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...
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...
Published 05/15/24
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...
Published 05/08/24