Fireside

This week on Fireside is Episode 69: The Rent Arrears Resurrection A folk tale from County Wicklow of a poor farmer living on rented land who seeks to pay off his families debts. The only issue is... his family buried him underground three days ago. But he doesn’t know that! Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! P...

This week on Fireside is Episode 68: The Deaths of Kings and Queens The penultimate tale of the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology wraps up the stories of Conchobar mac Neasa, Fergus mac Róich, Ailill and of course, Queen Méabh. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your supp...

This week on Fireside is Episode 67: A Hand in the Dark A cautionary Folk Tale from County Wicklow, about a face off with the devil, and then dangers of getting off with Young Bucks in your farmer father’s barn! Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn mor...

This week on Fireside is Episode 66: The Champion’s Portion – A Trial of Beheading Part two of the Champions Portion tale from the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology. Cú Chullain, Laoighaire Budhach and Conall Cernach seek out the sorcerer Cú Roí Mac Daire, to settle the matter once and for all... Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or ju...

This week on Fireside is Episode 65: Tom of The Faeries A cautionary folk tale about a Kerryman who goes off each night with the Faeries... and lets it go to his head. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

This week on Fireside is Episode 64: The Champions Portion – Bicriu’s Feast. A tale from the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology, on the feast of a bitter host named Bicriu, and how he incites a feud between three mighty warriors over who should get the Champions Portion... Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please...

This week on Fireside is Episode 63: The Faerie Frog. A twisted and gothicesque folk tale about a sheltered young girl and her dream for adventure and to meet the other folk... Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

This week on Fireside is Episode 62: The Faerie Hurling Match. A folk tale about the ancient and glorious Irish sport of Hurling, and of a young Cork man who is asked to referee a game for the other folk. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn more about...

This week on Fireside is Episode 61: The Sick-Bed of Cú Chulainn. A tragic love story from the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology, where Cú Chulainn's love for his beloved wife Emer is tested by a curse from the other world... Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your suppor...

This week on Fireside is Episode 60: The Faeries on Judgement Day. A return to Irish folk tales this week as we tell a story from County Clare, where the most viscous faeries live, and the story of why they’re so... Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn...

This week on Fireside is Episode 59: The Táin Part VI – Ulster Rises. It’s the finale of The Táin – The greatest epic in Irish Mythology. Ulster finally rises from its Birthing Pangs and enters the fray. Who will win in the final battle? Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to sh...

This week on Fireisde is Episode 58: The Táin Part V – Ferdia at the Ford. In the climatic fight of The Táin, we meet Ferdia, Connaught’s greatest warrior and Cú Chulainn’s beloved brother in arms. But what will happen when they are forced to face each other in Single Combat? Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi!...

This week on Fireisde is Episode 57: The Táin Part IV – The Warp Spasm. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Fireside is Episode 56: The Táin Part III – The Morrígan. In the third part of The Táin - we meet the Morrígan the legendary battle goddess of war and death. Queen Méabh invokes Single Combat, but can any warrior be the equal of Cú Chulain? Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Pa...

This week on Fireside is Episode 55: The Táin Part II – Encountering Cú Chulainn. The second part of The Táin – the collected armies of Queen Méabh finally encounter the legendary Hound of Ulster Cú Chulain, who is tasked with single-handedly delaying the opposing forces while the warriors of Ulster recover from the Birth Pangs they were cursed with by Macha. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s...

The first part of the longest and most celebrated story in Irish Mythology – An Táin Bo Cúailnge, The Cattle Raid of Cooley. We meet Queen Méabh of Connaught and her husband Ailill, and how an argument over who had more possessions led to the bloodiest war the island had ever seen. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to sa...

This week on Fireisde is Episode 53: Quarrel of the Pig Keepers. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Fireside is Episode 52: Cú Chulainn's Only Son. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Fireisde is Episode 51: Cú Chulainn – Love and Training. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s episode 50 of Fireside. And what better way of commemorating that than finally introducing Setanta. The young boy of the Ulster Cycle who would become the greatest warrior and single most significant character in all of Irish Mythology: Cu Chulainn. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the P...

This week on Fireside, continuing the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology, we meet the Sons of Uisneach and the foremost tragic heroine of the entire pantheon: Deirdre. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

This week on Fireside, the first story of the Ulster Cycle, the greatest and most preserved and revered stories of Irish Mythology. We meet our king Conchobar, his mother Neasa, and learn what cursed the male warriors of Ulster to make them feel the pangs of childbirth whenever they were in times of trouble... Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for th...

In our Halloween special on this week's Fireside, Kevin reads pieces and extracts from some classic works from the pantheon of all things Gothic, horror and macabre... Featuring: The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe Dracula by Bram Stoker The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton And Weile Weile Waile - Traditional Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas fo...

In this episode of Fireside, we have the next of our Halloween-themed folk tales. We meet young Hollohan, forced to flee Ireland because of the famine, and the fairy woman – The Banshee – he met upon his return... Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support! Learn m...

This week on Fireside is the first of our Halloween themed folk tales, this tells the story of a young Uilleann Piper with the ability to play only one tune, who runs afoul of the Púca, the shape shifting trickster who wants to take him to a party... Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patre...