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 XLII: Conaire Mór
This week on Fireside, we continue the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology with a look at Conaire Mór, the almost Grecian hero, who tried to rule justly under several difficult, varied and absurdly specifi...
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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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Episode XXXVIII: Mongán
This week on Fireside, in the next episode of our look at the Historical or King cycle of Irish Mythology, we meet ...
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Episode XXXVII: Gold Tree and Silver Tree
On this Fireside, an Irish version of the classic fairy tale of Snow White sees the vain and wicked Silver Tree att...
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