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by Candlelit Tales
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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First of thank you for the stories and all the work the entire team puts into sharing them. I just wanted to say how much I appreciate listening to two siblings thoughtfully discuss story, history, gender, ecology, and so much more. I love that format of a brother and sister. There’s the petty sibling stuff but also a deep love and respect. Thanks
I love listening to these stories! I listen at work, I listen as I’m going to sleep and listen over and over. The stories themselves are great and the commentary helps me remember how to put them together is so wonderfully educational. So glad I found Sorcha and Aron!
Stumbled upon this podcast looking for lore around lughnasadh. I love the story-telling and appreciate the thoughtful commentary. Looking forward to hearing more!
Sorcha and Aron have made a high-quality podcast. They’re incredibly skilled story-tellers with lovely voices, each. Irish myths are fascinating in and of themselves, but I enjoy the way they delve into perspectives from individual characters, not afraid even to dig into the motivations of antagonists that most might shy away from. I’m hooked!
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