to Dublin, to the writers world and some insights to the life of an artist.

Our french-hiberno friend Clotilde has a lot to share on what she has managed to achieve and overcome in pursuit of how she feels we should be able to eat, and feed out family. With a healthy dollop of humour!

Blessed be the Cheesemakers! Eamon shared some honest insights to what it takes to run a dairy farm and a cheese production business, all whilst protecting one of the last raw cheese products around.

Elaine is the founder of Wild about Mushrooms, a pioneering food brand bringing the nutritional benefits of mushrooms to assist with multiple health issues. She shared an incredible insight not just to mushrooms, but to the complexity of food labelling and what we should look out for. WOW.

Oue evening in the beautiful Cappagh House was a revelation in how a houses past and present is formed by a series of small decisions. Charlies grandmother, about eighty years ago, experienced a recurring dream three nights in a row… which led to a significant decision that we all benefitted from that evening. Serendipity! Thank you Charlie!

Following many years in the air with Aer Lingus, Zita took the step firmly back n earth and began growing flowers. If you ever wanted to know what it takes to be a flower farmer, head to The Naul!

It’s lucky to have your birthday on March 17th because it’s Paddy’s Day, - because then you can come to visit Ireland for the laugh, decide to stay and do a cookery course…. and end up changing your whole life from Acid House music producer to being a spice specialist. Try fitting that into a ten minute tale!!!

Irish farming certainly does encourage being resourceful, but our Bruce was able to show us how his high performing farm also benefited from his scientific work with dung beetles. A fascinating listen.

Our storytellers 10-min tales are always growing, changing location and looking for people to come and share their evening with us! Register to get a storytelling place and you and your guest join our evening together!