Now We're Talking at Omagh Library

Event type: Talk

Join us at Omagh Library for a special screening of films relating to the life and career of folklore collector, Michael J Murphy

PRONI on Tour has taken PRONI collections and staff members all over Northern Ireland to speak with people about their family and local history research. During our visit to Omagh Library, the Now We're Talking Project will feature a special screening of films relating to Michael J Murphy, writer, broadcaster and prolific folklore collector.

During his 34-year career with the Irish Folklore Commission, Murphy collected the folk stories, superstitions and customs of people all over the province of Ulster. In 1949, Murphy and his family moved to Glenhull in the Sperrin Mountains. Murphy wrote about his experiences in Glenhull inTyrone Folk Quest, published in 1973.

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