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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 94 - Goddess Series - Post Show Chats Mar 02, 2021
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    This is the last post show chat episode in this month’s ‘Goddess Stories’. We chat went live for this one and talked about Cnoc Aine and the difficulty of talking about rape in a story. As well as chatting with Melanie Lynch, the founder of Herstory - a festival all about bringing backstories of famous women in mythology and history. Join us on our Livestream - subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notified when we go live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuDa-dzAfaAX3Yu04vw17A Aron’s version is heavily influenced by the an old source found online here: https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/aine-radiant-celtic-goddess-love-summer-and-sovereignty-007097 There is also some great info here and some brilliant recorded footage thats certainly worth checking out: https://voicesfromthedawn.com/knock-aine/ More info about Herstory can be found here: https://www.herstory.ie/home Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast


    Episode 93 - Cnoc Áine Feb 24, 2021
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    This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode is the last in this month’s series of Goddess Stories. And it is a tough one. Trigger warning, this story contains subject matter of a sexual nature and rape that some listeners may find distressing. Cnoc Aine is all about the goddess that is based in Limerick. She was a goddess of light. A goddess of the sun, and the moon. She was known for her bright red hair, and ‘Aine’ means bright after all. Her feast day is the weekend after Lughnasadh, the harvest festival of the summer. You could pray to her for love, abundance, and vergence when mistreated. Her story is one of resilience and strength, as much as it is about love and kindness. Although there are many fragments to her story, this is the one that made her famous in Munster. The mother of a line of Kings that sat on the throne of Cashel for over 2000 years. But it is a dark tale and one that requires some strength to listen to and comprehend. We will chat about this story and the rest of the Goddess series live online with Melanie Lynch, the founder of Herstory - a festival all about bringing backstories of famous women in mythology and history. Join us on our Livestream - subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notified when we go live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuDa-dzAfaAX3Yu04vw17A This version is heavily based on the legendary story attributed to Cormac mac Culennain, king bishop of Cashel (d.908), published in the Leabhar Laignech c. 12th century AD explains this tale. https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/aine-radiant-celtic-goddess-love-summer-and-sovereignty-007097 There is also some great info here and some brilliant recorded footage thats certainly worth checking out: https://voicesfromthedawn.com/knock-aine/ More info about Herstory can be found here: https://www.herstory.ie/home Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast


    Episode 92 - Sadhbh's Story - Post Show Chat Feb 23, 2021
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    This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode is the post show chat about the previous, pretty dark tale. Trigger warning, this story contains subject matter of abuse and even psychological torture… but then most good myths have something pretty dark just under the surface. We chat about how much better a story is when you shine light on the full aspect. Aron told the story of Fionn meeting Sadhbh way back in episode 14 but, this time Sorcha tells a reimagining of the story from Sadhbh’s perspective. In the Fianna Fionn Mac Coole was the great leader, but there is an old Irish proverb that says “a man is a man when his woman is a woman”. And though we usually know the story of Sadhbh from Fionn’s perspective, this cuts out an entire chunk of the action. Sorcha delves deeper into the mind of a woman tormented by an evil druid, unable to take no for an answer. Cruelly cursed, her only reprieve is the short lived love she finds with Fionn, which leaves her pregnant. But all too soon she is whisked away to the other world, and her torment resumes. She gave birth to Oísin - but that is all we know of her. Is she still in the otherworld? Did she ever get away from her tormentor? How can someone sustain themselves living like that? Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast


    Episode 91 - Sadhbh's Story Feb 17, 2021
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    This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. Aron told the story of Fionn meeting Sadhbh way back in episode 14 but, this time Sorcha tells a reimagining of the story from Sadhbh’s perspective. In the Fianna Fionn Mac Coole was the great leader, but there is an old Irish proverb that says “a man is a man when his woman is a woman”. And though we usually know the story of Sadhbh from Fionn’s perspective, this cuts out an entire chunk of the action. Sorcha delves deeper into the mind of a woman tormented by an evil druid, unable to take no for an answer. Cruelly cursed, her only reprieve is the short lived love she finds with Fionn, which leaves her pregnant. But all too soon she is whisked away to the other world, and her torment resumes. She gave birth to Oísin - but that is all we know of her. Is she still in the otherworld? Did she ever get away from her tormentor? How can someone sustain themselves living like that? Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast


    Episode 90 - Tonn Cliodhna - Post Show Chats Feb 15, 2021
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    This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode is a conversation about the last episode and about the largely forgotten Goddess Clionadh. She is known to some as the Patron Goddess of Cork (so the draw for Aron was an obvious one). She is also known as the Queen of the Banshee, and people in Glandore (Near Rosscarbery in west Cork) will know the expression ‘tonn Clionadh’ well; the wave of Clionadh. The story is unusual as she is one of the few eternal living ones that came to Ireland for the love of a mortal man. But for reasons we do not fully understand, he was taken away from her, and she was taken away from Ireland after a huge wave, the 9th of a series, dragged her away from Glandore beach. She is said to have drowned that day… but like all eternal living ones, an essence of her remained. And if you visit the Blarney in Cork, you may want to kiss a stone to seek the skills of the eloquence of speech, or what's locally known as “the gift of the gab”. You may not know, it was Clionadh we have to thank for that! Lady Gregory has a great source text for this story in - Gods and Fighting Men or you can find it here as well: https://labbacallee.weebly.com/an-tonn-cliona.html Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast


    Episode 89 - Tonn Clíodhna Feb 10, 2021
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    This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode is dedicated to the Goddess Clionadh. She is known to some as the Patron Goddess of Cork (so the draw for Aron was an obvious one). She is also known as the Queen of the Banshee, and people in Glandore (Near Rosscarbery in west Cork) will know the expression ‘tonn Clionadh’ well; the wave of Clionadh. The story is unusual as she is one of the few eternal living ones that came to Ireland for the love of a mortal man. But for reasons we do not fully understand, he was taken away from her, and she was taken away from Ireland after a huge wave, the 9th of a series, dragged her away from Glandore beach. She is said to have drowned that day… but like all eternal living ones, an essence of her remained. And if you visit the Blarney in Cork, you may want to kiss a stone to seek the skills of the eloquence of speech, or what's locally known as “the gift of the gab”. You may not know, it was Clionadh we have to thank for that! Lady Gregory has a great source text for this story in - Gods and Fighting Men or you can find it here as well: https://labbacallee.weebly.com/an-tonn-cliona.html Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast


    Episode 88 - A Goddess Story - Post Show Chats Feb 08, 2021
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    This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode we are talking (and arguing) about the ambiguities of Irish Mythology. Sorcha once said that working with “Irish Myth is like painting in water”... that may be a quote from somewhere else, but I like it (and I just heard my sister say it so I think it’s fair to just quote her?). We’re talking about the Goddess Danu, and the Goddess stories that were lost. The devastation this has on our culture, by forgetting a good half of it and keeping the female voice quiet for so long. We talk about what else was lost, and amongst other things, how to go about remembering something you were never told. More and more is forgotten about our old customs, language, and beliefs. And when you look for 'Danu' now, you might only find a line in the 12th-century book, An Leabhar Gabhala (the book of Invasions) that says "she is the Mother Goddess". If her stories were wiped out on purpose, then we have to try and stitch them back and re-knit the fabric of our lost traditions. Although Sorcha mentioned 3 names for Ireland in her story; Banba, Fódhla, Éiru, there are some who say there are many more, and as many as 14 according to Mark Joyce in his recent book “Mythical Irish Wonders”. More information about the An Leabhar Gabhala https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tuatha-De-Danann Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast


    Episode 87 - A Goddess Story Feb 03, 2021
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    This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. The first is one of the most ambiguous ones… as there are no written sources to find much about the Goddess who gave her name to the people we know as the Tuath de Dannan - the people of the Goddess Danu. Those that later became known as the “sidh”, the “good people”, and as time went by the “faeries”. More and more is forgotten about our old customs, language, and beliefs. And when you look for 'Danu' now, you might only find a line in the 12th-century book, An Leabhar Gabhala (the book of Invasions) that says "she is the Mother Goddess". If her stories were wiped out on purpose, then we have to try and stitch them back and re-knit the fabric of our lost traditions. In this episode, Sorcha relates what she does know about this mother goddess. And like the rivers and waters that took her name, all things flow from her. We pay tribute to the mother of all the Gods and Goddesses and when we praise any Goddess, and we pay homage to her memory. We will not forget their names. More information about the An Leabhar Gabhala https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tuatha-De-Danann Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast


    Episode 85 - The Champion's Portion Jan 27, 2021
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    Part-two of this two-part story ends with this episode, ‘The Champions Portion’. Although one of the most famous heroes of Irish Myth, Cúchulainn was not always granted the title of Ulsters Champion. To be a champion of the people took more than sheer strength and brilliance, you had to be the champion of the people, loyal and true to your word in every way. Cúchulainn’s championship is contested by his fierce cousin Conal Cearnach, the Battle Winer, and the well-meaning, (but often in the way) Lóegaire Búadach, the victorious. These two champions think they ought to be names the champion of Ulster. Despite failing miserably at overcoming Cúchulainn in any of the series of tests that they face to come up with a winner, the two men stay stubbornly defiant. Until the intervention of a tall dark stranger, and the beheading test... Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast


    Episode 84 - Bricrius Feast - Post Show Chats Jan 24, 2021
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    This post show chat was recorded in early January while Aron and Srocha were still in a bubble after being home in Cork for the Holidays. We missed the feastivities but enjoyed looking back over this great story full of feasts and the glorious fighting. The first part this two parter episode this deals with Bichru of the Bitter tongue, and his attempt to host a feast. This section of the story is also known as ‘Bichru’s Feast’ in Richard Marsh's book 'Irish King and Hero Tales'. As his title suggests he is a troublemaker and prefers to cause strife amongst his friends and kinsmen than enjoy their company modestly. After all, he can take no enjoyment from food, of sex, or even drink… so he has to amuse himself somehow. After inviting all the heroes of the Crebh Rua to his feasting hall, he has a few tricks up his sleeve to ensure this will be a memorable night. He has to be one of our favorite tricksters in Irish Myth, but he might have bitten off more than he can chew in this episode… Next week we will hear the end of the ‘Champions Portion’ and find out who is the rightful champion of Ulster. Find out more about Richard Marsh and the book we partially used as a source for this story: http://www.richardmarsh.ie/storyteller.htm Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast #podcast


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