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 L: Becoming Cú Chulainn
It’s episode 50 of Fireside. And what better way of commemorating that than finally introducing Setanta. The young boy of the Ulster Cycle who would become the greatest warrior and single most significant ...
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Episode XLIX: Deirdre of the Sorrows
This week on Fireside, continuing the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology, we meet the Sons of Uisneach and the foremos...
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Episode XLVIII: Conchobar and The Pangs of Ulster
This week on Fireside, the first story of the Ulster Cycle, the greatest and most preserved and revered stories of ...
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Episode XLVII: Halloween Special – Fireside of Horror
In our Halloween special on this week's Fireside, Kevin reads pieces and extracts from some classic works from the ...
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Episode XLVI: The Banshee Welcoming Party
In this episode of Fireside, we have the next of our Halloween-themed folk tales. We meet young Hollohan, forced to...
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Episode XLV: The Piper and The Púca
This week on Fireside is the first of our Halloween themed folk tales, this tells the story of a young Uilleann Pip...
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