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 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 pantheon of all things Gothic, horror and macabre...
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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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Episode XLIV: The Madness of King Sweeney: Part II
This week on Fireside, the continuation of the story of Sweeney. Transformed into a creature half man and half bird...
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Episode XLIII: The Madness of King Sweeney: Part I
This week on Fireside, the epic finale of the King Cycle of Irish Mythology, tells of Sweeney, King of Dal Arie and...
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Episode XLII: Conaire Mór
This week on Fireside, we continue the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology with a look at Conaire Mór, the almost G...
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