Fireside: Recent Episodes
HeadStuff
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.
In episode 222 of Fireside, Kevin enters the world of Chinese Mythology with the ancient tale of the Zodiac. How it came about, what it's purpose was, and how its animals were chosen... 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 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=may2s9j4RLk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In episode 221 of Fireside, Kevin tells the Irish folk tale, of the tragedy of two lovers, and the vow of a princess to wait for her love, whatever the cost, even if it means spending an eternity as a fish... 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 Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In episode 220 or Fireside, Kevin tells the of the voyage of Máel Dúin, who's troubled birth leads him on a sea voyage to find his parents and avenge his father. But how many islands will it take to find his answer? 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 Source: maeldun_en.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In episode 219 of Fireside, Kevin dives into Egyptian Mythology with the epic love story of the goddess Isis and her husband Osiris. The King of all of Egypt is buried alive by his treacherous brother Set, but Isis will not rest until her husband is found - dead, alive...or in pieces... 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-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 Source: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/plutarch/moralia/isis_and_osiris*/a.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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-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 Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Tales-Ireland-William-Butler/dp/0684829525 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 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: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news Source: http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/regamna.html#1
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: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/dartaid.html
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-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://creativeenglishteacher.com/pages/anansi-and-the-sky-gods-stories
https://wilderutopia.com/traditions/myth/ashanti-of-ghana-how-spider-obtained-the-sky-gods-stories/
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-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: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Folk-Tales-Ireland-Slip-Cased/dp/1784289124/ref=sr_1_14?crid=230ZHLTKJG9UX&keywords=irish+fairy+and+folk+tales+yeats&qid=1668526428&sprefix=irish+fairy+and+folk+tales+yeats%2Caps%2C50&sr=8-14
Update Description
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 of the otherfolk...
Tickets to A Bard Is a Failed Poet: https://smockalley.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873633177
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: https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/academic/seanmeanghaeilge/cdi/texts/Meyer-Echtra-Nerai.pdf
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.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: https://www.amazon.com/Mythos-Stephen-Fry/dp/1452178917
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/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: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Folk-Tales-Ireland-Slip-Cased/dp/1784289124/ref=sr_1_14?crid=230ZHLTKJG9UX&keywords=irish+fairy+and+folk+tales+yeats&qid=1668526428&sprefix=irish+fairy+and+folk+tales+yeats%2Caps%2C50&sr=8-14
Update Description
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.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: https://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/regamon.html
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/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: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grimm-Tales-Young-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141442220
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-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Dickens/Carol/Dickens_Carol.pdf
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.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
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 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-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.amazon.com/LEGENDS-MAUI-Polynesian-Legends-Pacific-ebook/dp/B079QJ4K8X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=186IPZNSNKFQ5&keywords=maui+myths&qid=1670412441&sprefix=maui+myth%2Caps%2C352&sr=8-1
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-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Folk-Tales-Ireland-Slip-Cased/dp/1784289124/ref=sr_1_14?crid=230ZHLTKJG9UX&keywords=irish+fairy+and+folk+tales+yeats&qid=1668526428&sprefix=irish+fairy+and+folk+tales+yeats%2Caps%2C50&sr=8-14
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/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Folk-Tales-Ireland-Slip-Cased/dp/1784289124/ref=sr_1_14?crid=230ZHLTKJG9UX&keywords=irish+fairy+and+folk+tales+yeats&qid=1668526428&sprefix=irish+fairy+and+folk+tales+yeats%2Caps%2C50&sr=8-14
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-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fairy-Folk-Tales-Ireland-Slip-Cased/dp/1784289124/ref=sr_1_14?crid=230ZHLTKJG9UX&keywords=irish+fairy+and+folk+tales+yeats&qid=1668526428&sprefix=irish+fairy+and+folk+tales+yeats%2Caps%2C50&sr=8-14
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/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasury-Barnes-Leatherbound-Classic-Collection/dp/143516136X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K6VC5NZPLKN3&keywords=a+treasury+of+irish+fairy+and+folk+tales&qid=1661863067&sprefix=A+treasury+of+Irish%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1
Update Description
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.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasury-Barnes-Leatherbound-Classic-Collection/dp/143516136X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K6VC5NZPLKN3&keywords=a+treasury+of+irish+fairy+and+folk+tales&qid=1661863067&sprefix=A+treasury+of+Irish%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1
Update Description
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/gardensea-book-launch-tickets-439737184757?aff=erelexpmltOrder 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 - The Death Coach: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasury-Barnes-Leatherbound-Classic-Collection/dp/143516136X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K6VC5NZPLKN3&keywords=a+treasury+of+irish+fairy+and+folk+tales&qid=1661863067&sprefix=A+treasury+of+Irish%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1
Update Description
Source - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: https://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Irving/Sleepy/Irving_Sleepy.pdf
Source - All Soul's Night: https://kalliope.org/en/text/yeats2001062035
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: https://www.amazon.com/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasury-Barnes-Leatherbound-Classic-Collection/dp/143516136X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K6VC5NZPLKN3&keywords=a+treasury+of+irish+fairy+and+folk+tales&qid=1661863067&sprefix=A+treasury+of+Irish%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1
Update Description
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-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasury-Barnes-Leatherbound-Classic-Collection/dp/143516136X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K6VC5NZPLKN3&keywords=a+treasury+of+irish+fairy+and+folk+tales&qid=1661863067&sprefix=A+treasury+of+Irish%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1
Update Description
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-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8119/81194994.6.pdf
https://www.libraryireland.com/LegendaryFictionsIrishCelts/IV-12-1.php
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/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasury-Barnes-Leatherbound-Classic-Collection/dp/143516136X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K6VC5NZPLKN3&keywords=a+treasury+of+irish+fairy+and+folk+tales&qid=1661863067&sprefix=A+treasury+of+Irish%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1
Update Description
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-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8119/81194994.6.pdf
https://www.libraryireland.com/LegendaryFictionsIrishCelts/IV-12-1.php
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: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasury-Barnes-Leatherbound-Classic-Collection/dp/143516136X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K6VC5NZPLKN3&keywords=a+treasury+of+irish+fairy+and+folk+tales&qid=1661863067&sprefix=A+treasury+of+Irish%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1
Update Description
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/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8119/81194994.6.pdf
https://www.libraryireland.com/LegendaryFictionsIrishCelts/IV-12-1.php
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/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasury-Barnes-Leatherbound-Classic-Collection/dp/143516136X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K6VC5NZPLKN3&keywords=a+treasury+of+irish+fairy+and+folk+tales&qid=1661863067&sprefix=A+treasury+of+Irish%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-1
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: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8119/81194994.6.pdf
https://www.libraryireland.com/LegendaryFictionsIrishCelts/IV-12-1.php
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/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/news
Update Description
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.com/news
Update Description
Source: https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8119/81194994.6.pdf
In Fireside's second story on the bushranging bank robbing laggard that is Ned Kelly, we have two of the three great Kelly tales - The Fitzpatrick Incident and The Stringybark Shootout - which both cemented the larrikin's legacy...
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
Jerelderie Letter: https://www.murrumbidgee.nsw.gov.au/files/transcript_the_jerilderie_letter.pdf
Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna are invited to dinner with a mysterious warrior princess from Greece, but when things go sour who will defend Eire from The Grecian Princess?
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: https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8119/81194994.6.pdf
It's time to meet the Irish-Australian Folk Hero that has fascinated and divided people for nearly 150 years - In this first story we learn where Ned Kelly came from, who his parents were and about his first brushes with the law with his mentor Harry Power...
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
the first in a selection of Fionn 'Giant Tales' following in the vain of the very first ever episode of Fireside! In this tale, Fionn Mac Cumhaill is kidnapped by the King of the Giants, and it is up to his loyal friend Duirmuid to rescue him with a little help from a golden apple...
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: https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8119/81194994.6.pdf
A break in tradition with a story from the Aboriginal People of Western Australia - a story of seven sisters from the stars who are pursued by a group of unwanted men - it's a story that has a claim to being the oldest in the world...
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
The fourth and final tale of The Fenian Saga of The Battle of Ventry. Fionn Mac Cumhaill must finally defeat Dara Donn, The King of the World, but he'll need help. and that help will come in the form of the Gods, but not the Celtic Gods, but the Gods of Mount Olympus...
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: https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8119/81194994.6.pdf
A folk tale following the adventures of the son of the King of Ireland as he goes to find a girl with raven black hair, and Snow White skin, and blood red lips...on his way he receives help from a host of characters large and small - but what will happen when he reaches the Eastern World?
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: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Beside_the_fire
In our third story from the epic Battle of Ventry - The father and son team of Oisin and Osgar of the Fianna, face off against the sons of the Champion of the King of the World - but when the champion himself enters the fray, Fionn Mac Cumhaill receives aid from the young son of the King of Ulster...
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: https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8119/81194994.6.pdf
In episode 173, A tailor kills a fly with his pin, and becomes so confident he believes he can slay giants, build a king's court and win the heart of a princess. Confidence is key.
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
In the second story from our look at the The Battle of Ventry - The Fianna arrive to fight the King of the World and his armies - and the first into the fight is the grandson of Fionn MacCumhaill - Osgar. But not far behind him is the bard of the Fianna and Osgar's father - Oisín.
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: https://digital.nls.uk/dcn6/8119/81194994.6.pdf
In episode 171, Kevin tells the tale of a poor young man in County Galway, and his rivalry with a vicious weasel who may be more than she seems...
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
In episode 170 of Fireside, we begin an exciting new chapter with The Battle of Ventry - the epic saga of the battle between the forces of The King of the World and with the Fianna, and their leader Fionn Mac Cumhaill. in this first part we meet the King of the World and learn how Ireland is his last unconquered nation, and how and who told him where the best place to attack was...
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
The tale of a group of Dublin hunters who run into a hound from hell and seven daughters with very very long teeth...
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
In episode 168 of Fireside, Kevin concludes the sage of Grace O'Malley with the tale of the final years of the life of Ireland's Pirate Queen.
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
In episode 167 of Fireside, Kevin tells a folk tale from the border between Roscommon and Mayo - of a mysterious court that appears, of the mythological figure dwelling inside, and of a rivalry between lofty priests and lowly friars.
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
in episode 166 of Fireside, we reach the climax of our look at the legends of Grace O'Malley, with the astonishing meeting between Ireland's Pirate Queen and the Queen of England - Elizabeth I.
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
in episode 165 of Fireside, Kevin tells of the son of a king in Connaught, who goes on a quest to find the enchanted healing water only found in a well all the way at the end of the world...
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
In episode 164 of Fireside, Kevin continues our look at Ireland's Pirate Queen, with a look at Grace's involvement with the Spanish Armada, the Irish rebellions of her time, and of her greatest rival; Sir Richard Bingham...
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
In episode 163of Fireside, Kevin tells the the legend of the mysterious island of Hy-Brazil, which turns from mist to land as it moves closer to the west of ireland, but once every seven years…
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
In episode 162 of Fireside, We continue our look at Ireland’s Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley with the story of how Granuaille got embroiled in the growing conflict between Gaelic Ireland and the English Crown…
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
In episode 161 of Fireside, Kevin tells the folk tale of the Alp-Luachra, a newt-like faerie who feeds of the ‘quintessence of life…’ so beware sleeping open mouthed by a stream!
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
In episode 160 of Fireside, We continue our look at Ireland’s Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley with the story of the two most important relationships in her life - her second marriage to Chieftian Richard in Irons Burke, and her youngest son Theobald of the Ships, who was born at sea…
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
In episode 159, Kevin tells the tale of The Lost City of Ys - a city built on low lying land on the coastline of Brittany, that was ruled by a debaucherous princess, and which was fated to be known as The Celtic Atlantis.
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
In episode 158, Kevin continues his look at the legend of Grace O’Malley, Ireland’s Pirate Queen. In Part II, we hear of the vengeance for the death of a lover, the siege of a chapel, and the kidnapping of the grandson of the Earl of Howth, in the name of hospitality…
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
In episode 157 of Fireside, Kevin tells the folk tale of a fisherman who makes a bargain with a sea maiden - his unborn son for plenty of fish…
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
In episode 156 of Fireside, Kevin tells the first part of the story of Grace O’ Malley, better known as Granuaille - and of her rise to power in male dominated worlds of the land and sea…
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
Grace O’Malley book by Anne Chambers - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grace-OMalley-Biography-Irelands-1530-1603-ebook/dp/B00820UASM/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3E1ER4ST7DCOV&keywords=Grace+o+Malley&qid=1641379284&sprefix=grace+o+malley%2Caps%2C364&sr=8-3
In the second edition of A Fireside Christmas, Kevin gets you in the Festive spirit with tales and verse from Ireland, Denmark and America, with readings of Advent by Patrick Kavanagh, The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen and A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore
Follow on Instagram: @firesidebard
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
In episode 154 of Fireside, Kevin tells of the story of how the seagull stole it’s ability to swim from the naive oystercatcher - and how this tale and the lore of Duke Street, Dublin’s most literary street, inspired the poem from Kevin’s book Gardensea - The Oystercatcher’s Loss.
Follow on Instagram: @firesidebard
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
In episode 153 of Fireside, Kevin tells stories of the seal and folklore of the sea, and how it inspired the poem from his book Gardensea - Crios Weaver. Also includes stories of his own grandfather and of the folklore of the badger.
Buy tickets to Fireside Live!: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/fireside-live-three-year-anniversary-tickets-211051630107
Pre-Order Gardensea in Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/
Pre-Order Gardensea on Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Gardensea+book&qid=1638229701&qsid=258-1587255-3860966&sr=8-1&sres=B09M7T184P%2C0711950881%2C0946535175%2CB08VTWDXZ4%2C0634045539%2C1616776501%2C0634001825%2C0345449037%2C1671324080%2C1495062570%2C0739042459%2C0882849018%2C1423472640%2CB08MHLMYJC%2C1495098931%2C1523673826&srpt=ABIS_BOOK
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 152 of Fireside, in anticipation of Kevin’s upcoming book Gardensea - he tells the folklore and stories of the Irish and the American with the blackbird and the eagle, including a particular meeting between the two on the coldest night ever felt in Ireland…or was there a colder one before? Kevin also reads the poem from his colleciton St. Kevin and the Angels.
Follow Kevin on Instagram: @firesidebard
Buy tickets to Fireside Live!: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/fireside-live-three-year-anniversary-tickets-211051630107
Pre-Order Gardensea in Paperback: https://shop.headstuff.org/product/gardensea-by-fireside-host-k-c-olohan-preorder/
Pre-Order Gardensea on Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Gardensea+book&qid=1638229701&qsid=258-1587255-3860966&sr=8-1&sres=B09M7T184P%2C0711950881%2C0946535175%2CB08VTWDXZ4%2C0634045539%2C1616776501%2C0634001825%2C0345449037%2C1671324080%2C1495062570%2C0739042459%2C0882849018%2C1423472640%2CB08MHLMYJC%2C1495098931%2C1523673826&srpt=ABIS_BOOK
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 151 of Fireside, and the first of our specials on his upcoming book - Gardensea, Kevin explores the folklore and stories of the uneasy allies, the fox and the wolf, including a tale of when the two had to team up to rob a larder bare… - and reads his own poem that was inspired by this lore - Fox and Bully.
Follow Kevin on Instagram: @firesidebard
BOOK TICKETS to Fireside Live: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/fireside-live-three-year-anniversary-tickets-211051630107
Pre-Order Gardensea on Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Gardensea+book&qid=1637776214&qsid=258-1587255-3860966&sr=8-1&sres=B09M7T184P%2C0946535175%2C1616776501%2C0634045539%2C0634001825%2C1671324080%2C1495062570%2C0345449037%2CB08VTWDXZ4%2C0739042459%2C1423472640%2CB016IKFDK2%2C1890534013%2C0882849018%2C1495094855%2C0895249413&srpt=ABIS_BOOK
Support at HeadStuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
Fireside is turning three and Kevin has two very special announcements: the upcoming release of his first book, and the return of live storytelling!
PRE-ORDER the KINDLE version of GARDENSEA on Amazon now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardensea-Neo-Myth-K-C-Olohan-ebook/dp/B09M7T184P/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Gardensea+book&qid=1637325186&qsid=258-1587255-3860966&sr=8-4&sres=0634001825%2CB09M7T184P%2C0345449037%2C1616776501%2C0634045539%2C1671324080%2C1495062570%2C0711950881%2CB08VTWDXZ4%2C0739042459%2C0946535175%2C0882849018%2C0634020315%2C1495094855%2CB016IKFDK2%2C1495098931&srpt=ABIS_BOOK
BOOK Tickets to FIRESIDE LIVE!: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/fireside-live-three-year-anniversary-tickets-211051630107
For more information, questions or queries go to: https://www.instagram.com/firesidebard/?hl=en
Or email: thefiresidebard@gmail,com
In the 150th episode of Fireside, Kevin completes his adaptation of The Mabinogion - the tales of Welsh Mythology with the story of a young boy who is cursed by his step mother to love no others before he wins the heart of a giant’s daughter.
Follow Kevin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/firesidebard/
Support at HeadStuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 149, Kevin tells of the dream of a knight - a dream that takes him back to Arthurian times, to meet the Bane of Britian and witness a feud between attendants and an unkindness of ravens….
Follow Kevin on Instagram: @firesidebard
Support at HeradStuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 148 of Fireside, Kevin tells of a love story gone wrong - as the marriage of the knight Geraint and the princess Enid, is soured by rumour and crossed wires. Can their relationship survive? Will their lives survive?
This continues our adaptation of The Mabinogion, the tales of Welsh Mythology.
Follow Kevin on Instagram: @firesidebard
Support at HeadStuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 147 of Fireside, Kevin celebrates Halloween by readings and discussions of more gothic literature and pagan inspired poetry. Featuring:
Samhain by Annie Finch
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti
In epsidoe 146, Kevin tells of the knight Arthur’s knight Geraint, and his defence of the honour of Gwenovere. There’s jousting, violence and romance - what’s not to like?
This continues The Mabinogion, the tales of Welsh Mythology.
Support at HeadStuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
Follow on Instagram: @firesidebard
In episode 145 of Fireside, Kevin tells of the knight Owain who goes to defeat the mysterious knight of the fountain. What Owain does not anticipate, is falling in love with the knight’s wife…
This continues our look at The Mabinogion - the tales of Welsh Mythology.
Follow Kevin on Instagram: @firesidebard
Support on HeadStuff+:https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 144, Kevin tells of two brothers - one the King of the Britons, the other the King of France, one kind and powerful; the other wise and prudent. These two brothers must join their skills and talents to overcome three plagues gripping the island of Britain.
Follow Kevin on Instagram: @firesidebard
Support at HeadStuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 143 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of a Roman Emperor who dreams of the love of his life and must travel across the sea to the land of Wales to find her - even if it costs him Rome.
This continues Fireside’s adaptation of The Mabinogion - the stories from Welsh Mythology.
Follow on Instagram: @firesidebard
Support Kevin at HeadStuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 142, Kevin tells the final tale of Peruder, knight of King Arthur, who is falsely insulted and goes in search of the the Fortress of Wonders to clear his good name! This continues the stories of the Mabinogion, the tales of Welsh Mythology.
Follow Kevin on Instagram: @firesidebard
Support the podcast on HeadStuff+:
https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 141 of Fireside, Kevin continues his journey through the Mabinogion - the tales of Welsh Mythology - with the Arthurian Knight’s Tale of Peredur and his adventures with the Sons of the King of Suffering, the Countess of the Feats and the Mound of Mourning - where dwells the Serpent of the Cairn…
Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner
Follow Kevin: @firesidebard
In episode 140 of Fireside, Kevin continues the Mabinogion, the tales of Welsh Mythology, with the Arthurian romance of Peredur - the knight who swears to not speak to a Christian soul, until he earns the care of the woman he loves.
Support at HeadStuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
Follow Kevin: @firesidebard
In episode 139 of Fireside, Kevin begins the Three Welsh Romances of The Mabinogion, the tales of Welsh Mythology, with the story of Peredur - a young lad who dreams of of becoming one of King Arthur’s Knights.
Follow Kevin on Instagram: @firesidebard
Support at Headstuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 138 of Fireside, Kevin tells the final part of the fourth branch of the Mabinogion - the tales of Welsh mythology - with the troubled marriage of a man and his wife made of flowers: infidelity, treachery and vengeance abound…
Follow Kevin on Instagram: @firesidebard
Support on Headstuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
In episode 137 of Fireside; Kevin continues the fourth branch of the Mabinogi, the tales of Welsh Mythology - by telling the story of a young boy cursed by his mother for the crime of his own birth. But there is more to Arianrhod’s wrath…
In episode 136 of Fireside; Kevin tells the dark and sinister tale of the fourth branch of the Mabinogion - the tales of Welsh Mythology. Math is lord in the north, Pryderi is lord in the south. Math has two nephews - one is in love with Math’s foot maiden, the other will do anything to help his brother - anything.
Support the podcast: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/owner/shows/fireside
Follow Kevin on Instagram: @firesidebard
In episode 135 of Fireside; Kevin tells the third branch of the Mabinogion - the tales of Welsh Mythology. It’s the story of a mysterious mist that descends over the kingdom of Dyfed - a mist that wipes out all living creatures, except for four heroes - who must travel to England to work their trade…
Support at Headstuff+: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/
in episode 134 of Fireside; Kevin tells the second part of the second branch of the Mabinogion - the collection of tales from Welsh Mythology. Branwen, Princess of Wales is being mistreated in Ireland by her husband Matholych - King of Ireland - So her brother Bendigeidfran sails to Ireland and war. Follow Kevin on Instagram: @Firesidebard Support Fireside: https://headstuffpodcasts.com/
In episode 133 of Fireside, Kevin begins the second branch of the Mabinogion - the tales of Welsh Mythology; with the story of the marriage of the chief princess of Wales and the King of Ireland.
In episode 133 of Fireside Kevin tells the third and final part of the first branch of The Mabinogion - The welsh myth of the birth and mysterious disappearance of the son and heir of Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed and his wife Rhiannon.
In episode 132 of Fireside, Kevin continues with the first branch of the Mabinogion of Welsh Mythology, which tells of how Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed met the love of his life - Rhiannon.
In episode 130 of Fireside; Kevin embarks into uncharted waters with the world of Welsh mythology - This is the first part of the first branch of the Mabinogion - it tells of Pwyll Prince of the kingdom of Dyfed, who wrongs the king of an enchanted other world and must make amends by taking the king’s place for one year.
In episode 129 of Firesiee; Kevin tells the third and final part of the epic tale of Conall Yellowclaw - who must save his sons from the Hangman’s noose through the power of his own storytelling. In this part, Conall recounts an encounter with a young mother who must offer up her baby to a cyclops if Conall does not intervene…
In episode 128 of Fireside, Kevin tells the second of the epic three part tale of Conall Yellowclaw - who must save the lives of his three sons, with three epic tales. In part II, Conall must use his cunning to escape the clutches of a giant and his flock of goats.
In episode 127 of Fireside; Kevin tells the first of three parts of the epic folk tale of Conall Yellowclaw - who must fight for the lives of his three sons, with only the power of his storytelling.
In episode 126 of Fireside, Kevin tells the mythological tale of Fintan Mac Bochra’s final days and his meeting with the ancient and potentially malevolent Hawk of Achill.
In episode 125 of Fireside, Kevin tells the Scottish folk tale of a high lord, who hires the services of a sprightly tailor to sew him a new pair of trousers...and also to investigate a supposedly haunted church...
In episode 124 of Fireside, Kevin tells a story of how and why the provinces of Ireland, were and are still divided up. It’s a story of feasts, sages and angelic giants.
In episode 123 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of a young woman who encounters a leprechaun working on a holy day. She tries to get some beer and something shiny out of him, but how will that work out in the end?
In episode 122 of Fireside; Kevin tells of the fourth landing on the island of Ireland - The men of bags themselves - the Fir Bolg. It’s the story of the landing of the Tuatha De Danann...from the other point of view...
In episode 121 of Fireside, Kevin tells the folk tale of a rich woman whose peace is disturbed one night by the arrival of a witch with one horn...and a witch with two horns...and a witch with three horns...they just keep coming.
In episode 120 of Fireside: Kevin tells of the third people to inhabit the island of Ireland - A people from the Greek nation of Scythia, in search of a Tower of Gold, and finding Ireland instead...
In episode 119 of Fireside, Kevin tells the folk tale of a hero from Irealnd’s past, who dabbled in the dark arts and was fated to fight in the Great War for Irish freedom...but what happens when his wife discovers his secrets?
In episode 118 of Fireside, Kevin tells of the second landing on the island of Eire - of a Greek Prince named Parthalon, who kills his own father, and must flee his home - taking refuge on the tiny windy island we now call Ireland...
In episode 117 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of twelve brothers who are transformed into wild geese, and their younger sister, who must be the one to break the curse.
‘Before the Tuatha De Dannan, before the Gaels, Before the Fir Bolg and Fomorians there was..nothing. Or rather; there was no one...”
in episode 116, Kevin tells the tale of Ireland’s original landing - by a granddaughter of Noah called Cesair, and her endeavour to escape the Flood!
A changeling folk tale, of the problem child of a Tipperary couple and his preternatural musical gifts...
In episode 114 of Fireside, Kevin tells the self-contained fetch-quest tale of The Dagda’s Harp - the instrument of the all-father of Irish Mythology, that could make it’s listener weep, or laugh, or sleep - it all depended on the Dagda’s intention!
In episode 113, Kevin tells a tale of a Kemp - a spinning competition to determine the eligibility for marriage of young Irish woman It’s a story of two rival kempers and a little old woman with a mysterious name...and it all feels very like a tale from the Brothers Grimm...
In episode 112 of Fireside, we meet Brigid - Christian nun or pagan fire goddess? Perhaps both? We’ll discuss both St. Brigid of Kildare, and her alter ego/inspiration Brigid - Goddess of the Tuatha De Danann.
In episode 111 of Fireside, Kevin tells a folk tale about enchanted faerie hills and faerie trees, and what happens if you build a house on, or even near them!
In episode 110 of Fireside, we explore some of the appearances and deeds of Aengus Òg of the Tuatha Dè Dannan. In more recent times he has been known as a God of Love, but where did this idea begin? Let’s find out.
In episode 109 of Fireside, Kevin adapts a tale from the American South West, from The Coyote Under the Table by Joe Hayes. The tale tells of a poor young boy, adopted as a goat herd, and the magical gifts he receives from a benevolent stranger - a napkin that produces food, and an instrument that makes all those who hear dance uncontrollably!
In episode 108 of Fireside, Kevin tells the mythological story of the origins of the River Boyne - the results of curious goddess and an enchanted well. Also of this goddess’ love affair with the father of all Gods - and the result of their union...
In episode 107 of Fireside, Kevin tells a Galway folktale about a poet named Seanchan, whose satire got him in hot water, with the gigantic and monstrous King of the Cats.
In episode 106, Kevin delves deeper in the individual Gods of Irish Mytholgoy with two tales of Manannán Mac Lir - God of the Sea
In episode 105, Kevin tells the earliest recorded tale to feature an Irish God - the story of Bran - High King of Ireland, and his encounter with Manannan Mac Lir - God of the Sea
Epsiode 104 is a very Christmassy Fireside! Kevin reads Kavanagh’s A Christmas Childhood, the Dickens story that inspired A Christmas Carol, and the greatest Christmas fairytale of them all - Fairytale of New York
In episode 104, Kevin tells festive tales to warm the winter months - reclaiming pagan traditions of a Christianised holiday - the two birds of Christmas - the good natured, kind hearted robin and the clever, mischievous trickster wren.
Kevin tells the story of Connlae, son of Conn of the Hundred Battles, in a tale that is the earliest surviving medieval Irish text...how’s it holding up?
In episode 101, Kevin returns to his home county of Wicklow, for a story about a local chieftain, who, in old age, adopts an unusual pet. But when the companion grows old like her master, the two must seek the help of the namesake of your Fireside Bard: Kevin of Glendalough.
The 100th episode of Fireside! Appropriately; Kevin of the Hundred Episodes tells of Conn of the Hundred Battles. He also discusses the journey of the podcast up to this point - from Yeats to Fry. Listen to the end, for a special surprise: a remembrance of the very first episode!
Episode 99 - The epic finale of Norse Mythology. The doom of the Gods. Kevin tells how it happened. Or how it will happen. Has it happened yet?
Episode 98 - Norse Mythology is unique in that it has a beginning...and a definitive end. In this episode Kevin builds the tower of cards that would collapse with the story of the shining God Baldr, and how his death led to the doom of the Gods.
Episode 97 - Kevin returns to the familiar territory of the leader of the Fianna; Fionn Mac Cumhaill - in a tale which grew from Norse Mytholgy.
Fionn and his hunting party take refuge in an old man’s house. There’s a goat and beautiful young woman, but is all what it seems?
Episode 96 is The second Halloween special of Fireside; celebrating the gothic and the ghoulish in Irish literature, poetry and song.
Kevin reads the eerie ballad of The LaKe of the Dismal Swamp
Frankenstein’s monster is loose in Ireland?
And I’ve heard of Christmas songs, but what about Halloween songs?
Also discussions on the pagan feast of Samhain, its ties to mythology and other customs we still celebrate.
In Episode 95 Kevin dips another toe into the bulging, brutish and brilliant world of Norse Mytholgy with Thor and Loki’s adventure to Jottenheim - The Land of Giants. But all is not as it seems...
Episode 94 - This week on Fireside, Kevin gives the conclusion of the epic saga of Ireland’s Warrior King - Brian Boru, and clears the history from the myth, while keeping the story!
This week on Fireside is Episode 93: The Cow that Ate the Piper
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 92: Brian Boru – The Emperor of Ireland
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 91: The Secret Token
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 90: Brian Boru – Ireland’s Warrior 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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 89: Seán na Bánóige – Part II
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 88: The Battle of 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! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support!
This week on Fireside is Episode 87: Seán na Bánóige – Part I
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 86: The Origin of the Norse
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 85: The Queen of the Planets
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 84: The Wars of the Gael and the Gaul
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 83: The Cat and the Rat
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 82: The Doctor of Little Aran
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 81: The Three Laughs of the Leprechaun
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 80: The Remarkable Rocket
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 79: The Devoted Friend
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 78: Bedding St. Kevin
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 77: The Dargle Lovers
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 76: The Selfish Giant
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
This week on Fireside is Episode 75: The Hungry Grass
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 74: The Nightingale and the Rose
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 73: The Devil is in the Glen
A folk tale from Co. Wicklow about the lore behind the Devils Glen, a mysterious woodland in the Wicklow hills that once contained the beast from Hell.
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 72: The Happy Prince
The first story from the Wilde Cycle, Kevin’s adaptations of the Fairy Tale’s of Oscar Wilde. We begin with the iconic Happy Prince. The story of the friendship between a little swallow and the statue of a Happy Prince.
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 71: A Clash of Faith
A Wicklow Folk Tale about a Protestant landowner and his Catholic indentured servant, rivals in faith, in life...and in death.
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!
This week on Fireside is Episode 70: The Death of Cú Chulainn
The final tale from the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology tells of the final battle and death of the greatest hero this island has ever known: Cú 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 Patreon Page to show your support!
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! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support!
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 support!
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!
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 just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support!
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!
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 donate to the Patreon Page to show your support!
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!
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!
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 support!
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!
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 show your support!
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! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support!
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!
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 Patreon Page to show your support!
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 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!
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 say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support!
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!
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!
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!
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 Patreon Page to show your support!
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!
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 the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support!
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 for the podcast, or just want to say hi! Please donate to the Patreon Page to show your support!
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!
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 Patreon Page to show your support!
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!
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!
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 show your support!
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!
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 show your support!
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!
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!
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 show in Bellobar on the 22nd of August here!
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 Page! Also buy your tickets to the live show in Bellobar on the 22ns of August here!
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 22ns of August here!
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 the 22ns of August here!
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 out for the live show in Bellobar!
In the first story of the Historical or King Cycle of Irish Mythology, we tell the tale of the long and bloody path to the throne Labhraidh Loingseach, a good king with a terrible secret...
This week on Fireside is a folk tale from county Clare, sourced from J.M. Synge's book on the Aran Islands, The Lady O'Connor tells of poor boy's quest to marry a rich girl, and the bargain he makes to get what he wants...
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 and help the show go live! We appreciate your support!
In the 30th episode of Fireside, Kevin tells one of the most famous Irish myths of all time: Oisín and Niamh's adventures in Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth...
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 and help the show go live! We appreciate your support!
A folk tale from the county of Cavan about the love between siblings and the dangers of Irish peat bogs...also Faeries and their horses.
In the climactic final battle of the Fenian Cycle of Irish Mythology, Kevin tells of the causes, lead up to and casualties of the great Battle of Gabhra. this conflict would bring about the end of the Fianna of Ireland.
This week on Fireside is an early Irish variation on the fairy tale of Cinderella: Fair, Brown and Trembling, which tells the classic tale of a beautiful young princess, and the torment she goes through at the hands of her cruel older sisters... that is, until she meets the local hen wife...
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 and help the show go live!
On Fireside this week, is another tale from the Fenian Cycle of Irish Mythology, of Fionn Mac Cumhaill's relationship with a vengeful young Scandinavian Prince, and the mysterious hostel where Fionn and his hunting party are lured...
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 and help the show go live!
This week on Fireside, a folk tale from County Mayo, about a young boy from Castlebar named Guleesh, who goes on an epic quest with a bunch of fairies to rescue the Princess of France...But all is not as it seems!
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 and help the show go live!
As we approach the climax of the Fenian cycle of Irish Mythology on Fireside, Kevin tells epic love story of the Princess Gráinne and her love Diarmuid O'Duibhne, and their flight from Fionn Mac Cumhaill... whom Gráinne was meant to marry!
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 and help the show go live!
On this week's Fireside, a recent folk tale from the County of Limerick. Kevin tells the tale of two young girls who encounter an old woman in the woods in the company of a tall, mysterious and dangerous figure... Danno or the Devil?
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 and help the show go live!
This week on Fireside, continuing our look at the Fenian Cycle of Irish Mythology, Kevin tells of the legend of Sadhbh, the first and most beloved wife of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, who was transformed into the form of a deer by a dark druid whose love Sadhbh spurned...
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 and help the show go live!
In another episode of Irish American Folklore on Fireside, Kevin tells the story of a young woman named Pretty Polly and her dealings with a mysterious stranger called Mr. Fox... There's murder, mystery and even a talking parrot.
Get in touch with the show on Kevin's Instagram and Twitter if you have any ideas for the podcast. Donate to the Patreon Page and help the show go live!
In our continuing look at the Fenian Cycle of Irish Mythology, on this week's Fireside, the great warrior Fionn Mac Cumhaill finally takes his place as the leader of the Fianna. But first, he must defeat a magical harp-playing fire-breathing demon!
Give Kevin a follow on Instagram and Twitter, and get in touch if you have any ideas for the podcast!
On this Fireside, Kevin tells the Irish American Folk Tale of a the rivalry between two rich and greedy farmers named Hudden and Dudden, and a young Irish woman. There’s mischief, deception and talking crows. What’s not to like?
Get a glimpse into Kevin's life back this side of the Atlantic, on Instagram and Twitter @olohansolo.
Continuing the Fenian Cycle of Irish Mythology on this week's Fireside, Kevin tells of the boyhood deeds of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, of his training with the poet, Finegas and the catching of a famous enchanted fish—The Salmon of Knowledge!
Enjoying the podcast? Why not show your appreciation on Kevin's Twitter and Instagram pages!
This week on Fireside is another American Folk Tale. 'The Cunning Thief' is about a young man named Jack with an incredible aptitude for cunning and thievery.
Catch up with Kevin, as he prepares to return home to Ireland from his US tour on Instagram and Twitter @olohansolo
This week on Fireside, we begin our look at the Fenian Cycle of Irish Mythology, as Kevin tells the story of the foundations of the warrior clan known as the Fianna, and of the birth of their greatest leader: FIonn Mac Cumhaill.
Check in with Kevin on tour, on Twitter and Instagram @olohansolo.
In our first look at an Irish American Folk Tale on Fireside, Kevin tells the story of a bad blacksmith who is granted three wishes, which ends in a conflict with the devil himself.
Catch up with real-life Fireside Bard, Kevin on Twitter and Instagram @olohansolo.
This week on Fireside is the final story of the Irish Mythological Cycle: The Landing of the Gael. This is the tale of the mortal men who would arrive on the shores of Ireland, to overthrow the Tuatha Dé Danann. We also finally meet Ériu, Fodhla and Banba, and learn how Ireland got it's name.
Why not give Kevin a follow on Instagram and Twitter. For the craic, like.
On unlucky episode 13 of Fireside, Kevin tells the folk tale of a change in fortune for a young hunchback boy, who gets mixed up with the other folk. There's some music, and even a bit of the Irish language!
Get a glimpse into the life of a touring Firside Bard on Twitter and Instagram @olohansolo.
This week on Fireside is the most famous tale from the Mythological Cycle, and probably the most famous Irish myth of all time: The Children of Lir.
The Children of Lir is an imaginative, vivid and deeply tragic tale, of a man's love for his children, a step mother's jealousy and the 900 year torment she cursed them with.
Receive constant updates from your favourite Fireside Bard on Twitter and Instagram @olohansolo.
This week on Fireside, we hear a fairy story of a tobacco obsessed farmer who goes on a journey to find his precious smoke. A journey that takes him all the way to America! This is... The Tobacco Quest
Find out about your Fireside Bard, and his activities apart from his story telling duties on Twitter and Instagram @olohansolo.
The climax of the Irish Mythological Cycle. This week on Fireside, Kevin gives the epic conclusion to the Lugh and Bres Saga, in which the Tuatha Dé Danann, face off against the dreaded Fomorians, in The Great Battle of Magh Tuireadh.
Do follow Kevin on Twitter and Instagram @olohansolo to find out about his activities away from the Fireside.
This week on Fireside, Kevin tells the story of a fisherman’s obsessive pursuit of a merrow, and of what he finds when he is invited into that merrow’s home, at the bottom of the sea… Find out in… The Soul Cages.
To find out more about what your Fireside Bard is up to, follow Kevin on Twitter and Instagram @olohansolo.
This week on Fireside, in our continuing look at Irish Mythology, Kevin tells story of three sons who greatly wronged Lugh, King of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the Herculean quest they were sent on as penance.
Make sure to follow Kevin on Twitter and Instagram @olohansolo.
Changelings have always been one of the darkest, strangest, and most enduring aspects of Irish Folklore. In this story on Fireside, Kevin tells of the actions of one woman, who suspected her own baby was one of the “other people.”
We then take a look at about background and lore of the Changelings themselves...
Make sure to follow Kevin on Twitter and Instagram @olohansolo.
Continuing our look at Irish Mythology, Kevin tells the story of the life of Lugh Lámh Fhada (of the long arm), mighty King of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and one of the greatest and most important heroes in Irish Mythology. From the prophecy of his birth to his arrival at the gates of the Tuatha Dé Danann
The Irish are known as a nation of storytellers. In Episode V of Fireside, Kevin tells the story of the series of unfortunate events that followed an Irishman who had no story to tell!
This week on Fireside, Kevin continues his take on early Irish mythology with the story of the reign of Bres – the beautiful, but miserable king of the Tuath Dé Danann. We'll also find out about the earliest prosthetic limb in mythology...
This week on Fireside, Kevin tells a folktale about a blind Uilleann Pipers, beautiful mermaids and a tune that makes everyone who hears it dance uncontrollably. He also talks about the folklore surrounding Merrows in Ireland.
The Coming of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Kevin tells of the arrival in Ireland of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the earliest Gods of Ancient Ireland, and their great battle with the Firbolgs. He also talks about the Queen of all Irish Folklore herself: Lady Gregory!
Kevin tells of the Legend of Knockmany, of Fionn Mac Cumhalls great batttle with a Scottish Giant named Bennandonner and of the creation of the Giants Causeway. He also gives a background to the creation of Fireside.
Fireside is the new 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.
Available on HeadStuff.org and all Podcast apps.