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In episode 218 of Fireside, Kevin tells the Irish folk tale of Teig O'Kane - an irresponsible and wandering rover. After his father gives him an ultimatum based on his behaviour, Teig takes a moonlit walk, and runs into twenty faeries carrying a dead body. But by the end of the night, it just might be Teig who is the corpse... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea...

In episode 217 of Fireside, Kevin tells a tale from the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology - Cú Chulainn, The Hound of Ulster does face to face with The Morrigan - the goddess of battle, war and death, and in their encounter, history will be written. In episode 214 of Fireside, Kevin tells another pre-tale of the Ulster Cycle. Queen Maebh of Connaught has taken Fergus Mac Roich into her home and into...

In episode 216 of Fireside, Kevin delves into the epic origin and framing story of the Arabian Nights - Scheherazade is a learned and gifted storyteller, and her talents may just save an entire kingdom from the wrath of a bitter ruler... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Garde...

In episode 215 of Fireside, Kevin tells of a beautiful but lazy girl who wins the affection of a prince. But to win his heart, the girl must find a way to overcome her sloth, with the aid of three mysterious old women... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C...

In episode 214 of Fireside, Kevin tells another pre-tale of the Ulster Cycle. Queen Maebh of Connaught has taken Fergus Mac Roich into her home and into her bed, but in the neighbouring kingdom of Mayo is a another chieftain, who also harbours a lust for Fergus... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: h...

In episode 213 of Fireside, Kevin tells of Baba Yaga, the wild witch of Slavic Folklore. Two children are banished to the woods by their wicked stepmother, and their they encounter a house that walks on chicken's legs, with a devious evil creature living inside... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: h...

In episode 212 of Fireside, Kevin tells a tale from Irish folklore of a Dublin Linen Draper who comes into the possession of a Jackdaw - but what will happen when the Jackdaw learns to talk? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Su...

In episode 211 of Fireside, Kevin presents a tale of the Ulster Cycle, but a battle between the forces of Connaught and Munster. Victory and Defeat take a physical form to pit three warring chieftains against each other - with disastrous results for mortal men... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: ht...

In episode 210, Kevin tells of Anansi, the West African trickster God. Anansi was a spider who gave the gift of storytelling to mankind. But where the stories came from, and how he Anansi won them, is quite a tale itself... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-...

In episode 209 of Fireside, Kevin tells a tale from Irish folklore of a proud princess who finds fault with every one of her prospective suitors. When her father loses patience and marries the girl off to a poor bard - How will the princess live? Can she survive? And is it possible to love a penniless poet?? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k...

In episode 207 of Fireside, Kevin tells a story from the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology, continuing our look at the other Tain Bó tales: It is Halloween night when the dead walk amongst the living, and King Ailill of Connaught asks one of his warriors to go out and restrain two hanged corpses, lest they should come back to life. But when Nera volunteers he will end up on an adventure to the world...

In episode 206 of Fireside, Kevin dips into the chaotic and colossal world of Greek Mythology with a story of the kidnapping of the daughter of the Goddess of the Harvest. Who is to blame? Who is responsible? And what will be the ramifications for mankind? Tickets to A Bard Is a Failed Poet: https://smockalley.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873633177 Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.head...

In episode 205 of Fireside, we have a tale of betwitching curses and fairy doctor cures - The Hanlon family has a beloved Kerry cow. but when the daughter of the rival family offers her services, the cow suddenly stops giving milk. So the Hanlon's seek the help of the local wandering soul, who has all the cures for just such an occasion... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/prod...

In episode 204 of Fireside, we return to the world of the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology and another precursor tale to The Cattle Raid of Cooley. Queen Maebh needs allies, and her armies need maintenance - Regemon has the most cattle, and so the most wealth. But Regemon also has seven daughters, in love with the seven sons of Maebh. A plan forms... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuf...

In episode 203 of Fireside, Kevin dives into the world of the Brother's Grimm, with the tale of a boastful miller, who tells the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold. But when the daughter is asked to do so under pain of death, only a mysterious little man can save her...but what does this imp really want. And what is his name again? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org...

In episode 202 of Fireside, Kevin tells of an enchanted lake, the faerie kingdom beneath it, and of a poor young boy and his beloved wandering cow.. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts....

In the third Fireside Christmas Special, Kevin adapts and reads Christmas masterpiece and ghost story to end al ghost stories - A Christmas Carol. After Kevin discusses adaptation and various interpretations of Dickens' classic. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-...

It's the 200th episode of Fireside! Kevin reflects on four years of the podcast with an epic lesser known tale from the Ulster Cycle. Queen Medh has declared war on Ulster, and she is in need of champions. Medh has a daughter, in love with the great hero Fráech. But when Fráech makes his way to Cruachan Fort, will Mebh gain a son-in-law or a warrior? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstu...

In episode 199 of Fireside to coincide with Kevin's travels around New Zealand, we meet the great hero of Polynesian Mythology - Maui, demi-god and creator of islands. We learn of Maui's premature birth, how he found his way home, his development into the trickster god, how he got his magical fish hook, and most of all...how he became the creator of islands. In episode 198 of Fireside, We learn of...

In episode 198 of Fireside, We learn of the ancestral burial site of the Castillon family - a graveyard long submerged beneath the sea, and of a mysterious custom that ferries the souls of the dead, to the grave beneath the wave... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-N...

In episode 198 of Fireside, A legendary king visits a poor man who is in danger of being thrown out on the streets by his cruel landlord. Will O'Donoghue's Blessing be enough when rent day comes? Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T18...

In episodes 196 of Fireside, A blacksmith is visited in a dream by a son of a lord, lost for seven years. The young boy charges the smith with his rescue, which involves a quest off the coast at the fabled Giant's Stairs... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-...

In episode 195, Three princes and three princesses are put through the trials of a seven inch tall man, and the prize is a trinity of crowns... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/n...

In episode 194 of Fireside, a mysterious voice is heard all throughout an old cliffside manor. a voice far away, a voice nearby, and a voice that knows your deepest darkest secrets. But at a dinner party what will be done about the Phantom of the Lee... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www....

Episode 193 is the third annual Fireside Halloween Special! Kevin gives readings of The Death Coach - A poem about a headless coach, with headless horses and headless passengers. After that he reads the mother of all headless tales - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, before finally sitting down with W.B. Yeats to summon a few souls from the other world... Gardensea Launch: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/g...