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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Episode XCVIII – Ragnorak: The Death of Baldr
Episode 98 - Norse Mythology is unique in that it has a beginning...and a definitive end. In this episode Kevin builds the tower of cards that would collapse with the story of the shining God Baldr, and how his death led to the doom of the Gods.
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Episode XCVII – FIonn MacCumhaill in the Old Man’s Hourse
Episode 97 - Kevin returns to the familiar territory of the leader of the Fianna; Fionn Mac Cumhaill - in a tale which grew from Norse Mytholgy.
Fionn and his hu...
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Episode XCVI – Fireside of Horror II
Episode 96 is The second Halloween special of Fireside; celebrating the gothic and the ghoulish in Irish literature, poetry and song.
Kevin reads the eerie balla...
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Episode XCV – Thor in the Land of Giants
In Episode 95 Kevin dips another toe into the bulging, brutish and brilliant world of Norse Mytholgy with Thor and Loki’s adventure to Jottenheim - The Land of Giant...
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Episode XCIV – Brian Boru – The Battle of Clontarf
Episode 94 - This week on Fireside, Kevin gives the conclusion of the epic saga of Ireland’s Warrior King - Brian Boru, and clears the history from the myth, while k...
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Episode XCIII: The Cow that Ate the Piper
This week on Fireside is Episode 93: The Cow that Ate the Piper
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