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August 31, 2022 The Drunken Master
In episode 185, a young woman named Bridget Mac Daniel is a bit too fond of the demon drink - and one night on her way home from the pub, she meets a mysterious little man offering Bridget a free drink...but there Is a heavy price to pay.
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34 min
August 24, 2022 Conan's Delusions
In episode 184. The Fianna are invited to the home of a Druid Dwarf, and the Big Brute Conan Maol learns a lesson about hospitality and respect that he will not soon forget...
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35 min
August 18, 2022 Ned Kelly's Last Stand
Ned Kelly - The Irish Australian folk hero has been on the run for murder and robbery. His gang have been in hiding for two years, but now, they plan one last job to cement their place and surpass the history books into the realm of folklore.
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33 min
August 10, 2022 Conan Maol's Wedding Crash
Conan Maol Mac Mórna, the quarrelsome, boorish and boisterous frenemy of Fionn Mac Cumhaill is uninvited to a wedding - and there is hell to pay...
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28 min
August 04, 2022 Ned Kelly On The Run
In Fireside's second story on the bushranging bank robbing laggard that is Ned Kelly, we have two of the three great Kelly tales - The Fitzpatrick Incident and The Stringybark Shootout - which both cemented the larrikin's legacy...
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34 min
July 27, 2022 180 - CLXXX - The Grecian Princess
Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna are invited to dinner with a mysterious warrior princess from Greece, but when things go sour who will defend Eire from The Grecian Princess?
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37 min
July 21, 2022 179 - CLXXIX - Ned Kelly and the Bushranger
It's time to meet the Irish-Australian Folk Hero that has fascinated and divided people for nearly 150 years - In this first story we learn where Ned Kelly came from, who his parents were and about his first brushes with the law with his mentor Harry Power...
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37 min
July 13, 2022 178 - CLXXVIII - Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the King of the Giants
the first in a selection of Fionn 'Giant Tales' following in the vain of the very first ever episode of Fireside! In this tale, Fionn Mac Cumhaill is kidnapped by the King of the Giants, and it is up to his loyal friend Duirmuid to rescue him with a little help from a golden apple...
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34 min
July 06, 2022 177 - CLXXVII - The Seven Sisters
A break in tradition with a story from the Aboriginal People of Western Australia - a story of seven sisters from the stars who are pursued by a group of unwanted men - it's a story that has a claim to being the oldest in the world...
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31 min
June 29, 2022 176 - Ventry IV: The Armour of Hephaestus
The fourth and final tale of The Fenian Saga of The Battle of Ventry. Fionn Mac Cumhaill must finally defeat Dara Donn, The King of the World, but he'll need help. and that help will come in the form of the Gods, but not the Celtic Gods, but the Gods of Mount Olympus...
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39 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.