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Episode XXXV: Munachar and Manachar

This week on Fireside, a strange and humourous folk tale of a boy named Munachar, who wants to hang his foe Manachar, for the crime of eating his strawberries. What more needs to be said?

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Episode XXXIV: Niall of the Nine Hostages

This week on Fireside, continuing our look at the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology, Kevin tells of Niall, the fo...
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Episode XXXIII: The Storyteller and the Beggar

Kevin is a storyteller who loves stories about storytellers. This Fireside episode is just that: the tale of a cham...
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Episode XXXII: Labhraidh Loingseach

In the first story of the Historical or King Cycle of Irish Mythology, we tell the tale of the long and bloody path to the throne Labhraidh Loingseach, a good king w...
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Episode XXXI: The Lady O'Connor

This week on Fireside is a folk tale from county Clare, sourced from J.M. Synge's book on the Aran Islands, The Lad...
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Episode XXX: Tír na nÓg

In the 30th episode of Fireside, Kevin tells one of the most famous Irish myths of all time: Oisín and Niamh's adve...
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