Fireside

By HeadStuff Podcasts

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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Fireside episodes:

April 05, 2022 165 - CLXIV - Granuaille: A Notable Traitoress
In episode 164 of Fireside, Kevin continues our look at Ireland's Pirate Queen, with a look at Grace's involvement with the Spanish Armada, the Irish rebellions of her time, and of her greatest rival; Sir Richard Bingham...
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February 23, 2022 163 - CLXIII - The Legend of Hy-Brazil
In episode 163of Fireside, Kevin tells the the legend of the mysterious island of Hy-Brazil, which turns from mist to land as it moves closer to the west of ireland, but once every seven years…
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February 16, 2022 162 - CLXII - Granuaille: Nurse to all Rebellions
In episode 162 of Fireside, We continue our look at Ireland’s Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley with the story of how Granuaille got embroiled in the growing conflict between Gaelic Ireland and the English Crown…
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February 09, 2022 161 - CLXI - The Joint Eater
In episode 161 of Fireside, Kevin tells the folk tale of the Alp-Luachra, a newt-like faerie who feeds of the ‘quintessence of life…’ so beware sleeping open mouthed by a stream!
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February 08, 2022 160 - CLX - Granuaille: “Well more than Mrs. Mate’
In episode 160 of Fireside, We continue our look at Ireland’s Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley with the story of the two most important relationships in her life - her second marriage to Chieftian Richard in Irons Burke, and her youngest son Theobald of the Ships, who was born at sea…
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January 26, 2022 159 - CLIX - The Celtic Atlantis
In episode 159, Kevin tells the tale of The Lost City of Ys - a city built on low lying land on the coastline of Brittany, that was ruled by a debaucherous princess, and which was fated to be known as The Celtic Atlantis.
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January 19, 2022 158 - CLVIII - Granuaile: Powerful by Land and Sea
In episode 158, Kevin continues his look at the legend of Grace O’Malley, Ireland’s Pirate Queen. In Part II, we hear of the vengeance for the death of a lover, the siege of a chapel, and the kidnapping of the grandson of the Earl of Howth, in the name of hospitality…
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January 12, 2022 157 - CLVII - The Sea Maiden
In episode 157 of Fireside, Kevin tells the folk tale of a fisherman who makes a bargain with a sea maiden - his unborn son for plenty of fish…
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January 05, 2022 156 - CLVI - Granuaile - Ireland’s Pirate Queen
In episode 156 of Fireside, Kevin tells the first part of the story of Grace O’ Malley, better known as Granuaille - and of her rise to power in male dominated worlds of the land and sea…
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December 22, 2021 155 - CLV - A Fireside Christmas II
In the second edition of A Fireside Christmas, Kevin gets you in the Festive spirit with tales and verse from Ireland, Denmark and America, with readings of Advent by Patrick Kavanagh, The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen and A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore
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