Memoir and storyteller fanatic! 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

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.

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!

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

June shared with us memories, adventures and family life in and how her garden grows….

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!

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!