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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118 – Episode CXVIII – Parthalon of Ancient Greece
In episode 118 of Fireside, Kevin tells of the second landing on the island of Eire - of a Greek Prince named Parthalon, who kills his own father, and must flee his home - taking refuge on the tiny windy island we now call Ireland...
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117 – Episode CXVII – The Twelve Wild Geese
In episode 117 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of twelve brothers who are transformed into wild geese, and their younger sister, who must be the one to break the c...
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116 – Episode CXVI – Cesair and the Flood
‘Before the Tuatha De Dannan, before the Gaels, Before the Fir Bolg and Fomorians there was..nothing. Or rather; there was no one...”
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Fireside Bonus Ember – Patrick the Britonv
A bonus episode of Fireside especially the HeadStuff+ Community of supporters. Kevin lays out all things St. Patrick, he sorts the history from the myth, the lepr...
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115 – Episode CXV – The Young Piper
A changeling folk tale, of the problem child of a Tipperary couple and his preternatural musical gifts...
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114 – Episode CXIV – The Dagda’s Harp
In episode 114 of Fireside, Kevin tells the self-contained fetch-quest tale of The Dagda’s Harp - the instrument of the all-father of Irish Mythology, that could mak...
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