
Fireside
Hosted by KC Olohan and Kevin · HeadStuff Podcasts
5.0from 362 ratings
- 268
- Episodes
- 14
- Transcribed
- 362
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About 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. For any sponsorship inquiries contact advertising@headstuff.org
- Publisher
- HeadStuff Podcasts
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Nov 2018
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
14 of 268 episodes have a transcript.

6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Samhain: The Last of Squite Enniscrone

30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Dream of Macsen Wledig

23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Bogside Bachelor
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Samhain: The Last of Squite Enniscrone
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] All of its former grandeur is still evident, even within its cracked, crumbled walls, smashed windows, rusted gates and overgrown grass. It remains the greatest ever built in the area, and it was the domain of the Ennis-Moore family. an aristocratic Anglo-Irish lot of good stock and horrific habits. Never was there a family of more beauty and breeding who had committed more sin. But what happened to the Ennismores? Did they just die out? Did they lose all of their money? And why did no one in the subsequent hundred plus years ever take over their estate? Many wealthy landowners still looked to monopolize on their greed, but not even the worst of them would invest in the house of Ennismore. […]
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