West Cork set for three days of tall tales at storytelling festival

They always say that we Irish would do anything for a good yarn — and tomorrow hundreds of people are scheduled to sail to a West Cork island for a weekend of storytelling.

People will be travelling not just from all over the country, but from around the globe to catch the ferry to Cape Clear for three days of tall tales from some of the best story-tellers the world has to offer.

Some of them have come for many years in a row — while others have been so enthused by the festival that they’ve taken up the seanchaí mantle and become story-tellers themselves.