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Fireside episodes

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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32 min
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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34 min
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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40 min
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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35 min
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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33 min
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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31 min
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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36 min
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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43 min
August 28, 2019 Episode XXXVIII: Mongán
This week on Fireside, in the next episode of our look at the Historical or King cycle of Irish Mythology, we meet Mongán, a hairy baby raised by the God of the Sea, Manannán Mac Lir, to become the next High King!

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31 min
August 21, 2019 Episode XXXVII: Gold Tree and Silver Tree
On this Fireside, an Irish version of the classic fairy tale of Snow White sees the vain and wicked Silver Tree attempt to reclaim her place as most beautiful in the land by murdering her own daughter Gold Tree.

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26 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.