Candlelit Tales Irish Mythology Podcast

Welcome back to the Invasions Series. This series is all about the oldest stories of Ireland, and the people who came to this land from afar over thousands of years. The third group of people from the Mythic Cycles of Irish stories; were the Nemedians, led by Nemed himself. His people came from somewhere in the south as well, some say it was the Caspian sea. But although he left with 30 boards wit...

Welcome back to the Invasions Series. We are continuing the new series of Podcasts with the Story of the second people who came to Ireland. And it is the first story in the Mythic Cycles of Irish stories; the story of Partholon. Some say he came from Sicily, some say it was Libya, but we know he came from somewhere in the south, and that it was 300 years after Cesaire and her people came here. His...

Welcome back to the Invasions Series. We are continuing the new series of Podcasts with the Story of the second people who came to Ireland. And it is the first story in the Mythic Cycles of Irish stories; the story of Parthalon. Some say he came from Sicily, some say it was Libya, but we know he came from somewhere in the south, and that it was 300 years after Cesaire and her people came here. His...

Welcome to the Invasions Series. We are talking about the new series starting a new series of connected and yet self contained stories for the Podcast. This is the very first story in the Celtic Mythic Cycles… if you go chronologically. Cesaire was the first woman to land on the show of the Island of destiny that became this land we call Ireland today. She came from the Land of Merrow’s in the Sou...

Welcome to the Invasions Series. We are starting a new series of connected and yet self contained stories for the Podcast. This is the very first story in the Celtic Mythic Cycles… if you go chronologically. Cesaire was the first woman to land on the show of the Island of destiny that became this land we call Ireland today. She came from the Land of Merrow’s in the South, and some say this was mod...

For the very last episode of the Voyage Series we are delighted to be talking about the story of Meal Duinn. If you have yet to hear it, check out the story in our last episode, link below. Also, if you missed ‘Caoiltes Fast’, our Easter Sunday Special Live Stream, the video is still up for all your viewing pleasure. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xieYJE3OMoA&t=1894s Like and subscribe to t...

For the last episode of the Voyage Series we are delighted to be telling the story of Meal Duinn. This one has a little different flavor to the others, although very similar. Meal Duinn finds out he is not who he thought he was, and his father is not who he thought. He then has to come to terms with the obligations of warrior code, to find the murderer of his father. What he didn’t expect was to b...

Candlelit Tales will broadcast a special show on Easter Sunday at (19:00GMT) live-streamed from a studio in Dublin. 2021 has started without much to write home about. We are still in lockdown, and we are all collectively straining to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Looking back to the stories of the Fianna, we have a very special voyage tale to tell you about, and it is the story of the gr...

Tonight we go live tonight at 7PM on YouTube as we do at the end of every month now. This time we team up with 'Fireside', and we are delighted to have Kevin C.Olahan talking to us about his recent telling of 'The Voyage of Bran'. 🕯️ 🔥 📜 And what a beautiful telling it is too. Kevin C.Olahan is a Wicklow grown seanachaí, actor and balladeer to boot. Back in the time of live theatre we saw Kevin...

Tonight we team up with 'Fireside', and we are delighted to have Kevin C.Olahan telling us 'The Voyage of Bran' tonight. 🕯️ 🔥 📜 And what a beautiful telling it is too. Kevin C.Olahan is a Wicklow grown seanachaí, actor and balladeer to boot. Back in the time of live theatre we saw Kevin in the Gate Theatre's 'A Christmas Carol', and he started his own storytelling podcast Fireside with Headstuff...

You might hear mention this time of year of the man who saved the Pagan Irish and brought them the Good News. But not all of the Pagan Irish were happy about that. The ancient warriors of Ireland had their own code. A code of generosity, hospitality, and courage. In other words, they were terrible sinners. This is our chat about that conversation. We look back and talk about who Oisín was and the...

You might hear mention this time of year of the man who saved the Pagan Irish and brought them the Good News. But not all of the Pagan Irish were happy about that. The ancient warriors of Ireland had their own code. A code of generosity, hospitality, and courage. In other words, they were terrible sinners. This is the conversation that happened when a warrior poet met a slave-turned-monk. They tal...

You might hear mention this time of year of the man who saved the Pagan Irish and brought them the Good News. But not all of the Pagan Irish were happy about that. The ancient warriors of Ireland had their own code. A code of generosity, hospitality, and courage. In other words, they were terrible sinners. This is the pre-show chat about this next story, the conversations that happened when a warr...

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We are starting a month of Voyage Tales - and the first one up is Brendan the Navigator, also known as the Voyage of Brendan. This brings us to a timeline after the fae and the magical god like people of Ireland, when a new belief was in the land. Brandan was spiritual and keen to help his fellow man. He made a name for himself throughout the many voyages he undertook, across the British isles and...

This is the last post show chat episode in this month’s ‘Goddess Stories’. We chat went live for this one and talked about Cnoc Aine and the difficulty of talking about rape in a story. As well as chatting with Melanie Lynch, the founder of Herstory - a festival all about bringing backstories of famous women in mythology and history. Join us on our Livestream - subscribe to our YouTube channel to...

This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode is the last in this month’s series of Goddess Stories. And it is a tough one. Trigger warning, this story contains subject matter of a sexual nature and rape that some listeners may find distressing. Cnoc Aine is all about the goddess that is based in Limerick...

This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode is the post show chat about the previous, pretty dark tale. Trigger warning, this story contains subject matter of abuse and even psychological torture… but then most good myths have something pretty dark just under the surface. We chat about how much better a...

This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. Aron told the story of Fionn meeting Sadhbh way back in episode 14 but, this time Sorcha tells a reimagining of the story from Sadhbh’s perspective. In the Fianna Fionn Mac Coole was the great leader, but there is an old Irish proverb that says “a man is a man when his wom...

This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode is a conversation about the last episode and about the largely forgotten Goddess Clionadh. She is known to some as the Patron Goddess of Cork (so the draw for Aron was an obvious one). She is also known as the Queen of the Banshee, and people in Glandore (Near...

This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode is dedicated to the Goddess Clionadh. She is known to some as the Patron Goddess of Cork (so the draw for Aron was an obvious one). She is also known as the Queen of the Banshee, and people in Glandore (Near Rosscarbery in west Cork) will know the expression ‘...

This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode we are talking (and arguing) about the ambiguities of Irish Mythology. Sorcha once said that working with “Irish Myth is like painting in water”... that may be a quote from somewhere else, but I like it (and I just heard my sister say it so I think it’s fair t...

This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. The first is one of the most ambiguous ones… as there are no written sources to find much about the Goddess who gave her name to the people we know as the Tuath de Dannan - the people of the Goddess Danu. Those that later became known as the “sidh”, the “good people”, and...

Part-two of this two-part story ends with this episode, ‘The Champions Portion’. Although one of the most famous heroes of Irish Myth, Cúchulainn was not always granted the title of Ulsters Champion. To be a champion of the people took more than sheer strength and brilliance, you had to be the champion of the people, loyal and true to your word in every way. Cúchulainn’s championship is contested...

This post show chat was recorded in early January while Aron and Srocha were still in a bubble after being home in Cork for the Holidays. We missed the feastivities but enjoyed looking back over this great story full of feasts and the glorious fighting. The first part this two parter episode this deals with Bichru of the Bitter tongue, and his attempt to host a feast. This section of the story is...