Eddie Lenihan.

Sergeant

I was listening to the Doc on One about Eddie Lenihan, one of the last Seanchaí.
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/eddie.html .

I remember him telling scary stories on the Den in the late 80's/early 90's. In the documentary he mentions having thousands of tapes of recordings of speaking to people in the 60's/70's/80's, and the stories they told (mostly relating to fairies, the banshee, and other staples of the Irish story-telling tradition).

Does anyone know if an attempt has been made to digitise and archive these recordings? Can find very little information online, and it would be a shame to let such a body of work just disappear.

It's a wonderful documentary by the way.

gobnaitolunacy

I vaguely remember him putting out books a few years ago and maybe cds as well, try a quick Google.

EDIT: Indeed he has...try the RTE archival dept as well, though I think they may have a crap info retrieval system...they taped over much of the national treasure that was Wanderly Wagon!

Books
Lenihan, Edmund; Jimmy Armstrong[disambiguation needed]. Long Ago by Shannonside (1982) Mercier Press. Cork; Dublin. ISBN 978-0-85342-671-4
Lenihan, Edmund. A Loss of Face and Other Poems (1983) Inchicronan Press. Crusheen, Co. Clare. ASIN: B0007BGLC8 OCLC: 17518025
Lenihan, Edmund. The Portrait Gatherer (1984) Inchicronan Press. Crusheen, Co. Clare. ISBN 978-0-9509140-1-5
Lenihan, Edmund. Even Iron Men Die (1985) Inchicronan Press. Crusheen, Co. Clare. ASIN: B0006DI11Q OCLC: 33124197
Lenihan, Edmund; Frances Boland. Stories of Old Ireland for Children (1986) (republished 1997) Mercier Press. Cork. ISBN 978-0-85342-777-3
Lenihan, Edmund; Joseph Gervin. Strange Irish Tales for Children (1987) (republished 1992) Mercer Press. Cork. ISBN 978-0-85342-833-6
Lenihan, Edmund. In Search of Biddy Early (1987) Learning Links. ISBN 978-0-85342-820-6
Lenihan, Edmund. In the Tracks of the West Clare Railway (1990) Mercier Press. Cork; Dublin. (republished 1991) Irish American Book Co. ISBN 978-0-85342-909-8
Lenihan, Edmund. Defiant Irish Women (1991) Mercier Press. Dublin. (Republished 1997) Mercier Press. Cork ISBN 978-1-85635-188-1
Lenihan, Edmund. Ferocious Irish Women (1991) Irish American Book Co. ISBN 978-0-85342-977-7
Lenihan, Edmund. The Devil Is an Irishman (1995) Mercier Press. ISBN 978-1-85635-016-7
Lenihan, Edmund. A Spooky Irish Tale for Children (1996) Mercier Press. Dublin. ISBN 978-1-85635-150-8
Lenihan, Edmund; Athena Alchazidu. Neuvěřitelná irská dobrodružství (1991) Ando. Brno. ISBN 978-80-86047-07-2 (Czech language)
Lenihan, Edmund. Gruesome Irish Tales (1997) Mercier Press. Cork. ISBN 978-1-85635-197-3
Lenihan, Edmund. Humorous Irish tales for children (1998) Mercier Press. Cork; Dublin. ISBN 978-1-85635-238-3
Lenihan, Edmund. Wad of Notes (1998) Gem and Emerald Books. ISBN 978-0-9525813-0-7
Lenihan, Edmund. The Savage Pigs of Tulla (2000) Mercier Press. Cork; Dublin ISBN 978-1-85635-323-6
Lenihan, Edmund. Rowdy Irish Tales for Children(2001) Mercier Press. Cork; Dublin. ISBN 978-1-85635-366-3
Lenihan, Eddie; Carolyn Eve Green. Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland (2003) Gill & Macmillan. Dublin. ISBN 978-0-7171-3659-9 (Republished 2004) Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam. New York. (Penguin edition) ISBN 978-1-58542-307-1
Lenihan, Edmund; Alan Clarke, Irish Tales of Mystery and Imagination (2006) Mercier Press. Cork; Dublin. ISBN 978-1-85635-519-3 (title as listed by Worldcat)
Lenihan, Eddie; Alan Clarke. Irish Tales of Mystery and Magic (2006) Mercier Press. Cork; Dublin. ISBN 978-1-85635-519-3 (title as listed by Amazon.com)

[edit] Media
Lenihan, Edmund. Fionn MacCumhail and the Dark Pool (1983) Ceirnini Cladaig. Baile Atha Cliath, Éire. OCLC: 73342345 (Cassette Tape)
Lenihan, Edmund. Niamh and the Giant (1984) Claddagh Records. Dublin. OCLC: 39034369 (Cassette tape)
Lenihan, Edmund. Story Teller. (1986) Claddagh Records. Dublin. OCLC: 64861824 (Cassette Tape)
Lenihan, Edmund Storyteller 2 (1988) Claddagh Records. Dublin. OCLC: 39034419 (Cassette tape)
Aziz, Peter; Elizabeth Jane Baldry; Neil Boyle (II); and Hugh Boyle (III). The Fairy Faith (2001) Wellspring Media. ASIN: B00005K9OQ (Documentary DVD)
Lenihan, Edmund; Colcannon (Musical group); Windhorse Productions. The Good People (2001) Sounds True. Boulder. OCLC: 47106057 (Cassette Tape)

Precious flower

Just typed his name into youtube and there's a fair bit of stuff there as well!:)

Sundew

Many of Eddies short stories told by older people he interviewed appear on a regular basis in the "Clare County Express" a local free newspaper in County Clare . They are written down in the exact way they were told by the person in question!

Fuinseog

I used to have correspondence with Eddie. a good guy and really approachable. He lives in Brosna County Clare.

the last book of his I read was "Meeting the Other Crowd'. "The Devil is an Irishman' is also a good read. I would also recommend his cds.
he can captivate his audience whether they be children or adults.

maybe you should write to him OP?

Aglomerado

Fuinseog wrote: »

I used to have correspondence with Eddie. a good guy and really approachable. He lives in Brosna County Clare.

the last book of his I read was "Meeting the Other Crowd'. "The Devil is an Irishman' is also a good read. I would also recommend his cds.
he can captivate his audience whether they be children or adults.

maybe you should write to him OP?

I think he is from Brosna in Co. Kerry originally, but he lives in Crusheen, Co. Clare. He is an absolute legend.

Fuinseog

Aglomerado wrote: »

I think he is from Brosna in Co. Kerry originally, but he lives in Crusheen, Co. Clare. He is an absolute legend.

true, I always get them confused.