Moth & Butterfly

15/10/2026

Have you solved the story riddles?
Have you listened to the stories?
Have you solved the MONSTER riddle and entered your name for the goodie basket?
Welll get mooooooooving!
The Moth & Butterfly Spooky Story Trail is part of the fantastic festival!

Go to the venues with headpones
Scan the QR
Solve a riddle
Access an audio story
Listen for a clue
Solve the MONSTER RIDDLE!

See venues on the map!

12/10/2026

Just a reminder that our next and night at on October 19th is
If any artist excess tickets become available, we will sell them when doors open at 7pm.
Thanks again to Galway City Council Galway City Arts Office for helping support this Flagship night.

09/10/2026

Ooooh! Traces of the have already been spotted in Galway!

Hosted by Moth & Butterfly and we hope you have fun solving riddles and enjoying spooky oral storytelling around the city!
Participation is free!

The Trail will be up for a whole month, but you can start collecting and listening to stories in venues such as Galway City Library Charlie Byrne's Bookshop Rouge Restaurant and Plámás from lunchtime tomorrow! Galway City Museum Ireland reopens on Tuesday, and there is an extra long story for you to enjoy, so worth the wait. .
All venue hours listed with the stories.

You can listen in any order, or over a number of days, whatever you wish!

In each venue, you simply:

Scan the QR code
Solve a riddle to access a story!
Listen live on your headphones, or at home later.
Listen for hidden audio clues to help solve The Monster riddle to be in with a chance to win treats! Mmmm!

Stories are for all the family with age and parental guidance on each story. Kids, you can help the grown ups! 😂

Thanks to all the great Galway businesses and organisations that helped and partnered with this.
Galway City Council
Sheridans Cheesemongers
Galway City Arts Office

05/10/2026

General tickets now on sale for Moth & Butterfly October Flagship Night of Storytelling & Improvisation! It will take place at the fab Rouge Galway on Monday 19th of October - doors at 7 pm. Hurry! Tickets are going super fast! The theme is ‘over the edge’. Special thanks to Galway City Arts Office Galway City Council for their support with this event.

Moth & Butterfly Present: Over the Edge https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/moth-butterfly-present-over-the-edge-tickets-2002716510996?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile

Storytellers Of Ireland
This Is Galway Galway's Westend Wild Atlantic Way

14/09/2026

Thanks to Irish Independent for the shout out for some of our ensemble, The Moth & Butterfly Tellers (aka Órla Mc Govern and Niceol Blue Music & Storytelling, who will be doing a Story Set this Culture Night in Galway City Museum Ireland Photo by the amazing

The programme of events for the 21st edition of Culture Night in Galway is varied and exciting with plenty of offer for everyone.

11/09/2026

Flying the Moth & Butterfly flag for will be Órla Mc Govern and Niceol Blue as ‘The Moth & Butterfly Tellers’ - join them for ‘At Home In The Hedges’ upstairs in the fab Galway City Museum from 7pm to 7.30 on Friday 18th of September. They will share some songs and stories - Family Friendly Event! Free Admission! Link In Bio

25/08/2026

Niceol Blue Music & Storytelling and Órla Mc Govern will be flying the Moth & Butterfly storytelling flag in for Culture Night in the Galway City Museum Ireland - check out the other events at the venue too, and indeed around Galway for this magical night!

https://culturenight.ie/event/at-home-in-the-hedges-storytelling-and-songs-from-the-land/

Galway City Arts Office
Storytellers Of Ireland

Step into a world of wonder with At Home in the Hedges, a magical storytelling and song-filled adventure inspired by the land, its creatures and its mysteries. Presented by Galway’s acclaimed Moth & Butterfly Tellers collective, this family-friendly event invites audiences aged 7+ to journey throu...

05/08/2026

More of the ensemble headed for this lovely festival in Finland. The Irish Festival of Oulu

Fans, you know her well and we are delighted to welcome Niceol Blue to Oulu in this historic 2026 year of Irish culture.

Niceol Blue is a storyteller in song and spoken word.

A singer, songwriter, writer, improviser and storyteller, she grew up in the Pacific Northwest of the US; an environment that helped to shape all of her artforms. Niceol is a published musician, poet and writer, with award-winning work that has been described as 'exceptionally moving'. Now at home in Galway, Ireland, Niceol is a founding member of The Moth and Butterfly Storytelling Collective, and can often be found singing songs and telling stories to audiences worldwide.


Culture Ireland
Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Comhaltas
Irish Embassy Finland
Oulu2026 - European Capital of Culture 2026
Hemingway's

31/07/2026

M & B Ensemble on the road!
Órla Mc Govern in ❤️

Storytelling has long been a popular aspect of our festival and we are happy to engage, inspire and participate in one of the oldest forms of oral tradition still practiced today. Let's welcome Órla Mc Govern.

Órla Mc Govern is an award-winning Storyteller, Performer, Writer and Facilitator based in Galway, Ireland. She performs and teaches around the world from arena stages, to cottages, from the Antrim Glens to the Finnish Forests. Órla works regularly in improvisation, film and television and is the Artistic Director of The Moth & Butterfly Storytelling collective and festival. As a writer, she makes work for stage and film and has two books of stories for children. She’s been a member of Interface Inagh, Praxis, and Storytellers of Ireland. She is delighted to be back in Oulu.



Culture Ireland
Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Irish Embassy Finland
Órla Mc Govern
Comhaltas
Oulu2026 - European Capital of Culture 2026

09/07/2026

Órla & Niceol off to Sligo to tell some tales, and there will be TUNES at these ones too! 🤩 😮 🥰
Storytellers Of Ireland