Jim MacCool

Jim MacCool

Jim MacCool (b. 1963) is a British dramatic poet in the shanachie or travelling bard tradition. MacCool is the author of "Ionan Tales", a series of twelve lengthy tales in verse inspired by the Canterbury Tales and which he has performed more than a thousand times in places from Brisbane to Chicago since their premiere at a Sunday Times–sponsred Literary Festival at the 2000 Millennium. His shows typically combine his singing of Irish or Scots folk ballads, such as The Belle of Belfast City or Whiskey in the Jar, a poetic recitation and a Celtic drum performance. MacCool is the founder and patron of Britain's National Poetry Month and in August 2006 was named poet-in-residence for Dudley, West Midlands. [Brendan Mulvey, [http://www.theharpnews.com/issues/june_07/news_story_5.html "Truly, Madly, Dudley: Poet Laureate MacCool taken to Dudley’s bosom"] , "The Harp", June 2007, accessed 2008-08-26.]

On Nov. 13, 2004, he presented two of his stories "The Boxer's Tale" and the "Story of Sawney Bean" in Pember Heath Village Hall, along with his renditions of Irish and Scottish folk ballads. [http://archive.thisishampshire.net/2004/11/29/16969.html "Pamber Heath"] in "Basingstoke News, 29 Nov. 2004, accessed 2008-08-25.] One story told of a boxer's greed, drug abuse and the revenge of his lover that left him in a wheelchair, while the second told of Sawney Bean and his wife Black Agnes, who dabbled in witchcraft and cannibalism at the time of King James VI of Scotland.

During the May 2008 Malvern Fringe Festival he performed two shows in rotation 18 times each over a six-day period. [ [http://www.malvern-net.co.uk/mal-net/fringe/2008/20080505_mayfest/20080524_f_mccool/index.shtm Malvern Fringe Festival poster] , accessed 2008-08-26.] MacCool has also performed at the Buxton Fringe Festival and the Camden Fringe Festival, as well as at schools.


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