Oíche Shamhain

  • Date: November 1, 2024
  • Location: Maine Irish Heritage Center, Portland
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Join us at the Maine Irish Heritage Center for an evening of Storytelling with the fabulous Mike Burns. A 45 minute story will be followed by a Q&A with encouraged audience participation.

Oíche Shamhain – Halloween 

It was always a great time for storytelling.
The hay was all saved, the turf banked, the nights getting longer and by the fireplace was the place to be.
Stories of the other world, of the wee people, of wonders and strange encounters.
For Celtic people, the passage between the beyond and us was permeable and easily breached.
Join Mike for a journey to the Ireland of his childhood, before social media, before television and before cars.
The pony and trap for Mass on Sunday, the bicycle or shank’s mare to visit neighbors or to go to the village.

Check out this interview with Mike: https://metro.co.uk/2008/09/11/five-questions-for-mike-burns-486742/

 

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Maine Irish Heritage Center

34 Gray street
Portland  ME  04102 

Lauren Stockless
2077800118
moc.hsirieniam@stneve