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It brings lore keepers together for traditional-style gatherings, brings the art of traditional storytelling and local tales into schools, and provides a storytelling bus tour to connect these stories with places along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Keith Corcoran, author and tour guide from Donegal, is also known as a seancha\u00ed, following in the ancient Irish tradition of storytelling. His wise and engaging voice is the voice of millennia of oral storytelling. Keith has researched a range of wondrous, mystifying, and sometimes frightening tales from the remote Wild Atlantic edge of County Donegal. His strange stories include ship-sinking witches, haunted islands, banshees and phantom hitchhikers as well as enchanting Celtic legends. 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