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 LIV: The Táin Part I – The Pillow Talk
The first part of the longest and most celebrated story in Irish Mythology – An Táin Bo Cúailnge, The Cattle Raid of Cooley. We meet Queen Méabh of Connaught and her husband Ailill, and how an argument over who had more possessions led to the bloodiest wa...
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Episode LIII: Quarrel of the Pig Keepers
This week on Fireisde is Episode 53: Quarrel of the Pig Keepers.
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Episode LII: Cú Chulainn's Only Son
This week on Fireside is Episode 52: Cú Chulainn's Only Son.
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Episode LI: Cú Chulainn – Love and Training
This week on Fireisde is Episode 51: Cú Chulainn – Love and Training.
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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 ...
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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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