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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 ha ...
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.After our seasonal break for some Samhain-themed storytelling and spookier stories, this episode continues our newest linked series on the Fianna! The first episode of this series is episode 254, so listen back if you want to learn all about the band of warriors known as the Fianna.In this story, we conti…
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Samhain Stories - Bridget Cleary - The Other Side - Irish Mythology Storytelling - Episode 261
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.In this episode, we’re continuing our seasonal break from our Fianna series to bring you stories of the Otherworld in the lead-up to the Celtic New Year: SamhainIf you’d like to learn more about the Celtic Fire Festivals, and dive into the meaning and ritual over the course of a year, applications are sti…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.We are telling some stories of the creatures of the Otherworld in the lead-up to the Celtic New Year: SamhainIf you’d like to learn more about the Celtic Fire Festivals, and dive into the meaning and ritual over the course of a year, registration is currently open for our Turning the Wheel Together Storyt…
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Samhain Stories - Fear Dearg - Irish Mythology Storytelling - Episode 260 (music by THE WRAN)
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.In this episode, we are taking a seasonal break from our Fianna series to bring you stories of the Otherworld in the lead-up to the Celtic New Year: SamhainIf you’d like to learn more about the Celtic Fire Festivals, and dive into the meaning and ritual over the course of a year, applications are currentl…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.We are telling some stories of the creatures of the Otherworld in the lead-up to the Celtic New Year: SamhainIf you’d like to learn more about the Celtic Fire Festivals, and dive into the meaning and ritual over the course of a year, registration is currently open for our Turning the Wheel Together Storyt…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.We are telling some stories of the creatures of the Otherworld in the lead-up to the Celtic New Year: SamhainIf you’d like to learn more about the Celtic Fire Festivals, and dive into the meaning and ritual over the course of a year, registration is currently open for our Turning the Wheel Together Storyt…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode continues our new series, all about the band of warriors known as the Fianna.In this story, we continue with young Fionn’s upbringing in the wilderness, and an unexpected challenge for his foster mothers.Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please tak…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode continues our new series, all about the band of warriors known as the Fianna.In this story, we’ll meet a less familiar character, but a trusted warrior woman of the Fianna. Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you liste…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode continues our brand new series, all about the band of warriors known as the Fianna.This is the origin story of how the legendary band of warriors we know so well in stories, came to be. It's a love story of sorts, and like most Irish love stories, the tragedy is around the corner, but there's…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode focuses on a forgotten Goddess in Irish mythology. We celebrate Lughnasa or Lughnasadh as the first harvest day, but there was once a greater celebration known as the Tailteann Games in Meath and all over Ireland. These games were in honour of the Goddess Tailtu, foster mother of Lugh, whose …
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode continues our brand new series, all about the band of warriors known as the Fianna.In this story, we’ll meet another familiar character, and founder of the Fianna, Cumhaill. This is the origin story of how the legendary band of warriors we know so well in stories, came to be. It's a love stor…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode kicks off a new series, all about the band of warriors known as the Fianna.In this story, we’ll meet a familiar character, going by an unfamiliar name. Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. This story include…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.And this special interview and chat between Sorcha the board of directors of the Gaelic Woodland Project. Founded by Eoghan Connaughton the project was first described to Aron as “a social experiment”, whose main objective was to create native woodlands and protect the existing woodlands on the Island of …
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.And another wonderful collaboration episode. In these sporadic episodes, we’re fortunate enough to collaborate with a few very special musicians. We’re a fan of their work and they also happen to be a fan of ours. We have always been grateful for any collaborations we have created, performed and worked on…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.In this episode, we look back on and discuss the High King series and some of our sources and inspiration for how we approached telling Cormac Mac Airt's story.We recorded this episode over Zoom, so if you listen to this on a podcast player, you can head to YouTube to watch the video version. Please note …
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode concludes our new series on the greatest High King in mythological, pseudo-historical memory: Cormac Mac Airt.In this story, Cormac journeys to the Otherworld to confront the entity that took his family away from him, and encounters strange sights and hard-won wisdom. Please note the content …
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode continues our new series on the greatest High King in mythological, pseudo-historical memory: Cormac Mac Airt.This episode brings us to the beginning of the end for Cormac. As the king aged, and believed that his greatest adventures were behind him, Bealtaine brought with it an invitation for…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode continues our new series on the greatest High King in mythological, pseudo-historical memory: Cormac Mac Airt.This episode tells the second part of last week’s story ‘Fire and Fury’ where we were introduced to some of Cormac’s struggles as a High King who was not a fighting man. Insulted by t…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.As this episode is released on the first of May, also called Bealtaine, we decided to take a break from our current series on Cormac Mac Airt, and talk you through some of what we’ve learned over the years of telling stories about this fire festival.We recorded a video to go along with this talk, and you …
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode continues our new series on the greatest High King in mythological, pseudo-historical memory: Cormac Mac Airt.This episode tells the story of Cormac’s struggles. Now that he had gained the kingship, he found he had to hold it, and he had promised that he would hold it with wisdom and justice,…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode continues our new series on the greatest High King in mythological, pseudo-historical memory: Cormac Mac Airt.This episode tells the story of Cormac’s meeting with his beloved Eithne, and the tragic tale of what her feckless relatives did to her beloved foster father.Please note the content o…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode continues our new series on the greatest High King in mythological, pseudo-historical memory: Cormac Mac Airt.In this episode, young Cormac begins to come into his power at Tara, using his greatest kingly gift of judgement to prove his worth.Please note the content of these stories may be tri…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This episode continues our new series on the greatest High King in mythological, pseudo-historical memory: Cormac Mac Airt.We meet Cormac’s mother, Achtan the druid’s daughter, and discover the origins of the child who would one day be the High King of Ireland.Please note the content of these stories may …
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.In this episode, we are kicking off a new series on the greatest High King in mythological, pseudo-historical memory: Cormac Mac Airt.We meet Cormac’s mother, Achtan the druid’s daughter, and discover the origins of the child who would one day be High King of Ireland.Please note the content of these stori…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast.As Spring is in full swing, and Aron and Sorcha are off gallivanting across the Pond (see our website for show dates if you’re in the New York/Vermont area at the time this podcast goes out!) we present to you collaboration with one of our favourite humans.This is the story of the Intoxication of the Ulst…
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