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 XI: The Tobacco Quest
This week on Fireside, we hear a fairy story of a tobacco obsessed farmer who goes on a journey to find his precious smoke. A journey that takes him all the way to America! This is... The Tobacco Quest
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Episode X: The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh
The climax of the Irish Mythological Cycle. This week on Fireside, Kevin gives the epic conclusion to the Lugh and Bres Saga, in which the Tuatha Dé Danann, face ...
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Episode IX: The Soul Cages
This week on Fireside, Kevin tells the story of a fisherman’s obsessive pursuit of a merrow, and of what he finds when he is invited into that merrow’s home, at t...
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Episode VIII: The Sons of Tuireann
This week on Fireside, in our continuing look at Irish Mythology, Kevin tells story of three sons who greatly wronged Lugh, King of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the ...
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Episode VII: The Brewery of Eggshells
Changelings have always been one of the darkest, strangest, and most enduring aspects of Irish Folklore. In this story on Fireside, Kevin tells of the actions of ...
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Episode VI: The Coming of Lugh
Continuing our look at Irish Mythology, Kevin tells the story of the life of Lugh Lámh Fhada (of the long arm), mighty King of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and one of th...
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