Author: Órla Mc Govern

Órla Mc Govern is a storyteller, performer and writer based in the West of Ireland. There she founded Moth & Butterfly, an innovative arts night that combines the art forms of Storytelling & Improvisation. She teaches workshops and performs storytelling and improvisational theatre around the world. She has written numerous plays, and also works as an actor and Voice Artist. Órla’s first book, Dublin Folk Tales For Children, was published by The History Press in 2018 and her second book Wild Waves And Wishing Wells will be released in 2019. She loves to swim in the sea. Visit her website here.
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Diving for stories – Wild Waves & Wishing Wells

by Órla Mc Govern

If the body of Ireland is The Emerald Isle, then surely it follows that her veins are made of sapphire? The (true) story goes: that there is nowhere in Ireland that is further than sixty(ish) miles from the sea, and inland there are forty five thousand(ish) miles of waterways and a good pouring of lakes and ponds, then it’s no surprise that water appears central to many of our myths and stories.

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