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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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World myths and legends with Scottish storyteller and USA Today bestselling author Daniel Allison. Discover breathtaking stories from around the world, all told in Daniel's intimate and lyrical style. Also featuring guest spots from the world's best oral storytellers.
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A storytelling and music podcast, with folklore and mythology from all over the world set to an ever-evolving musical landscape.
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The Fianna - Bodhmall - Irish Mythology Storytelling - Episode 257
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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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Episode 87: Whuppity Stoorie with Dougie Mackay
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My guest today is Dougie Mackay. Dougie hails from the Scottish Highlands and draws on his background in nature connection and ancestral skills in his storytelling. He founded the Inverness Storytelling Festival, hosts the Tales for Our Times podcast, recently toured British Columbia and hosts regular events at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in E…
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The Goddess Tailtiu - Irish Mythology Storytelling - Lughnasa Special - Episode 256
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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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Episode 86: Lughnasa Special with Danica Boyce
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Today’s episode is a joint release with Danica Boyce of Fair Folk Podcast to mark Lughnasa. It’s been a few years since Danica and I last guested on each other’s podcasts, during which time our work has evolved and changed, we’ve started collaborating and Danica has moved to Scotland. So it was about time for a catch up. On this episode we take the…
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The Fianna - Cumhaill - Irish Mythology Storytelling - Episode 255
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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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We're a bit past midsummer but it's such a great story, I couldn't resist! This is another Celtic story taken from my new book Scottish Myths & Legends Volume II, told by me. It's an old pagan tale of dancing trees which, to me, is an illustration of the overflowing of life and light we experience in Scotland in the middle of summer, when the night…
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Episode 254 - The Fianna - Aodh Mac Morna
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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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Episode 84: Fair Maid's Tresses with Angus King
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Today’s episode is a special one as it marks the release of my new book, Scottish Myths & Legends Volume II. For this episode I wanted to share with you a story narrated by Angus King, who narrated the audiobook of Scottish Myths & Legends Volumes I & II. The story comes from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides. I first heard it from Linda Wi…
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Episode 83: The Edgewell Tree with Stephen McCabe
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My guest today is Stephen McCabe of Green Temple Therapy. A former student on my Myth Singers course, Stephen is a storyteller, author, Zen Buddhist, tarot reader and nature therapist based in the village of Temple in Scotland. He’s the author of The Moorfoot Tales, a collection in which his deep love for nature is always present and eloquently exp…
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Episode 253 - Gaelic Woodland Project Chat
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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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Episode 82: Davey Boy & The Devil with Jess Smith
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My guest today is Jess Smith. Jess is a storyteller, author and singer from the Scottish travelling people. She spent much of her childhood living on a bus and travelling around Scotland with her parents and seven sisters, spending evenings around fires listening to the stories carried by the travelling people while the rest of the country was busy…
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In this episode I share a Scottish story taken from my forthcoming book, Scottish Myths & Legends Volume II. The story comes from Orkney, an archipelago northeast of the Scottish mainland. Get my free ebook of Orcadian stories here. Support the podcast by buying one of my books for the price of a cup of coffee here. Learn about Myth Singers, my Onl…
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Episode 252 - Collaborations - The Song Of Amergin With Jenny Ní Ruiséil
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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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Episode 251 - The High King - Reflections
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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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Episode 250 - The High King - Learning & Legacy
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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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Episode 249 - The High King - Promise & Plenty - Part 1
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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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Episode 248 - The High King - Blood & Beetle
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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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Episode 247 - The High King - Fire & Fury
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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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Episode 246 - The High King - Cormac & Eithne
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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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Episode 245 - The High King - Wool & Woad
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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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Episode 244 - The High King - Wolf & Horse
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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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Episode 243 - The High King - Art & Achtan
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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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Episode 242 - Collaborations - Intoxication Of The Ulstermen With Fancy Dan
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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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Oisín & St. Patrick - Re-Release (St. Patrick's Day Special)
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales Podcast.As Spring is in full swing, and Aron and Sorcha are still off gallivanting across the Pond and sharing stories with the Irish diaspora in Canada for the first time, we decided to post a special St. Patrick's Day episode today. It is a story that links in the old faith to the conversion of the new, and has…
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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 a terrible love story that ends terribly for everyone involved. This is the story of a woman who…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.In this series, we looked back at an old story, or set of stories, and told it in a new way, from a lot of different perspectives. We called this the Táin Mosaic, as the shattered fragments of this story can be put back together in a multiplicity of ways, and we decided to shine a light on some of the les…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.This is the final episode of our Táin Mosaic series. In this series, we looked back at an old story, or set of stories, and told it in a new way, from a lot of different perspectives. We called this the Táin Mosaic, as the shattered fragments of this story can be put back together in a multiplicity of way…
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Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast.In this episode, we are going right back to before the beginning, where the seeds of this conflict were planted before any of the participants were even born. This is also, ultimately, a conflict between two individuals. If you've missed the earlier episodes, go back to catch up from the start. This is th…
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