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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170 – CLXX – Ventry: The King of the World
In episode 170 of Fireside, we begin an exciting new chapter with The Battle of Ventry - the epic saga of the battle between the forces of The King of the World and with the Fianna, and their leader Fionn Mac Cumhaill. in this first part we meet the King ...
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169 – CLXIX – The Hags of the Long Teeth
The tale of a group of Dublin hunters who run into a hound from hell and seven daughters with very very long teeth...
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168 – CLXVIII – Granuaille: Death of a Pirate Queen
In episode 168 of Fireside, Kevin concludes the sage of Grace O'Malley with the tale of the final years of the life of Ireland's Pirate Queen.
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167 – CLXVII – The Court of Crinnán
In episode 167 of Fireside, Kevin tells a folk tale from the border between Roscommon and Mayo - of a mysterious court that appears, of the mythological figure dwell...
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166 – CLXVI – Granuaille: The Two Queens
in episode 166 of Fireside, we reach the climax of our look at the legends of Grace O'Malley, with the astonishing meeting between Ireland's Pirate Queen and the Que...
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165 – CLXV – The Well at the End of the World
in episode 165 of Fireside, Kevin tells of the son of a king in Connaught, who goes on a quest to find the enchanted healing water only found in a well all the way a...
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