Name:Eamon Kelly, the famous seanchaí

Link with orality:Storyteller

Place of birth:Sliabh Luachra

Birthdate:30-march-1914

Date of death:24-oct-01

Merits to be in this database:Ermon Kelly was a storyteller and actor described as the epitome of the seanchaí 'community carrier of traditional history'. Yet he brought a certain modernity to the Irish oral tradition as he created a radio programme, The Rambling, and t

Type of stories he/she tells (specialty):Traditional Irish tales.