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 t... more

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The podcast currently has 249 episodes available.

Fireside episodes:

November 06, 2019 Episode XLVIII: Conchobar and The Pangs of Ulster
This week on Fireside, the first story of the Ulster Cycle, the greatest and most preserved and revered stories of Irish Mythology. We meet our king Conchobar, his mother Neasa, and learn what cursed the male warriors of Ulster to make them feel the pangs of childbirth whenever they were in times of trouble...

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35min
October 30, 2019 Episode XLVII: Halloween Special – Fireside of Horror
In our Halloween special on this week's Fireside, Kevin reads pieces and extracts from some classic works from the pantheon of all things Gothic, horror and macabre...

Featuring:

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton
And
Weile Weile Waile - Traditional

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56min
October 24, 2019 Episode XLVI: The Banshee Welcoming Party
In this episode of Fireside, we have the next of our Halloween-themed folk tales. We meet young Hollohan, forced to flee Ireland because of the famine, and the fairy woman – The Banshee – he met upon his return...

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32min
October 21, 2019 Episode XLV: The Piper and The Púca
This week on Fireside is the first of our Halloween themed folk tales, this tells the story of a young Uilleann Piper with the ability to play only one tune, who runs afoul of the Púca, the shape shifting trickster who wants to take him to a party...

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34min
October 09, 2019 Episode XLIV: The Madness of King Sweeney: Part II
This week on Fireside, the continuation of the story of Sweeney. Transformed into a creature half man and half bird, his mad wanderings all over the island of Eire, and his end at the monastery of St. Mullins...

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40min
October 02, 2019 Episode XLIII: The Madness of King Sweeney: Part I
This week on Fireside, the epic finale of the King Cycle of Irish Mythology, tells of Sweeney, King of Dal Arie and how he is cursed by the priest Ronan Finn to a life of tormented wandering...

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35min
September 25, 2019 Episode XLII: Conaire Mór
This week on Fireside, we continue the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology with a look at Conaire Mór, the almost Grecian hero, who tried to rule justly under several difficult, varied and absurdly specific taboos. Can you ever escape fate?

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33min
September 18, 2019 Episode XLI: The Faerie Wife
This week on Fireside: A folk tale about a mortal boy in Donegal who marries a Faerie. He’s fine with this, but his uncles sure aren’t...

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31min
September 11, 2019 Episode XL: The Wooing of Étaín
In the 40th episode of Fireside, Kevin tells one of the most famous of the Irish myths, and possibly one of the greatest love stories of all, about the everlasting, turbulent and true love between the River God Midir, and his beloved Étaín.

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36min
September 04, 2019 Episode XXXIX: Four Foul Folktales Featuring a Fox
This week on Fireside the Irish Story Telling Podcast, Kevin tells four different folk tales. All foul, some with fowl but all centered on a fox.

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43min

FAQs about Fireside:

How many episodes does Fireside have?

The podcast currently has 249 episodes available.