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 XVII: The Cunning Thief
This week on Fireside is another American Folk Tale. 'The Cunning Thief' is about a young man named Jack with an incredible aptitude for cunning and thievery.
Catch up with Kevin, as he prepares to return home to Ireland from his US tour o...
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Episode XVI: The Forming of the Fianna
This week on Fireside, we begin our look at the Fenian Cycle of Irish Mythology, as Kevin tells the story of the foundations of the warrior clan known as the Fian...
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Episode XV: The Three Wishes
In our first look at an Irish American Folk Tale on Fireside, Kevin tells the story of a bad blacksmith who is granted three wishes, which ends in a conflict with...
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Episode XIV : The Landing of the Gael
This week on Fireside is the final story of the Irish Mythological Cycle: The Landing of the Gael. This is the tale of the mortal men who would arrive on the shor...
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Episode XIII: The Hunchback of Knockgrafton
On unlucky episode 13 of Fireside, Kevin tells the folk tale of a change in fortune for a young hunchback boy, who gets mixed up with the other folk. There's some...
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Episode XII: The Children of Lir
This week on Fireside is the most famous tale from the Mythological Cycle, and probably the most famous Irish myth of all time: The Children of Lir.
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