Austin Celtic Festival Storytelling

MAIRTIN DE COGAIN
TWO TIME NATIONAL IRELAND STORYTELLING
CHAMPION

Storytelling has been in his family for generations, and Máirtín is,
himself, a two-time National Irish storytelling champion.

Máirtín is also a professional actor and appears in the new Ken
Loach film The Wind That Shakes The Barley which won the TOP
AWARD ( the coveted Palme d'Or ) at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
The movie is about the Irish struggle for independence circa 1922
and Mairtin plays the character Seán. It was released in the United
States on March 14, 2007.

Also an accomplished DANCER, Máirtín has been known to light up
the stage with his footwork during performances. His energetic
"Brush Dance" just has to be seen to be believed!

When he is not on one of his solo tours, Máirtín is the lead singer
for one of the best Irish Traditional Music bands to ever cross the
Atlantic known as The Fuchsia Band, from County Cork, Ireland.
Máirtín is also now touring with the famous Folk singer, the
Legendary Jimmy Crowley

LIZ COVINGTON
As a Member of the Tejas
Storytelling Association, The
Tarrant Area Guild of
Storytellers, Irish American
League, and the Austin Gaelic
League, Liz has appeared in
the Stories Under the Stars
Concerts, Nursing homes,
Schools, Day Cares, The Red
River Outfitters, Log Cabin
Village, The Austin Gaelic
Festival, The Irish American
Talent Show, Tellabration, the
Gene Autry Festival, Grand
Prairie Festival and the Irish
Storytelling Championship in
Boeurne 2002, winning 2nd
place in the Adult without
music section. Liz tells Celtic,
Native American, Cajun, Folk
tales, Fairy Tales, Western,
and Historical Tales.

JOHN BURLESON
A teller of stories from the
British Isles, Native America,
the natural world, and distant
culture--hear this native Texan
spark the imagination and
remind us of times past, using
one of our oldest art forms,
the spoken word. John is a
lifelong student and collector
of literature, myth, and legend
who has conducted story
workshops and told stories to
groups of all ages at festivals,
concerts, parks schools and
libraries.