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Fireside

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Fireside is the Irish Storytelling Podcast. 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. Whether you’re a folklore fanatic, or someone who just enjoys hearing a good yarn, you can always join Kevin by the Fireside. For any sponsorship inquiries contact advertising@headstuff.org

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Episode LVII: The Táin Part IV – The Warp Spasm 29.01.2020 37:52

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

Episode LVI: The Táin Part III – The Morrígan 22.01.2020 33:55

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...

Episode LV: The Táin Part II – Encountering Cú Chulainn 15.01.2020 36:08

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...

Episode LIV: The Táin Part I – The Pillow Talk 13.01.2020 34:49

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...

Episode LIII: Quarrel of the Pig Keepers 18.12.2019 24:33

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

Episode LII: Cú Chulainn's Only Son 11.12.2019 24:20

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

Episode LI: Cú Chulainn – Love and Training 04.12.2019 42:04

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

Episode L: Becoming Cú Chulainn 28.11.2019 39:08

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...

Episode XLIX: Deirdre of the Sorrows 13.11.2019 32:42

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...

Episode XLVIII: Conchobar and The Pangs of Ulster 06.11.2019 34:08

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...

Episode XLVII: Halloween Special – Fireside of Horror 30.10.2019 55:28

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...

Episode XLVI: The Banshee Welcoming Party 24.10.2019 31:28

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...

Episode XLV: The Piper and The Púca 21.10.2019 33:02

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...

Episode XLIV: The Madness of King Sweeney: Part II 09.10.2019 39:35

This week on Fireside, the continuation of the story of Sweeney. Transformed into a creature half man and half bird, his mad wanderings all over the island of Eire, and his end at the monastery of St. Mullins... 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...

Episode XLIII: The Madness of King Sweeney: Part I 02.10.2019 34:20

This week on Fireside, the epic finale of the King Cycle of Irish Mythology, tells of Sweeney, King of Dal Arie and how he is cursed by the priest Ronan Finn to a life of tormented wandering... 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 ch...

Episode XLII: Conaire Mór 25.09.2019 32:52

This week on Fireside, we continue the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology with a look at Conaire Mór, the almost Grecian hero, who tried to rule justly under several difficult, varied and absurdly specific taboos. Can you ever escape fate? 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...

Episode XLI: The Faerie Wife 18.09.2019 30:13

This week on Fireside: A folk tale about a mortal boy in Donegal who marries a Faerie. He’s fine with this, but his uncles sure aren’t... 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

Episode XL: The Wooing of Étaín 11.09.2019 35:29

In the 40th episode of Fireside, Kevin tells one of the most famous of the Irish myths, and possibly one of the greatest love stories of all, about the everlasting, turbulent and true love between the River God Midir, and his beloved Étaín. 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...

Episode XXXIX: Four Foul Folktales Featuring a Fox 04.09.2019 43:00

This week on Fireside the Irish Story Telling Podcast, Kevin tells four different folk tales. All foul, some with fowl but all centered on a fox. 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

Episode XXXVIII: Mongán 28.08.2019 30:01

This week on Fireside, in the next episode of our look at the Historical or King cycle of Irish Mythology, we meet Mongán, a hairy baby raised by the God of the Sea, Manannán Mac Lir, to become the next High King! 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...

Episode XXXVII: Gold Tree and Silver Tree 21.08.2019 25:33

On this Fireside, an Irish version of the classic fairy tale of Snow White sees the vain and wicked Silver Tree attempt to reclaim her place as most beautiful in the land by murdering her own daughter Gold Tree. 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! Donate to the Patreon Page! Also buy your tickets to the live sho...

Episode XXXVI: Cormaic Mac Airt 14.08.2019 39:59

This week on Fireside, we continue our look at the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology, with the story of the supposed greatest Irish King of them all: Cormaic Mac Airt! Is he the greatest, or did he just have really good spin doctors? Let's find out! 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! Donate to the Patreon Pag...

Episode XXXV: Munachar and Manachar 07.08.2019 34:26

This week on Fireside, a strange and humourous folk tale of a boy named Munachar, who wants to hang his foe Manachar, for the crime of eating his strawberries. What more needs to be said? 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! Donate to the Patreon Page! Also buy your tickets to the live show in Bellobar on the 22n...

Episode XXXIV: Niall of the Nine Hostages 31.07.2019 37:08

This week on Fireside, continuing our look at the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology, Kevin tells of Niall, the founder of the O'Neill dynasty, who lay with a hag, and became High King at Tara. 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! Donate to the Patreon Page! Also buy your tickets to the live show in Bellobar on...

Episode XXXIII: The Storyteller and the Beggar 24.07.2019 37:19

Kevin is a storyteller who loves stories about storytellers. This Fireside episode is just that: the tale of a champion storyteller who suffers a creative block for the very first time, and the lengths he must go to, to overcome it. 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! Donate to the Patreon Page! Also keep an eye...