The librarian told us: ‘You are a marvelous storyteller and thanks to you.’
She also handed out response forms to the library patrons. Here are samples (and all were positive):
- loved David McDonnell’s talk
- loved his stories and clan history
- very entertaining
- He’s done great research and presented it well
- Thank you so much for a comfortable and warm enjoyable evening
- Wealth of knowledge – could have listened for hours
- loved this session – well presented – very informative
In response to the question, “What was the most useful thing you learned today?”, the answers were:
- clan origins and traditions
- how to find source of my surname in Gaelic
- explaining the name origins
- search for Gaelic equivalent of names
- clans
- Scots and Irish are same people
- content
- extended my understanding of Irish history
- discussion of immigration- economic reasons
- everything- want more