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Celtic Storytelling Bio

True Thomas the Storyteller has been storytelling for many years. He is well known in the southern California Celtic Community as a person who brings traditional stories to life with passion and wit. He is following the Celtic Seanachai tradition, a wonderful oral tradition that is slowly fading away in its native tongue and countries.

He has been the Ard Ollav (High Bard or Chief Poet) of the Queen Medb Encampment, a 501 c3 Non Profit Educational group. As such he toured with them for nine years as their “Storyteller and Bard in residence.” This organization is a re-enactment group, which stressed authentic costumes and personae. His personae was that of “True Thomas the Rhymer, a 13th Century Scottish Poet and Prophet” (famous as the lover of the Fairy Queen and for his inability to lie, hence “True” Thomas). As True, he sang, told stories, and worked as Queen Medb’s spokesman and emissary.

True’s duties included educating the members on Celtic history and legends, and entertaining the public. He has been the featured storyteller at many Celtic festivals and faires, and has performed at storytelling events local and international. He has also led storytelling tours in Ireland.

He currently performs around Southern California, and teaches classes on Celtic folklore, mythology, and early Celtic history. For more information on True, he can be contacted via email or at 818-762-9075.

True’s Celtic Repertoire

It should be noted that some of True’s stories are reconstructions and he may be the only person alive currently telling them!

Among his more famous (or infamous) storytelling pieces:

“5000 years of Irish History in just 5 minutes,” an audience response piece
Brion Boru and the Pooka
Brian Boru and the Lament of Mac Liag (created for the Brion Boru festival)
The Ballad of True Thomas (as derived from the Childe Ballads)
Tiernan and Fair Breast
The Fairy Pudding
Episodes from the Tain
The Fianna Cycle (stories of Fionn Mac Cumhal)
The Fairy Lore Cycle (of Love Talkers and Water Leapers)
Arthurian Cycle
Taliesin saga
Irish Folktales (beyond green beer and leprechauns)

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