Candlelit Tales Irish Mythology Podcast

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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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  • Conán's Feast - The Fianna Saga (Irish Mythology Podcast)

    Conán's Feast - The Fianna Saga (Irish Mythology Podcast)
    Feb 5 2025
    Conas taoi? How are ye? Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast, where we tell Irish myths set to original music. In this episode, episode 269, we continue our series on the Fianna, the Fianna Saga, with a series of tales told at a feast by the Fianna’s most surly member: Conán Maol Mac Morna. A fearsome warrior, and a belligerent friend who didn’t know his own strength. Please note the content of these stories may be triggering for some listeners, please take care of yourself as you listen. This story references another story on our podcast: the Hospitality of Cuanna’s House, which you can listen to here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjwQFLm0R2s&themeRefresh=1 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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    16 mins
  • The Grief of Saint Brigid - Irish Mythology Storytelling (Live Show)

    The Grief of Saint Brigid - Irish Mythology Storytelling (Live Show)
    Feb 2 2025
    Conas taoi? How are ye? Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast, where we tell Irish myths set to original music. In this episode we are taking a break from the current Fianna Saga, to bring you as special episodes to tie in with the Celtic Wheel of the Year, and the upcoming Imbolg Festival. So this story is based around The Goddess & The Saint Brigid, as we celebrated Imbolg last year for ‘Brigid 1500’ a beautiful festival commemorating anniversary of the birth this Saint. This show was funded by Louth Co. Council and recorded in the beautifully renovated Orela Centre in Dundalk, Co. louth, the Birthplace of Brigid. There is a Video for this entire show on YouTube - and you can see us perform with the three wonderful musicians we had with us on the night, they were Alan Homan, Colm Farrel, and Caoimhín Kelleher. Please like, subscribe, leave a comment or a review wherever you get this podcast, but especially on YouTube to help us grow that channel and keep track of the many more videos we’ll be posting there soon. Linked below. To listen to our Reflections and Chats, to get exclusive content, and to support this Podcast, you can join our Candlelit Crew following the links in the description/show notes/bio. This podcast is also supported 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
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    18 mins
  • The Beginning of Saint Brigid - Irish Mythology Storytelling (Live Show)

    The Beginning of Saint Brigid - Irish Mythology Storytelling (Live Show)
    Jan 29 2025
    Conas taoi? How are ye? Welcome back to the Candlelit Tales podcast, where we tell Irish myths set to original music. In this episode we are taking a break from the current Fianna Saga, to bring you as special episodes to tie in with the Celtic Wheel of the Year, and the upcoming Imbolg Festival. So this story is based around The Goddess & The Saint Brigid, as we celebrated Imbolg last year for ‘Brigid 1500’ a beautiful festival commemorating anniversary of the birth this Saint. This show was funded by Louth Co. Council and recorded in the beautifully renovated Orela Centre in Dundalk, Co. Louth, the Birthplace of Brigid. There is a Video for this entire show on YouTube - and you can see us perform with the three wonderful musicians we had with us on the night, they were Alan Homan, Colm Farrel, and Caoimhín Kelleher. Please like, subscribe, leave a comment or a review wherever you get this podcast, but especially on YouTube to help us grow that channel and keep track of the many more videos we’ll be posting there soon. Linked below. To listen to our Reflections and Chats, to get exclusive content, and to support this Podcast, you can join our Candlelit Crew following the links in the description/show notes/bio. This podcast is also supported 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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    20 mins

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Lovely!

Very enjoyable, the stories draw you in, and the music adds the perfect background mood-setting these tales deserve.

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love these two!

wonderful storytellers, sweet & insightful individuals, excited to hear the rest of the series!

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good for listening

I love this podcast!!! has so many stories both old and made new. the performances and added music are super great.

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