Rab returns with scary tales and stories of 1916 heroes

The popular Celtic Tales storytelling sessions will return to the Crane Bar next Thursday, April 7 and will run until the end of October.

They are hosted by self-taught storyteller Rab Fulton, who has made a name for himself telling Irish and Scottish tales about magic, murder, warriors, witches, magical creatures, traitors, tricksters and much more.

For the year that’s in it, Rab will also be commemorating the Easter Rising. On May 12, the anniversary of James Connolly’s execution, Celtic Tales will celebrate Connolly and Margaret Skinnider, the two Scottish-born rebels who took part in the Rising.

On June 16, Celtic Tales will honour Eamon Ceannt, the executed Galway-born leader of the Easter Rising.

In addition to commemorating 1916 in his Celtic Tales sessions , Rab Fulton is also one of the Galway voices reading out the 1916 Proclamation in Galway Museum’s new interactive exhibition, Revolution in Galway 1913-1923.

As well as being a storyteller, Rab writes books, essays and poetry. His writing covers a wide range of topics including folklore, fantasy, health, horror, sci-fi and children’s stories. His books include Transformation, a terrifying tale of the supernatural set in contemporary Galway and Galway Bay Folk Tales, in which Rab interweaves folk tales, myths and urban legends with history, archaeology, theories on early settlements in Ireland, as well as philosophy, astro-physics and his own imagination.

His live stories can turn and twist this way and that, like the cow that turned into a dog during last year’s telling of the tale of the Scottish cannibals. There will be heaps of new stories this year  as well as a live monthly broadcast on the Periscope app.