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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...

In episode 192, Charlie Culnane is the best horse rider in Mallow, County Cork. But after making a hasty bet, Charlie starts to doubt his abilities, and he'll need more than riding skills when he has a dark and sinister encounter on his way home from the pub... Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: http...

The kind Lord McCarthy can't hold onto his staff. Why? Because none of them will fetch wine from the cellar. So an ambitious young stableboy decides to take the job, but what will he find in The Haunted Cellar? 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-eb...

In episode 190 of Fireside, Fionn Mac Cumhaill goes out hunting on his own, where he comes to a volcanic lake, and a mysterious woman, and along the way Fionn may have to come to terms with his own mortality... 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-eb...

In episode 189 of Fireside, A young maidservant recounts her poor family's turn of fortune with the unexpected arrival of a mysterious guest... 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 188, Osgar, the greatest of the Fianna, faces off against his greatest foe and a formidable blade. What will happen should Osgar fall? What will happen should the honour of the Fianna be called into question? 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-...

A knock at the door on a rainy night...a story of a man on the hunt for tobacco who's turned into a horse... 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/news Update Description Source: http...

In episode 186 of Fireside - The Fianna have endured a period of great peace, but no peace can last forever for Eire's warrior band...and a threat is coming to the island that is not quite human... 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/B09M7T...

In episode 185, a young woman named Bridget Mac Daniel is a bit too fond of the demon drink - and one night on her way home from the pub, she meets a mysterious little man offering Bridget a free drink...but there Is a heavy price to pay. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Gard...

In episode 184. The Fianna are invited to the home of a Druid Dwarf, and the Big Brute Conan Maol learns a lesson about hospitality and respect that he will not soon forget... 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:...

Ned Kelly - The Irish Australian folk hero has been on the run for murder and robbery. His gang have been in hiding for two years, but now, they plan one last job to cement their place and surpass the history books into the realm of folklore. Order Gardensea Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/ Order Gardensea Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/...

Conan Maol Mac Mórna, the quarrelsome, boorish and boisterous frenemy of Fionn Mac Cumhaill is uninvited to a wedding - and there is hell to pay... 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.c...