STORY TELLING RAMBLING HOUSE
Fourth Monday of every month at 8.00 pm (Winter Months 7.30 pm)
Mulranny Arts is delighted to be hosting this event, on the 4th Monday of every month, where stories, poems, songs or dances will be played out in Irish or English.
Have you any old customs, cures, feast days and superstitions of the area that you can share. Or even a ghost story, a strange event or a local mystery that was never solved. We would love to hear them.
This event is free and everybody is welcome.
The Origins of a Rambling House
The Rambling House seeks to recreate how our forefathers entertained themselves in days gone by. A world without nightly soap operas, football or a film for enjoyment may seem hard to imagine, but perhaps we are the ones who are lacking proper homespun entertainment?
Back then, long nights in Ireland were passed by ceilidhing (airneal/scoraíocht) in what was known as a rambling house. This was a house where people gathered for gossip, storytelling - and perhaps the odd song and dance late into the night.
These houses served an important function in the days before radio, television and modern transport; we have rambling houses to thank for ensuring a lot of traditional lore, stories and music were passed on from generation to generation.