Fireside
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.- Kevin C. Olohan
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Fireside Bonus: Nosferatu – Rip-Off or Revelation?
In the latest bonus episode, Kevin discusses the 1922 German Expressionist film Nosferatu, an unauthorised adaptation of Irish writer Bram Stoker's seminal novel Dracula. Stoker's widow, Florence, attempted to have the movie destroyed. Was she justifi...
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Samhain: The Last of Squite Enniscrone
In episode 265 of Fireside, it's the first of this years Halloween batch of spooky tales!
An old house on the Irish coastline has been uninhabited for a ce...
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The Last of Squire Ennismore
In episode 265 of Fireside, it's the first of this years Halloween batch of spooky tales!
An old house on the Irish coastline has been uninhabited for a ce...
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The Dream of Macsen Wledig
In episode 264 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of Roman Emperor Macsen Wledig who falls asleep and dreams of a fortress in a land with deep valleys and high mou...
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Fireside Bonus: Wandering through Welsh Myth
In the latest bonus episode, Kevin recounts his trip to the Welsh mountains, where he searched for the mythology there. At a dark time in his life, a shepards hu...
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The Bogside Bachelor
In episode 263 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of Jamie Boyson, a lonely old man who lives by the bogside in County Derry. His only company is a trained cricket...
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