Keeping our history alive through storytelling
For thousands of years humans have kept their history alive by telling stories of events which had happened in previous generations, thus ensuring their heritage survived from generation to generation. None more so that here in Ireland. With the advent and eventual availability of books, newspapers, radio and television this art of storytelling began to disappear. A tragic loss if left unchecked. We here in Ár bhfréamhacha are dedicated to reviving and expanding this art of storytelling through music, song and dance and yes of course storytelling.
Our house here in Ballyduff, North Wexford, Ireland, strives to capture and develop this art from older generations before it’s lost forever.
We strive to replicate what would have happened in houses through our land for centuries – people gathering of an evening to sing, dance and tell stories and recite recitations.
If you attend one of our evenings you are guaranteed a great night beside our fireside. You will be transported back in time through it’s unique atmosphere with the help of a cup of tea and some home baking. The house itself is over 200 years old and has been restored exactly to how it would have been back then.
We only have records of human writing for around the last seven thousand years and that is in the middle east. So the only way people could communicate experiences was by telling stories.
People here in Ireland have ben communicating through stories for thousands of years. Our house at Ballyduff in North Wexford in Ireland captured this Art before the old people passed away and the advent of television replaced the local gatherings in houses, which had gone on for centuries where people sang, told stories, recited recitation, danced and played music.
You are guaranteed a great night at our fireside just as in the old days, where you will receive a cup of tea and some home cooking. If you have any Irish blood in your veins then you are in for a real treat because this house was built 200 YRS AGO and everything, even the fireplace is the same. If you are from Ireland or from any other country come and experience what it was like.
