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    Candlelit Tales Irish Mythology Podcast

    We are a group of storytellers, performers, and musicians. We tell Irish myths to a live audience with live music.
    Candlelit Tales was founded by brother-sister storytelling duo Aron and Sorcha Hegarty. Driven by a passion for Irish mythology, we started retelling the stories to a near-empty room upstairs in a Dublin pub one rainy evening in November. The next week, the room was a lot less empty, and we were joined by musician Ru O’Sé. By the fourth week, the room was full, and so was the hall outside. We realised that when we share our passion, it becomes contagious. And we’ve been telling stories and playing music from that day to this.

    Since then, over the past five years of telling stories in the capital of this nation of storytellers, we have developed and refined our uniquely expressive, naturalistic and modern style. Live music is the heartbeat of all our performances, and a live original music score composed by a team of talented musicians drives the rhythm of the stories

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    Episode 182 - Samhain Stories - The Púca Of Cillín Nov 16, 2022
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    Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast. ‘Tis the season for spooky folktales, and in this series, we will tell you more of our favourites. In this episode, we take a look at one of the many and varied forms of the Púca, who can appear as a creature of the otherworld, a human, an animal, and much more besides. In this tale, the Púca seems to cry out against an injustice in Co. Donegal. But on further investigation, the crime was more complicated than it seemed, and its only real witness spoke from beyond the grave. This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Triggers include mentions of violence, death, and child abandonment.


    Episode 181 - Samhain Stories - The Púca Of Kildare Oct 31, 2022
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    Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast. ‘Tis the season for spooky folktales, and in this series, we will tell you more of our favourites. In this episode, we take a look at another one of the many and varied forms of the Púca, who can appear as a creature of the otherworld, a human, an animal, and much more besides. In this tale, the Púca arrive at a big house in Kildare in the shape of an ass, or a donkey with long ears and golden eyes. The servants find out that the Púca has been put under a curse to clean up and do their work for them, so the lazy servants stop working all together, making even more work for the Púca. But things don't quite work out how they had planned. This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Triggers include mentions of violence, death, and child abandonment. Check out the Púca Festival website for our upcoming shows with them this October: https://pucafestival.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast


    Episode 180 - Samhain Stories - The Demon Cat Oct 29, 2022
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    Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast. ‘Tis the season for spooky folktales, and in this series, we will tell you more of our favourites. This epsiode tells the story of a demonic attack on an innocent person, and how the creature was finally overcome. This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Triggers include mentions of violence, animal cruelty and death. Check out the Púca Festival website for our upcoming shows with them this October: https://pucafestival.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast


    Episode 179 - Samhain Stories - Dearg Du Oct 26, 2022
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    Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast. ‘Tis the season for spooky folktales, and in this series, we will tell you more of our favourites. In this episode, Aron retells the story of the Dearg Du, the vampiric creature of Irish folklore. This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Triggers include mentions of violence, death, sexual violence and coercive control. https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast


    Episode 178.5 - The Bloody Potatoes - Sorcha Live In The Crypt - Dublin Ireland Oct 24, 2022
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    Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast, and this bonus episode of a show recorded live in the crypts below Christchurch. This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Triggers include mentions of violence, animal abuse or death, child abuse, body horror, and worse. Listener discretion is advised. Check out the Púca Festival website for our upcoming shows with them this October: https://pucafestival.com/ #candlelittales #candlelittalespodcast #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #patreon #thankyou #subscribe #youtube #spotify #amazon https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast Thank you to our patrons; Janette Fetter Jessica Scarlata Valkyrie Robyn Daniel Seif Emily Allard Jayne e mcgibbon Martin Susan Degnan Dionne De Gouveia Ayn Cates Sullivan Emozo Jonathan Doyle Deirdre Nic Eoin Hazel Elaine Conroy Shauna Dolan Claire Mary Jo Ní Éalaithe Richy Byrne Fionán Mac Giolla Bhríde Ríana Minogue Ellen Mandeville Kathryn Liam McKeown Creideamh M eoin diamond Elias Lawliet Em Atropa Emmit Elias Batchelder Cathal McGovern Envihon Margaret Anderson Kelliher Brianna Murphy Blake Cathy Jacobus Jackie Colpitts Jan Plewa Pat Fallon Emma Daniels Riah Creighton freya carol soth AR Melissa Fritz Julie Brett keven siegert Tyler Eamonn McCrory E Williams Melissa MacDonald Annie Dennison Jessica Lehrsmith Mandy McKerl the all seeing guy Dinne Mamisch Natalie Hogan Kirk Freeman Ciara Joyce Noah Doucet Bill Langdon Paul McDonald Jennifer Curry Izzy Sarah Courtney Murphy Meirbhin O Conaill Jen Neid Richard Harvey Jason Bell Rosemary Tadhg Norgrove Brenna myers Jeremy Gilbert Susanna Pilny Maria Gehl Karen Dylan Shevlin Sally Curran Ellie Cawte Alana Rush Aaron D Mulhern x Thomas Cotter Kyle Mathews Liz Hinton Jitka Svobodova Claire McCafferty Cú Roí Mac Dáiri Desiree Lamb Bess Nicolds Gigi Cobbe Marc Rhodes-Taylor Alexandra French Maralena Murphy haleh roshan Aoife Duffy Bean Blackett Keziah Gibbons Bridget Ryan Robert Gallagher Emer M Emily Phelps Alexandra James Basquill Colleen Eldridge Anne Davis Kerry Reidy Kerry-Leigh McCartney Kelly McDonald Patrick Demon Niki Meadhra Elizabeth Milliken S.R. Harrell Louise Mckenna O'hanlon Bethany Andrews Richard Boyd Ana Herrero L B Lorien Ennis Maria Magee Jorgia Clare Chiara De Santi Andrew Thomson Jay Mevorach Liam Henrie Ann Freeman Elizabeth Finder Tara Clarke Deirdre Quinn Kaelee Dean Conall Bolger Grant Louise Delz Claire Nolan Sweeney in the Trees Claire Bonnie Conni Dawson Ana Rakovac Anne Hayes Russell Swanagon April Last Emmet Selina Mayer


    Episode 178 - Samhain Chats Oct 16, 2022
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    Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast, and back to this Series of Samhain Stories. It is the time for spooky folk tales, and we are telling a few new ones that we have not told before. ‘Tis the season for spooky folktales, and in this series, we will tell you more of our favourites. Strange things happen across this land around this time of year, and oftentimes they make great stories as a result. This episode is a look forward to what we will be covering over the next few episodes and where we found the stories. Because we are quite busy with the Púca Festival again this year, the festival that celebrates Halloween as an Irish holiday wants to give you a few insights into who and what the Púca was. Púca quite simply means ghost or spirit in Irish, and there are definitely a few story variations to what exactly the Púca was. So we will chat about that, and the other two stories we decided to share with you at this time of year. The origin of the Vampire story and the tale of the Black cat. We also chat about what’s coming up for us in love shows and we will be sharing more info about what we’re doing on our social media channels. If you have any questions, do get in touch. This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Triggers include mentions of violence, animal abuse or death, and child abuse. Check out the Púca Festival website for our upcoming shows with them this October: https://pucafestival.com/ #candlelittales #candlelittalespodcast #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #patreon #thankyou #subscribe #youtube #spotify #amazon https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast


    Episode 177 - Mythic Places - Round - Up Chats With Russell Swanagon Oct 05, 2022
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    Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast, and to the close (for now) of this Mythic Places Series. In this series, we took a look at some of the most iconic locations in Ireland, and the stories and myths attached to them. In this episode, we’re sitting down with a very special guest, Russell Swanagon. Russell is a lecturer in California Polytechnic State University whose work focuses on the importance of story and place. This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Triggers include mentions of violence, sexual violence, and death. #candlelittales #candlelittalespodcast #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #patreon #thankyou #subscribe #youtube #spotify #amazon https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast


    Episode 176 - Mythic Places - Sliabh Mis - Scotia Sep 23, 2022
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    Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast, and back to this Series. In this series, we’re taking a look at some of the most iconic locations in Ireland, and the stories and myths attached to them. In this episode, we take a closer look at the Sliabh Mis mountains in Kerry. There is a burial site in the hills, where the daughter of a Phero of Egypt is buried. The story goes, that a group of exiles from Egypt came across Europe and found their way to the South of Ireland. Linked in with the Milleasion myth, the group of people who fought the Tuath de Dannan and defeated them to rule Ireland. Scotia was their beloved princess and she died in the battle. You may still find traces in Glenn Scotia, very near present-day Tralee, where the Egyptian princess is believed to be buried. The same people are believed to have travelled from Ireland to Hill Hilled Alba, and the country got the name Scotland from princess Scotia… apparently. This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Triggers include mentions of violence, sexual violence, incest, animal abuse or death, child abuse, and pregnancy-related issues. #candlelittales #candlelittalespodcast #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #patreon #thankyou #subscribe #youtube #spotify #amazon https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast


    Episode 175 - Mythic Places - Kerry Kingdom Chats Sep 07, 2022
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    Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast, and back to this Mythic Places Series. In this series, we’re taking a look at some of the most iconic locations in Ireland, and the stories and myths attached to them. In this episode, we’re talking about two stories that take place close together, in a mythic landscape that we’ve only scratched the surface of: Kerry. We’ll talk about the story of Mis and Dubh Ris, and about the story that Aron is going to tell next week. We write our stories by talking them out together, and you can hear that process in this podcast. Aron mentions the story of Amergin in this episode, you’ll find that story in Episode 126: Invasions - the Island of Eiriú. https://youtu.be/Z6deSbkVruA This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Triggers include mentions of violence, sexual violence, and death. https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast


    Episode 174 - Mythic Places - Sliabh Mis Mountains - Mis & Dubh Ris Aug 31, 2022
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    Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast, and back to this Series on Mythic Places. In this series, we’re taking a look at some of the most iconic locations in Ireland, and the stories and myths attached to them. In this episode, we are in Kerry and the Sliabh Mis mountains. In this story, these mountains were named after a fearsome beast that roamed them, killing all trespassers. But the beast had her own story, and a truly brave man was able to face her and bring her home. This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/ Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. Triggers include mentions of death, war, violence, body horror, and sex. https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast


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