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Fireside

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.
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Conan's Delusions Aug 24, 2022

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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...
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Ned Kelly's Last Stand Aug 18, 2022

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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.
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Conan Maol's Wedding Crash Aug 10, 2022

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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...
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Ned Kelly On The Run Aug 04, 2022

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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...
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180 - CLXXX - The Grecian Princess Jul 27, 2022

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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?
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179 - CLXXIX - Ned Kelly and the Bushranger Jul 21, 2022

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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...
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178 - CLXXVIII - Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the King of the Giants Jul 13, 2022

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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...
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177 - CLXXVII - The Seven Sisters Jul 06, 2022

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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...
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176 - Ventry IV: The Armour of Hephaestus Jun 29, 2022

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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...
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175 - CLXXV - The King of Ireland's Son Jun 21, 2022

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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?
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