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.

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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, his mad wanderings all over the island of Eire, and his end at the monastery of St. Mull...
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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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Episode XLI: The Faerie Wife

This week on Fireside: A folk tale about a mortal boy in Donegal who marries a Faerie. He’s fine with this, but his...
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Episode XL: The Wooing of Étaín

In the 40th episode of Fireside, Kevin tells one of the most famous of the Irish myths, and possibly one of the gre...
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Episode XXXIX: Four Foul Folktales Featuring a Fox

This week on Fireside the Irish Story Telling Podcast, Kevin tells four different folk tales. All foul, some with f...
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