Fireside

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Samhain: The Sea's Dead Oct 20, 2026

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Episode 267: It's a particularly stormy summer on Achill Island. A shipwreck has made a widow, an orphan or a bereaved parent of every family. The sea always avenges the fish taken from it.

Moya Lavelle is one such recent widow, but she has a very different relationship with the sea than any of the other islanders. Is she from the mainland, or is she of the sea?

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Samhain: The Watcher of the Dead Oct 14, 2026

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Episode 266: Tim McGowan was buried at Gort na Marbh, the Field of the Dead. But in the last year of his life, Tim spent every single night at the graveyard. What compelled him to become The Watcher of the Dead?

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Samhain: The Last of Squite Enniscrone Oct 06, 2026

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In episode 265 of Fireside, it's the first of this years Halloween batch of spooky tales!

An old house on the Irish coastline has been uninhabited for a century. No one dares go inside. Noises can still be heard. This was the home of Squire Enniscrone, a man who drank, gambled, duelled...and refused to die...This is his tale.

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The Dream of Macsen Wledig Sep 30, 2026

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In episode 264 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of Roman Emperor Macsen Wledig who falls asleep and dreams of a fortress in a land with deep valleys and high mountains - and the beautiful woman living there. But when the emperor goes in search of his bride, who is left to rule Rome?

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The Bogside Bachelor Sep 23, 2026

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In episode 263 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of Jamie Boyson, a lonely old man who lives by the bogside in County Derry. His only company is a trained cricket, and mysteruous spectre who may or may not be the ghost of his one true love...

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Legend of the Faerie Lake Sep 16, 2026

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In episode 262 of Fireside, Kevin tells a tale of Welsh mythology- a lake in North Wales is supposedly a portal to another world - but only twelve mortals are allowed to visit each year. Ieuan wants to go to the other world more than anyone, but as always, be careful what you wish for...

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Don't Curse the Childher Sep 09, 2026

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In episode 261 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of an old woman who begins to take out her grief over losing her husband on her own children... until one night, when a door is mysteriously left open and refuses to be shut...

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The Glastonbury Thorn Sep 02, 2026

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In episode 260 of Fireside, Kevin tells a foundational myth of Britain - Joseph of Aramathia was a wealthy merchant, imprisoned by the Romans - he is visited in jail and given a seemingly insignificant cup. Have you ever wondered how the Holy Grail ended up in Britain?

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The Fisherman's Wife Aug 26, 2026

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In episode 259 of Fireside, Kevin tells the tale of those who go to sea, and the one's who are left behind. Kate Browne has been married to Dermot for seventeen years. But one morning as he and their son Benjamin are about to set sail, Kate notices their boat is damaged. But Dermot refuses to heed Kate's advice leading to a night of anxiety and foreboding for the Fisherman's wife...

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Scota and Scotland Aug 19, 2026

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In episode 258 of Fireside, we have a foundational myth of Scotland - a story that stretches back thousands of years, before the Celts, to sands of Egypt and the daughter of a Pharaoh...

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