The Great Seanchaí

The Irish word seanchaí means “storyteller”or “barer of old lore.” In modern terms, seanchaí might refer to a “bullshitter.”

Both are true for my father, a man known for his gift of the gab. He’ll talk to anyone, and no subject is off limits. It helps he’s friendly looking, resembling some sort of mythical creature.

His stories sound quite mythical, too. Like the true story of how he fell off a scaffold thirteen floors down an elevator shaft — on…