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WOSAS/CD382/track1 R1253.wav |
| a Fionn MacCumhaill story; Irish Mythology story | |
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| Sound recording, story, a section of the epic cycle of Fionn MacCumhaill stories orginating from Irish mythology, from Ireland and Western Isles of Scotland, told by Ben Haggarty, as part of a performance by The Company of Storytellers, at Cheltenham Literature Festival in The Town Hall, Cheltenham, 12th October 1987. | |
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| Music played by The Company of Storytellers, followed by story told by Ben Haggarty. The story continues from that told in R911 earlier in the performance. The story tells of the consequences of Diarmud being given a spot which makes him attractive to all women. | |
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| Grania, the King's daughter agrees to marry Fionn, but during their wedding feast, she catches sight of Diarmud and abandons her husband. Diarmud rejects Grania's advances, but she tricks him and he is forced into running away with her. Diarmud refuses to consumate his relationship with Grania; she tires of him and tries to kill him, but fails. When Diarmud is eventually found, Fionn challenges him to hunt the largest boar in the forest. Diarmud succeeds, but a mole on his foot is pierced by one of the boar's bristles which poisons him. The only thing which will save Diarmud is water given to him in Fionn's hands, but undecided, Fionn delays and Diarmud dies. Fionn then finds Grania hiding in a cave and realises that Diarmud had not consumated their relationship. Grania is killed. | |
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| audience:- | adult |
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| condition:- | good |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 16 minutes, 22 seconds |
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| The Company of Storytellers at that time comprised Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton and Sally Pomme Clayton. | |
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| The Company of Storytellers (C.O.S.T) was formed in March/April 1985 with the expressed aim of performing storytelling for adult audiences. C.O.S.T was actually formed during a tour in East Anglia by Sally Pomme Clayton, Hugh Lupton and Ben Haggarty. The official launch of COST was in 1986 at Common Stock Theatre, London. At this point the members of C.O.S.T were Sally Pomme Clayton, TUUP, Ben Haggarty, Daisy Keable, Hugh Lupton. However TUUP and Daisy Keable did not remain in the group and it is as a trio of storytellers, Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton and Sally Pomme Clayton, that C.O.S.T is publicly known. C.O.S.T was disbanded in 1999, but periodically reforms to perform the Three Snake Leaves. The two seminal pieces developed and performed by C.O.S.T were The Three Snake Leaves and I Become Part of It. | |
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| storytelling:- | storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers |
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| storytelling:- |
musician; storyteller: Ben Haggarty male / British / born 30.11.1958 |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: Hugh Lupton male / British / English / Welsh |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; musician: Sally Pomme Clayton female / British |
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| origin:- | Ireland Scotland, West |
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| storytelling:- |
Cheltenham, England: The Town Hall
12 Oct 1987 festival: Cheltenham Literature Festival |
| gift from:- |
storytelling group: The Company of Storytellers |
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