Oein de Bharduin

Oein DeBhairduin is a writer, activist, originally from Tuam but based in Dublin, with a passion for preserving the beauty of Traveller tales, sayings, retellings and historic exchanges. Oein is the author of the award-winning Why the Moon Travels. His other works are Weave, The Slug and the Snail, and Twiggy Woman. He is the Traveller Culture Collections Development Officer with the National Museum of Ireland and seeks to pair community activism with cultural celebration. Oein hosts and facilitates a variety of cultural events around the country as well as doing his own readings.  Photo Credit: Bryan Meade