Fermanagh Folk Tales - Doreen Mcbride

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Biographie:
Doreen McBride is a retired professional storyteller and author. Her storytelling took her across the world, to Canada, the US, and New Zealand, as well as the British Isles, and she spent some time as Storyteller in Residence at the University of South Carolina. She is a member of the Society of Authors, the Ulster Historical Foundation and the Federation of Ulster Local Studies. Her latest book is Louth Folk Tales....

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DOREEN McBRIDE is a retired biology teacher with an interest in the environment, folklore, local history and storytelling. She spent a year seconded to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum to develop materials for schools using the grounds from a scientific point of view. The museum published those materials and asked her to write a guide for children, which was published by Longmans in 1988. She had a career change in 1991 and became an international, award-winning professional storyteller. She served for 12 years on the then Southern Education and Library Board and was President of Association of Northern Ireland Education and Library Boards (2004-2005). She is a prolific author of local history books, including seven for The History Press and contributes to local periodicals. She has had three plays broadcast on Radio Ulster and she lives in Banbridge, Co. Down....