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October 28 Samhain: Fireside of Horror VI - The Unquiet Dead
Episode 268: The Halloween Special! Kevin discusses Lady Gregory and her written accounts of The Unquiet Dead: real stories from real Irish people of their dealings with the dead and the other side...this is where folklore comes from. A rumour, a story, that grows until it is an entire belief.
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34 min
October 20 Samhain: The Sea's Dead
Episode 267: It's a particularly stormy summer on Achill Island. A shipwreck has made a widow, an orphan or a bereaved parent of every family. The sea always avenges the fish taken from it.
Moya Lavelle is one such recent widow, but she has a very different relationship with the sea than any of the other islanders. Is she from the mainland, or is she of the sea?
Source:
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35 min
October 14 Samhain: The Watcher of the Dead
Episode 266: Tim McGowan was buried at Gort na Marbh, the Field of the Dead. But in the last year of his life, Tim spent every single night at the graveyard. What compelled him to become The Watcher of the Dead?
Source:
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33 min
October 06 Samhain: The Last of Squite Enniscrone
In episode 265 of Fireside, it's the first of this years Halloween batch of spooky tales!
An old house on the Irish coastline has been uninhabited for a century. No one dares go inside. Noises can still be heard. This was the home of Squire Enniscrone, a man who drank, gambled, duelled...and refused to die...This is his tale.

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34 min
September 30 The Dream of Macsen Wledig
In episode 264 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of Roman Emperor Macsen Wledig who falls asleep and dreams of a fortress in a land with deep valleys and high mountains - and the beautiful woman living there. But when the emperor goes in search of his bride, who is left to rule Rome?
Source:
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31 min
September 23 The Bogside Bachelor
In episode 263 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of Jamie Boyson, a lonely old man who lives by the bogside in County Derry. His only company is a trained cricket, and mysteruous spectre who may or may not be the ghost of his one true love...
Source:
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34 min
September 16 Legend of the Faerie Lake
In episode 262 of Fireside, Kevin tells a tale of Welsh mythology- a lake in North Wales is supposedly a portal to another world - but only twelve mortals are allowed to visit each year. Ieuan wants to go to the other world more than anyone, but as always, be careful what you wish for...
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34 min
September 09 Don't Curse the Childher
In episode 261 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of an old woman who begins to take out her grief over losing her husband on her own children... until one night, when a door is mysteriously left open and refuses to be shut...
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33 min
September 02 The Glastonbury Thorn
In episode 260 of Fireside, Kevin tells a foundational myth of Britain - Joseph of Aramathia was a wealthy merchant, imprisoned by the Romans - he is visited in jail and given a seemingly insignificant cup. Have you ever wondered how the Holy Grail ended up in Britain?
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35 min
August 26 The Fisherman's Wife
In episode 259 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of those who go to sea, and the one's who are left behind. Kate Browne has been married to Dermot for seventeen years. But one morning as he and their son Benjamin are about to set sail, Kate notices their boat is damaged. But Dermot refuses to heed Kate's advice leading to a night of anxiety and foreboding for the Fisherman's wife...
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34 min

About Fireside

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Fireside is the Irish Storytelling Podcast. Kevin C. Olohan is your host and Fireside Bard. Every Wednesday, Kevin takes a story from Folklore or Mythology, gives it a fresh retelling, and discusses the story itself and the craft, culture and history of Storytelling. Whether you’re a folklore fanatic, or someone who just enjoys hearing a good yarn, you can always join Kevin by the Fireside.