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