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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115 – Episode CXV – The Young Piper
A changeling folk tale, of the problem child of a Tipperary couple and his preternatural musical gifts...
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114 – Episode CXIV – The Dagda’s Harp
In episode 114 of Fireside, Kevin tells the self-contained fetch-quest tale of The Dagda’s Harp - the instrument of the all-father of Irish Mythology, that ...
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114 – Episode CXIV – The Dagda’s Harp
In episode 114 of Fireside, Kevin tells the self-contained fetch-quest tale of The Dagda’s Harp - the instrument of the all-father of Irish Mythology, that could mak...
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113 – Episode CXIII – The Rival Kempers
In episode 113, Kevin tells a tale of a Kemp - a spinning competition to determine the eligibility for marriage of young Irish woman It’s a story of two ri...
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113 – Episode CXIII – The Rival Kempers
In episode 113, Kevin tells a tale of a Kemp - a spinning competition to determine the eligibility for marriage of young Irish woman It’s a story of two rival kempe...
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112 – Episode CXII – Brigid: The Flame of Ireland
In episode 112 of Fireside, we meet Brigid - Christian nun or pagan fire goddess? Perhaps both? We’ll discuss both St. Brigid of Kildare, and her alter ego/...
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