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 XCVII – FIonn MacCumhaill in the Old Man’s Hourse
Episode 97 - Kevin returns to the familiar territory of the leader of the Fianna; Fionn Mac Cumhaill - in a tale which grew from Norse Mytholgy.
Fionn and his hunting party take refuge in an old man’s house. There’s a goat and beautiful young woman, b...
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Episode XCVI – Fireside of Horror II
Episode 96 is The second Halloween special of Fireside; celebrating the gothic and the ghoulish in Irish literature, poetry and song.
Kevin reads the ee...
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Episode XCVI – Fireside of Horror II
Episode 96 is The second Halloween special of Fireside; celebrating the gothic and the ghoulish in Irish literature, poetry and song.
Kevin reads the eerie balla...
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Episode XCV – Thor in the Land of Giants
In Episode 95 Kevin dips another toe into the bulging, brutish and brilliant world of Norse Mytholgy with Thor and Loki’s adventure to Jottenheim - The Land...
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Episode XCV – Thor in the Land of Giants
In Episode 95 Kevin dips another toe into the bulging, brutish and brilliant world of Norse Mytholgy with Thor and Loki’s adventure to Jottenheim - The Land of Giant...
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Episode XCIV – Brian Boru – The Battle of Clontarf
Episode 94 - This week on Fireside, Kevin gives the conclusion of the epic saga of Ireland’s Warrior King - Brian Boru, and clears the history from the myth...
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