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Candlelit Tales Irish Mythology Podcast Candlelit Tales
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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 hall outside. We realised that when we share our passion, it becomes contagious. And we’ve been telling stories and playing music from that day to this.
Since then, over the past five years of telling stories in the capital of this nation of storytellers, we have developed and refined our uniquely expressive, naturalistic and modern style. Live music is the heartbeat of all our performances, and a live original music score composed by a team of talented musicians drives the rhythm of the stories
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Episode 247 - The High King - Fire & Fury
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, rather than violence. This proved a difficult task, with warriors from the North who claimed his leniency was a sign of weakness.
Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. This story includes mentions of public humiliation, violence, and violent death.
This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via
https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/
Find details of our upcoming shows here: https://candlelittales.ie/performances/ -
Episode 246 - The High King - Cormac & Eithne
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 of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. This story includes mentions of poverty, injustice, and destitution.
This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via
https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/
Find details of our upcoming shows here: https://candlelittales.ie/performances/ -
Episode 245 - The High King - Wool & Woad
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 triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. This story includes mentions of poverty, injustice, and destitution.
This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via
https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/
Find details of our upcoming shows here: https://candlelittales.ie/performances/
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Episode 244 - The High King - Wolf & Horse
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 be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. This story includes mentions of pregnancy, child endangerment, and death.
This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via
https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/
Please find details of our upcoming shows here: https://candlelittales.ie/performances/
https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales
https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf
https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales
https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en
https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales
https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales
https://vimeo.com/user52850249
https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast -
Episode 243 - The High King - Art & Achtan
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 stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. This story includes mentions of pregnancy, child endangerment, and death.
This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via
https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/
Find details of our upcoming shows here: https://candlelittales.ie/performances/
https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast -
Episode 242 - Collaborations - Intoxication Of The Ulstermen With Fancy Dan
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 Ulstermen, and it’s the story that sprung to mind when we thought of this musician doing the score. This story is a stomper and a mad one and Fancy Dan is similarly magically mad and brings the element of stomp to all the shows he creates.
Find Dan’s handle and music here:
https://www.instagram.com/fancydanmusic/
This podcast is proudly sponsored by the people who donate to us each month via
https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales and anyone who sends us a once-off donation through the Paypal button on our website http://candlelittales.ie/
Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen.
Triggers include mentions of implied emotional abuse, depression, violence, and murder.
https://www.youtube.com/c/CandlelitTales
https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf
https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales
https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en
https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales
https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales
https://vimeo.com/user52850249
https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/00d5c29b-ee1a-4078-aacf-62e1a94522dc/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast
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I love them have seen them many a times as much as I can , they kept us company during lockdown, on Saturdays via podcasts and stories and we have a tradition in my house of watching their show wherever for Samhain my birthday I recommend them 100% for anyone who loves Irish mythology history and good cráic !
Love Irish tales and myths
First time to listen (208) found it a bit too conversational not really telling a story found it difficult to keep up with it, will give it another go maybe it’s just this episode.
Great podcast highly entertaining!
This podcast shines light on Irish stories in a great manner. The hosts tell stories in a highly gripping manner, are entertaining and the podcast is a delight if you like Irish mythology & stories!
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