ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
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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Update frequency:
every 9 days
Average audio length:
35 minutes
Has sponsors
English
United States
269 episodes
since Nov. 27, 2018
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~59.38% of listeners are from United States.
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US
59.38%
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TH
13.79%
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IE
11.11%
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GB
4.59%
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AU
3.06%
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CZ
1.91%
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IN
1.53%
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CA
1.14%
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UA
1.14%
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NZ
0.38%
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BR
0.38%
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FR
0.38%
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ES
0.38%
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BT
0.38%
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TR
0.38%
Others
0.07%
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LATEST EPISODE 🔗
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 copelled him to become The Watcher of the Dead?
Source:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=uncanny+ireland&adgrpid=186818437095&gad_…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
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 refus…
n 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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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...
Source:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=uncanny+ireland&a…
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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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...
Source:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=uncanny+ireland&adgrpid=186818…
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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https://www.amazon.…
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 …
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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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Mist-Magic-Legends-Britain/dp/0712355146
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In episode 257 of Fireside, Kevin tells a gothic tale of doomed romance, and what obsessive love can drive us toward.
Aileen loves Connor, but Connor loves another. So the obsessed Aileen decides to take love into her own hands, and seek out The Spirit of the Hill. But once there, will Aileen find…
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