In the age of Twitter, texting and instant communications it seems that people still love to sit down and listen to others tell stories in the old-fashioned way.

Some 400 visitors stepped off the Cape Clear ferry for the island’s 19th international storytelling festival over the weekend.

The annual Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival will celebrate the live art from Sept 6-8. The festival, established by writer, Chuck Kruger, in 1994, attracts storytellers from all over the world.

The ancient art of spinning yarns and tall tales will be celebrated in Sneem, Co Kerry, at the weekend.

IN your feature article headlined ‘There is a touch of the seanchaí in us all’ (September 23), we note that storyteller Batt Burns mentions “a fabulous collection of stories… ”