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January 22, 2020 Episode LVI: The Táin Part III – The Morrígan
This week on Fireside is Episode 56: The Táin Part III – The Morrígan. In the third part of The Táin - we meet the Morrígan the legendary battle goddess of war and death. Queen Méabh invokes Single Combat, but can any warrior be the equal of Cú Chulain?

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34 min
January 15, 2020 Episode LV: The Táin Part II – Encountering Cú Chulainn
This week on Fireside is Episode 55: The Táin Part II – Encountering Cú Chulainn. The second part of The Táin – the collected armies of Queen Méabh finally encounter the legendary Hound of Ulster Cú Chulain, who is tasked with single-handedly delaying the opposing forces while the warriors of Ulster recover from the Birth Pangs they were cursed with by Macha.

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37 min
January 13, 2020 Episode LIV: The Táin Part I – The Pillow Talk
The first part of the longest and most celebrated story in Irish Mythology – An Táin Bo Cúailnge, The Cattle Raid of Cooley. We meet Queen Méabh of Connaught and her husband Ailill, and how an argument over who had more possessions led to the bloodiest war the island had ever seen.

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35 min
December 18, 2019 Episode LIII: Quarrel of the Pig Keepers
This week on Fireisde is Episode 53: Quarrel of the Pig Keepers.

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25 min
December 11, 2019 Episode LII: Cú Chulainn's Only Son
This week on Fireside is Episode 52: Cú Chulainn's Only Son.

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25 min
December 04, 2019 Episode LI: Cú Chulainn – Love and Training
This week on Fireisde is Episode 51: Cú Chulainn – Love and Training.

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43 min
November 28, 2019 Episode L: Becoming Cú Chulainn
It’s episode 50 of Fireside. And what better way of commemorating that than finally introducing Setanta. The young boy of the Ulster Cycle who would become the greatest warrior and single most significant character in all of Irish Mythology: Cu Chulainn.

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40 min
November 13, 2019 Episode XLIX: Deirdre of the Sorrows
This week on Fireside, continuing the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology, we meet the Sons of Uisneach and the foremost tragic heroine of the entire pantheon: Deirdre.

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33 min
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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35 min
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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56 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.