Pakie O’Callaghan celebrates storyteller Eamon Kelly

The talent, comedy and subversiveness of Eamon Kelly is saluted in mimic Pakie O'Callaghan's tribute to the late actor

The late Eamon Kelly. Picture Denis Minihane. S

While his contemporaries were interested in rock ‘n roll as teenagers, the actor, writer and mimic, Pakie O’Callaghan’s hero was the storyteller and actor, Eamon Kelly. 

O’Callaghan, who grew up in Glasheen, used to listen with his father to Kelly on Din Joe’s Take the Floor on RTÉ Radio and later, would tune into Kelly’s own programme, The Rambling House. He was enthralled by Kelly’s performances in his one-man shows such as In My Father’s Time, Bless Me Father and Stonemad. Now, O’Callaghan is hoping to develop a new audience for these stories in his show, A Celebration of The Stories of Eamon Kelly.