![]() ![]() We sit by the fireside listening right along with the villagers who crowd into the house, and Frank Delaney is himself the seanachie. But at its core, this is the story of Ireland itself told by a native son with pride and nostagia. Ronan's quest leads him eventually to a degree in history, and a tour of self-discovery, and along the way he becomes quite an accomplished storyteller himself. The magic of those stories stays with Ronan, who vows to find the man somehow and hear more tales. We first meet and subsequently follow the seanachi through the eyes of Ronan O'Mara, who in 1951 was nine years old. The central character is possibly Ireland's last seanachi, a wandering storyteller who tells the tales that make up Irish history and folklore. This story captivated me three minutes into its telling, and nineteen hours later I found myself unwilling to let the characters go. ![]()
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