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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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Latest Episodes:

Episode 07 - Brigid Feb 12, 2019

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Whether goddess or Saint, Brigid is a character of timeless importance in Ireland, transcending the divide between pagan and Christian, and bringing us all together under her magical cloak. Produced and edited by Oisin Ryan, with music by Oisin Ryan, story by Sorcha Hegarty and Aron Hegarty. https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=6762832

Episode 06 - Lugh & Balor Of The Evil Eye Jan 28, 2019

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The ancient battle between good and evil, Irish style. So the good guys aren't always that good, and the evil isn't so simple. If you've ever wondered where J.R.R. Tolkien got his idea for Sauron of the Evil Eye, well, look no further than Balor's baleful orb! Produced and edited by Oisin Ryan, with music by Oisin Ryan, story by Sorcha Hegarty and Aron Hegarty. https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=6762832

Episode 05 - Cesaire & Fintan Jan 14, 2019

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Irish mythology has no creation myth: the land was here first. This is the tale of the very first person to come to these shores: Cesaire and her followers - three times fifty women of art and skill, and three men. Produced and edited by Oisin Ryan, with music by Oisin Ryan, story by Sorcha Hegarty and Aron Hegarty. https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=6762832

Episode 4.5 Whelans Live Show in aid of I.C.H.H. Jan 02, 2019

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Born and raised in Northern Ireland, Mary Mc Laughlin performs, teaches, writes and records original and traditional songs (in both English and Irish). Having lived in both England and California where she founded a Gaelic Choir, Mary has appeared on over twelve recordings and holds a PhD in Songs of the Irish Otherworld. The song you heard was “An Mhaighdean Mhara” (The Mermaid) Aoife Wolf is a singer-songwriter from County Offaly. Her music blends elements of folk, rock and storytelling with lyrical content that endeavours to blur the line between fact and fiction. You can find her on facebook at www.facebook.com/AoifeWolfMusic/; instagram @aoifewolf; and more of her music is on soundcloud.com/aoifewolf. The song you heard was “Hounds,” and you can listen to it again on youtube! https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCy7mKvrL4WHGKPDi4zMEE5w Brían de Gúl is a singer-songwriter from Cork. You can find him on facebook at www.facebook.com/BriandeGul. The song you heard was “Tramps and Hawkers,” a favourite of Brian’s, in his words: “Twas written in the 19th century by hawker Besom Jimmy, but it was passed on to singers involved in the early times of the folk revival by Scottish Traveller Jimmy Macbeath. He used tramp the roads all his working life, in search of farm work and places to sing. He used sing for his dinner at fairs and markets while farm workers were on their break. Also, I’ve been told recently that my great grandfather was a hawker in Doneraile in North Cork!” The Candlelit Tales crew performed a rendition of The Champion’s Portion, you can find more about them all at www.candlelittales.ie. This story was told by Aron Hegarty, Oisin Ryan, and Angel Hannigan, with music by Audrey Trainor and Gareth Curtis https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=6762832

Episode 04 - The Curse of Macha Dec 26, 2018

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This is the tale of a crucial lesson learned too late: that a warrior’s strength is meant to defend the weak, not to prop up the strong. The Curse of Macha has repercussions throughout the rest of the Tain. Also, Aron forgot how to speak after his story and confused AD and BC and may have made up a few words. But this was all inspired by a book given to him by Caitlin Moon, so shout out to her. Produced and edited by Oisin Ryan, with music by Oisin Ryan, story by Sorcha Hegarty and Aron Hegarty. https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=6762832

Episode 03 - Deirdre of the Sorrows Dec 12, 2018

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One of the background stories to the Tain, Deirdre is the story of tragic beauty and what happens when we treat people like things. Sorcha and Aron talk about who Deirdre was, how she's been interpreted and reinterpreted over the years, and how Candlelit Tales chose to imagine this wild, beautiful woman. Produced and edited by Oisin Ryan, with music by Oisin Ryan, story by Sorcha Hegarty and Aron Hegarty. https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=6762832

Episode 02 - Shadows of the Táin - Part 2 (Whelans Live) Nov 28, 2018

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We released our first podcast on our 4 year anniversary as a company. We started, as we did in the winter of 2014, with the story of ‘An Táin Bo Culaigne’. So feast your ears on this inaugural two-part episode. This show was recorded live in Whelans on the 22nd of October, 2018, to a sell-out audience. We developed this show in 2016 with the help of all of these lovely people (in no particular order): Emmet Byrne Catriona Loughlin Aoife Nyan Kavanagh Angel Hannigan Marie Denham Megan Woods Lucy Smyth Julie Browne Antonella Scanu Audrey Trainor Darragh Kenn Oisin Ryan Jay Lambert Dean Saunders John Dennehy https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=6762832

Episode 01 - Shadows of the Táin - Part 1 (Whelans Live) Nov 14, 2018

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We released our first podcast on our 4 year anniversary as a company. We started, as we did in the winter of 2014, with the story of ‘An Táin Bo Culaigne’. So feast your ears on this inaugural two-part episode. This show was recorded live in Whelans on the 22nd of October, 2018, to a sell-out audience. We developed this show in 2016 with the help of all of these lovely people (in no particular order): Emmet Byrne Catriona Loughlin Aoife Nyan Kavanagh Angel Hannigan Marie Denham Megan Woods Lucy Smyth Julie Browne Antonella Scanu Audrey Trainor Darragh Kenny Oisin Ryan Jay Lambert Dean Saunders John Dennehy https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=6762832

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