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Fireside episodes

January 06, 2021 106 - Episode CVI - Manannán at Play
In episode 106, Kevin delves deeper in the individual Gods of Irish Mytholgoy with two tales of Manannán Mac Lir - God of the Sea

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32 min
December 31, 2020 105 - Episode CV - The Voyage of Bran
In episode 105, Kevin tells the earliest recorded tale to feature an Irish God - the story of Bran - High King of Ireland, and his encounter with Manannan Mac Lir - God of the Sea

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33 min
December 23, 2020 104 - Episode CIV - A Fireside Christmas
Epsiode 104 is a very Christmassy Fireside! Kevin reads Kavanagh’s A Christmas Childhood, the Dickens story that inspired A Christmas Carol, and the greatest Christmas fairytale of them all - Fairytale of New York

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52 min
December 16, 2020 103 - Episode CIII - The Robin and the Wren
In episode 104, Kevin tells festive tales to warm the winter months - reclaiming pagan traditions of a Christianised holiday - the two birds of Christmas - the good natured, kind hearted robin and the clever, mischievous trickster wren.

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42 min
December 09, 2020 102 - Epiosde CII - The Adventure of Connlae
Kevin tells the story of Connlae, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles, in a tale that is the earliest surviving medieval Irish text...how’s it holding up?

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34 min
December 02, 2020 101 - Episode CI - King O’Toole’s Goose
In episode 101, Kevin returns to his home county of Wicklow, for a story about a local chieftain, who, in old age, adopts an unusual pet. But when the companion grows old like her master, the two must seek the help of the namesake of your Fireside Bard: Kevin of Glendalough.

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31 min
November 25, 2020 100 - Episode C - Conn of the Hundred Battles
The 100th episode of Fireside! Appropriately; Kevin of the Hundred Episodes tells of Conn of the Hundred Battles. He also discusses the journey of the podcast up to this point - from Yeats to Fry. Listen to the end, for a special surprise: a remembrance of the very first episode!

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56 min
November 18, 2020 Episode XCIX - Ragnarok: The Doom of the Gods
Episode 99 - The epic finale of Norse Mythology. The doom of the Gods. Kevin tells how it happened. Or how it will happen. Has it happened yet?

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35 min
November 11, 2020 Episode XCVIII - Ragnorak: The Death of Baldr
Episode 98 - Norse Mythology is unique in that it has a beginning...and a definitive end. In this episode Kevin builds the tower of cards that would collapse with the story of the shining God Baldr, and how his death led to the doom of the Gods.

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33 min
November 04, 2020 Episode XCVII - FIonn MacCumhaill in the Old Man’s Hourse
Episode 97 - Kevin returns to the familiar territory of the leader of the Fianna; Fionn Mac Cumhaill - in a tale which grew from Norse Mytholgy.
Fionn and his hunting party take refuge in an old man’s house. There’s a goat and beautiful young woman, but is all what it seems?

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36 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.