Friday 11th November
1.00 pm: Storytelling in the Barn with Paddy O’Brien in an 18th century barn on the foothills outside of Sneem. Walking shoes and rain gear required. Please wear masks in the barn. Please book in advance.
Meet at Sneem Hotel €5.00
4.30 pm: Storytelling Session with Nuala Hayes.
The Loft at Dan Murphy’s Bar, South Square Free
8.00 pm: Storytelling Concert, with Bernard Casey, Nuala Hayes, Ciarán Ó Gealbháin, retired vet Frank O’Leary, Paddy O’Brien and Batt Burns.
Function Room, Sneem Hotel €20.00
Saturday 12th November
10.00 – 10.45am: Richard Graves – My Irish Connection: the Bishop, the Balladeer and Parknasilla.
Conference Room, Sneem Hotel €5
10.45am: Performance for children, with Nuala Hayes.
Sneem Créche, North Square Free
11.30 am: Lunchtime story swap with Paddy O’Brien. Come tell your story!
D O’Shea’s Bar, North Square Free
12.15pm: Storytelling Performance for School Children with Killian Burns
Sneem Créche, North Square Free
1.00 pm: Samhain and St. Martin’s Day in Irish Folklore – Ciarán Ó Gealbháin
Function Room, Sneem Hotel €5.00
2.15 – 3pm: Yarns & Verse from Olden Times with Batt and Killian Burns
Function Room, Sneem Hotel €5.00
3.15 – 3.45pm: Between Air and Water – Who knew about Neuston? – Vincent Hyland
Murphy’s Loft at Murphy’s Bar, South Square Free
4.00 – 4.45pm: And – two years later! – The South Kerry Rosen Choir
Little Church , North Square €5.00
5.00 pm: The Young Tellers – come and enjoy our amazing young people tell their stories. MC Batt Burns and Nuala Hayes
Function Room, Sneem Hotel €5.00
8.00 pm: A Night with Jon Kenny: Stories and Tales from D’Unexpected
Function Room, Sneem Hotel €20.00
10.15 pm: Storytelling Pub Trail, our Tellers will perform in pubs around the village.
Local public houses Free
Sunday 13th November
12.15 noon: Children’s Storytelling – Paddy O’Brien
Sneem Créche, North Square Free
12noon – 1.00 pm: Sneem DramSoc Lunchtime Theatre – “Swan Song” by Anton Chekov. An actor wakes up with a hangover, locked in a theatre after the evening performance. He is terrified when he thinks a ghost appears.
Sneem Community Centre Free
2.15 – 3.30 pm: Open House and ‘Story Swap’ hosted by Batt Burns – Come tell your story!
Rineys Bar, South Square Free
3.45 pm: Closing the Festival with a storytelling session with all our Tellers.
The Loft at Dan Murphy’s Bar, South Square Free
Sneem International Storytelling & Folklore Festival 