Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology

This week on Fireside, we continue the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology with a look at Conaire Mór, the almost Grecian hero, who tried to rule justly under several difficult, varied and absurdly specific taboos. Can you ever escape fate?…

This week on Fireside, in the next episode of our look at the Historical or King cycle of Irish Mythology, we meet Mongán, a hairy baby raised by the God of the Sea, Manannán Mac Lir, to become the next High King! Get in touch with the…

This week on Fireside, we continue our look at the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology, with the story of the supposed greatest Irish King of them all: Cormaic Mac Airt! Is he the greatest, or did he just have really good spin doctors?…

This week on Fireside, continuing our look at the Historical Cycle of Irish Mythology, Kevin tells of Niall, the founder of the O'Neill dynasty, who lay with a hag, and became High King at Tara. Get in touch with the show on Kevin’s…

On Fireside this week, in the first story of the Historical or King Cycle of Irish Mythology, we tell the tale of the long and bloody path to the throne Labhraidh Loingseach, a good king with a terrible secret... Get in touch with…