Caitríona Hastings

On the eve of the Second World War in Europe, the senior pupils in the National Schools of the West of Ireland were engaged in an important, if somewhat unusual, task. With the aid of a questionnaire supplied by the Irish Folklore Commission, and under the direction of their teachers, the children were collecting a wide and varied range of folklore and folk memories in their own neighbourhoods. The stories they gathered were many and varied, covering such topics as local beliefs and customs, traditional crafts, weather lore, the Famine, cures, songs and riddles. This is their story.

Caitríona Hastings es originaria de Co. Tyrone, Irlanda, y es la autora del texto. Su libro Dea-Scéala ganó el prestigioso premio Eilis Dillon Bisto Award. Su libro Balor, ganó el premio Réics Carló Award en el 2009 y el álbum ilustrado Am Gréasai Bróg agus na Sióga quedó finalista en los premios Réics Carló Award y Bisto Award en el 2010. Caitríona se interesa profundamente por las historias provenientes de la tradición oral irlandesa, creyendo que vale la pena recuperar estas historias presentándolas en un moderno y atractivo formato, apto para el público de hoy en día.