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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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 H...
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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 th...
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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 kidnap...
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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 me...
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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 un...
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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. a...
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