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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110 – Episode CX – The Dream of Aengus
In episode 110 of Fireside, we explore some of the appearances and deeds of Aengus Òg of the Tuatha Dè Dannan. In more recent times he has been known as a God of Love, but where did this idea begin? Let’s find out.
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109 – Episode CIX – The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Dancing
In episode 109 of Fireside, Kevin adapts a tale from the American South West, from The Coyote Under the Table by Joe Hayes. The tale tells of a poor young boy, adopt...
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108 – Episode CVIII – The Drowned Goddess
In episode 108 of Fireside, Kevin tells the mythological story of the origins of the River Boyne - the results of curious goddess and an enchanted well. Also of this...
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107 – Episode CVII – The Bard and the King of Cats
In episode 107 of Fireside, Kevin tells a Galway folktale about a poet named Seanchan, whose satire got him in hot water, with the gigantic and monstrous King of th...
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106 – Episode CVI – Manannán at Play
In episode 106, Kevin delves deeper in the individual Gods of Irish Mytholgoy with two tales of Manannán Mac Lir - God of the Sea
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105 – Episode CV – The Voyage of Bran
In episode 105, Kevin tells the earliest recorded tale to feature an Irish God - the story of Bran - High King of Ireland, and his encounter with Manannan Mac Lir - ...
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