November is traditionally the time for story-telling in Ireland, it seems, and all through the month from Thursday Two Chairs Company is running a story-telling festival called Scealta Shamhna - translation, for foreigners and the educationally underprivileged only: "Stories of Samhain, the Celtic festival of Hallowe'en". There will be story-telling for adults in Collins Barracks every Thursday evening at 8 p.m. and for children at the Ark every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Among the story-tellers who have been invited are Muriel Bloch from France, Laura Simms from the US, Liz Weir from the North, Irish/Caribbean duo Kate Corkery and Winston Nzinga, Tuup from Guyana and Aodh Breathnach from Ireland who is 12 years old and tells stories in Irish from the Donegal tradition. Phone 01-8782581 for information. The Lough Gur Hallowe'en Storytelling Festival takes place in Co Limerick this weekend: phone 061-385145 for details.