Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

The 90's Rainbow Coalition w/ Roger O'Sullivan

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:56:00 -0000

Hello, here's an episode we did recently with the wonderful ⁠Roger O'Sullivan⁠ where we talked about the mid 90's Rainbow Coalition.

Roger is class at comedy and he's got a ⁠big Dublin show ⁠coming up on Friday the 17th of April which you should go to (Kev will be supporting him too as a bonus)

. If you want to hear the rest of our chat with Roger (including his first gig in London after the Queen died, divorce in the 90s, the recent Irish excel champion, and loads more), AS WELL AS all our episodes ad free AND all the bonus stuff we've ever done you can get it over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .

Here's our upcoming live shows, and we're on YouTube and Instagram and TikTok if you want to see our faces .

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Pádraig Pearse (Part 1)

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:20:00 -0000

Here's part one of our series on Patrick Pearse / Pádraig Mac Piarais, arguably the figure head of the Easter Rising. In part one we cover from his birth up until 1915, part two will be 1916, the Rising, and the aftermath, and then part 3 will be behind the paywall because we'll be dealing with some of the .... allegations.

As always you can listen to the full episode ad free and get all the bonus stuff over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ .

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Zorro's from Wexford lad

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:00:00 -0000

Hello, here's the story behind William Lambert, the man who inspired Zorro (well probably, but he's really interesting in his own right so who cares).

As always you can listen to the full episode ad free and get all the bonus stuff over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ .

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Shergar - Kidnapping Ireland's Favourite Horse

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:08:00 -0000

Hello! We've given up on football content, so instead here's a fun episode about Ireland's favourite horse.

(Just a trigger warning if you're a horse lover, this is one of those bad kidnapping stories)

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Arís - Paddy McCarthy - It's a long, long way to Argentina

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:50:00 -0000

Hello! Here's a revamped version of an episode from 2019 about another Irish man who helped start a different world class football team. By god we're good. . Original Blurb: "This week Jason tells Kevin about Paddy McCarthy, a Tipperary man who took the boat to South America and became a major figure in Argentinian football. Also featuring some shite talk about Louth GAA, Mad Men and Kevin's knowledge of sport." - 10/12/2019

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Don Patricio - A Proper Football Man

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:44:00 -0000

Given the big week of football coming up we're sticking with that theme as Jason tells Kevin about Don Patricio, Patrick O'Connell, one of the greatest footballing figures to come out of this island!

Not to give too much of the story away, but we'll be talking Man United betting scandals, Barcelona on the brink of collapse, and Ireland actually winning a tournament!

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STFC - Studs w/ Killian Sundermann

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:45:00 -0000

Hello, here's another Shite Talk Film Club with the amazing and very talented Killian Sundermann (⁠he's on tour now go check him out⁠).

It's football month this month so we decided to watch Studs, a 2006 classic where new manager Brendan Gleeson tries to help Emmet Rovers get out of a rut at the bottom of the league.

. Also, Studs sounds like our Jonesborough version of Young Hot Guys

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St. Patrick

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:07:00 -0000

Helllo! We're back with season 14 and we're starting off with a short, topical episode on the history of St. Patrick.

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New Season Coming Soon!

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:48:00 -0000

Hello, we're back with another season of Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast!

For the next few weeks we'll be jumping on the World Cup bandwagon with some football tales, like the Irishman who saved Barcelona F.C. and George Best (would have been 80 this April god save us).

It's also 110 years since the 1916 rising so we'll be covering some of the lesser talked about parts of that, as well as the recapping the first Census in the free state in 1926. We also have some great guest episodes coming up (Killian Sundermann on Studs, Roger O'Sullivan on the 1995 Rainbow Government, Aideen McQueen on Circle of Friends, and Davy Holden on all things Kilkenny).

But to kick us off next Tuesday the 17th we're going to be doing a deep dive into Ireland's most beloved Welshman, the king of snakes himself, St. Patrick.

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Arís - The IRA Christmas Raid

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:42:00 -0000

Hello! We're running a bit behind schedule this week with all the Christmas celebrations so here's an old episode about the IRA Christmas raid which, as well as being festive, ties into the Dev series from earlier in the season.

Original Blurb: "Hello, fair play to ye all for making it through another year, to celebrate here's a special Christmas episode about the time the IRA stole a load of bullets. Enjoy and we'll see ye all in 2023 x" - 30/12/2022

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Barry Lyndon w/ Colm McGlinchey

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:43:00 -0000

Hello! Here's an episode from last year that we're sticking out again cause it's the 50th anniversary of Barry Lyndon (I think, wikipedia says it was 11th Dec 1975 but also might have been July? Who knows).

It was with our friend ⁠Colm McGlinchey⁠, a great comic and MC at ⁠The Comedy Crunch⁠ and ⁠Anseo⁠, go check them out!

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Football Special w/ Ken Early

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:30:00 -0000

We're delighted to say, this episode is sponsored by Football Special! The makers of Donegal's greatest drinks / football merch, and you can use the code ShiteTalk for 10% off on their whole website: ⁠www.football-special.com⁠

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Hello! We've got a general football special episode today, and who better to talk football with than Ken Early of ⁠Second Captains⁠⁠. We talked about Ireland's recent success, some historic world cups, and a bit of a story about the time Ireland played Nazi Germany in Dalymount park.

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IRA vs Guinness Book of Records

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:50:00 -0000

Hello! Here's a festive episode about everyone's favourite Christmas book, the Guinness Book of Records, and it's origins with Ross and Norris McWhirter (and the provisional IRA)

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Jonathan Swift

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:27:00 -0000

Hello! In honour of the Swift festival this week here's our episode on the life and times of Jonathan Swift. If you want to hear more about his works and satire we've got a live show TONIGHT (25th Nov) in the Workman's as part of the festival - Last Tickets Here

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Shite Talk History Live Podcast with Peter McGann!!

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:55:00 -0000

Come see us do a live podcast with Special Guest Peter McGann next week in Dublin as part of the Jonathan Swift Festival!

We'll be in the Workmans Club as part of Craic Den Comedy on Tuesday November 25th!

Tickets HERE!!

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Talking Shite W/Peter McGann

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:15:00 -0000

This week we were going to do a Film Club about Gullivers Travels to promote our live show with Peter McGann on November 25th in The Workmans Club, Dublin as part of the Jonathan Swift Festival...(TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE) ...

But then the film was awful, so we chat about film, Irish media, bits of Gulliver's Travels, and a whole lot of nonsense instead!

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Cowboy Special - DJ 'The Dodger' Carey - Part 1

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:00:00 -0000

You probably all know the story by now, but come along with us as we go through the rise, the fall, and the further fall of one of Ireland's greatest ever sport stars.

For the 2nd part of the Special, which will be out on Thursday, head over and sing up to ⁠Headstuff+⁠ for 5 Euro + VAT per month, and you'll get well over 100 episodes of ad-free bonus content!

Come see us live in ⁠Dublin on November 25th⁠(and if you're reading this later just google Shite Talk History Live, we'll always be somewhere soon!) We'll be playing the Workmans Club alongside guest Peter McGann!

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Michael D. Higgins

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:00:00 -0000

After 14 years Michael and Sabina are leaving Áras an Uachtaráin so here's a brief (as in under 6 hours) episode about the life and times of Micky D.

This BMX photo is from Michael Donnelly if you want to check him out, and you can see all the other photos / videos mentioned in this episode over on our IG / TikTok.

We've also got a live show coming up in Dublin on the 25th of November as part of the Johnathan Swift festival, and we have the amazing Peter McGann as our guest for that so Get Your Tickets Here

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Arís - Alice Kyteler - The First Witch of Ireland (HS+ Preview)

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:45:00 -0000

Here's a preview of an old episode from 2019 that we've re-edited with some audio software to make it sound less like it was recorded in a cave. You can listen to the rest of it, along with all the other bonus stuff, over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Also, we're down in Kilkenny tomorrow night, 01st of November, as part of the Home of Halloween Festival telling some haunted Irish tales, come by and say hello!

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Samhain Special w/ Katie Boyle

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:27:00 -0000

It's Samhain once again so this week we had a chat with the amazing Katie Boyle about some lesser known Irish spirits and fairies.

Katie's bringing her solo show to the Ambassador on November 08th, you can get tickets here

And we've got our own live shows coming up which you can find out about here - ⁠⁠⁠LIVE SHOWS⁠:

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President 2025 - Connolly vs Humphreys

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:04:00 -0000

The country is heading to the polls this Friday to decide the 10th President of Ireland so we wanted to do a run down of the 2025 race so far;

Conor McGregor, small pharma, 20k on Hermès bags, 3k of stolen rent, Syria, and Fox Hunting, by god this election has it all.

We'll have another episode out on HeadStuff+ this Thursday covering the final week of the Áras race which you can listen to here, alongside all our other bonus stuff and ad free content.

Also, we've got a few line shows coming up which you can find out about here - ⁠⁠LIVE SHOWS:

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Saipan - Part 2 (2002-????)

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 18:32:00 -0000

Part 2 of Saipan and the Roy Keane vs Mick McCarthy fiasco.

Little bit of house keeping, from next week onwards we'll be releasing on Tuesday instead of Monday!

Also....

We've got a few line shows and stuff coming up you can find out about here - ⁠LIVE SHOWS

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Palestine

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:48:00 -0000

Hello, this week we're doing an episode on the early Irish-Palestine relations.

The past two years have been a particularly bleak time in the history of the region but we wanted to take a look at some of the early connections and similarities between Ireland and Mandatory Palestine from the 1920s on and maybe show why so many Irish people strongly identify with the people of Palestinian.

We've also got an ad for Samaritans early in the episode and you can find out more about volunteering for them at https://www.listening.ie/

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Saipan - Part 1 (1996-2002)

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:44:00 -0000

This week we're taking a look back at Saipan and the Roy Keane vs Mick McCarthy debacle, and the only way to do that is by going back six years beforehand to figure out what the hell was going on that led to one of the greatest tragedies Irish sport has ever witnessed.

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Arís - John Delaney - A Cowboy Special

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:34:00 -0000

Hello! With Ireland breaking our hearts in the qualifiers at the minute, and a Saipan movie on its way, we're back talking about football this week.

We'll have a full Saipan episode out soon, but while we were recording that it got us thinking about the man who started it all, John Delaney.

Here's a clip from an episode we did on Don John back in 2020, and you can hear the rest of the reedited version over on ⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠. The original blurb (11/11/2020) - "We're finishing up this season (and celebrating reaching 50 episodes!) with a Shite Talk History Cowboy Special on the former head of the FAI, Don John Delaney. "

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Bonus Dev - Schrödinger's Bastard

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:03:00 -0000

Hello! Here's a short teaser for the final episode in our De Valera series.

Over on Head Stuff+ we did more of a deep dive into his birth (and his dad), the so called "Dev's Vice Act" (which led to a good Dundalk man getting fined for shifting), Dev's relationship with the physicist Erwin Schrödinger, and his ultimate legacy with the Mother & Baby homes, Haughey, and Bertie.

If you want to hear the rest of this episode, as well as all our old bonus content (Bertie / Sean Quinn / the FAI etc.), all our Film Club episodes, remastered versions of related Dev / Collins episodes, and ad free versions of every episode, you can get it all for ~€5 by following this link to ⁠⁠Headstuff+

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Butty Sugrue and the Underground World Champion Mick Meaney

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:30:00 -0000

If you listened to our Muhammad Ali In Ireland episode you'll already be familiar with strongman, showman, publican, promoter and all around great man himself, Butty Sugrue.

Here we delve a little deeper into Butty's extraordinary life, and chat about Mick Meaney, Butty's employee who buried himself underground in London in an attempt to set a world record!

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Éamon de Valera - President Dev (Part 4)

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:17:00 -0000

Well, its the final run of Dev! In this one we cover his last two terms as Taoiseach, his run as President, and talk about his general impact on the country.

We will have one more bonus episode covering the more salacious parts of Devs life so if you want to listen to that along with ad free episodes, related bonus content, and all our film clubs you can do so by following this link to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠

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Éamon de Valera - War Time Dev (Part 3)

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:28:00 -0000

Hello! Here's part three of the Éamon de Valera series covering Ireland during WWII, the 1940s IRA, Churchill's drunken offer, and Hitler's condolence book. We'll be back with the fourth and final Dev episode on Monday!

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Éamon de Valera - The Long Fella (Part 2)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:51:00 -0000

Here's part two of three on Éamon de Valera, released on the day of Collins 103rd anniversary. In this episode we cover Dev's part in the Civil War, the creation of Fianna Fail in the '20s, and his wild political run in the '30s.

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Éamon de Valera - George (Part 1)

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 19:44:00 -0000

In honour of his 50th anniversary, and to balance out the Mick episodes, here's the first in our three part series on Éamon de Valera. In this episode we cover Dev's suspicious birth, his erstwhile Rugby career, and his role in the early struggle for independence.

If you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to our related bonus content, you can do so by following this link to ⁠Headstuff+

Also, we've got a live gig in Kilkenny on Friday 15th of August as part of the AKA festival and you can get ⁠tickets here.⁠

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Muhammad Ali in Croke Park

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:31:00 -0000

In this week's episode Jason tells Kevin the story of the time Muhammad Ali spent a few weeks in Ireland before having a fight with Al 'Blue' Lewis in Croke Park!

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The DeLorean

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0000

In the 1980's John DeLorean opened a factory outside Belfast to make his now iconic vehicle, but in less than two years it gets shut down and John finds himself under investigation by governments on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Blackbird - Film Club

Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:56:00 -0000

Here's a quick snippet of our Film Club episode with everyone's favourite critic, Brian Lloyd! Click on his name there and give him a follow!

And if you want to hear the rest of the episode(more than an extra hours worth), as well as all of our regular episodes ad-free, plus our bonus episodes and Film Clubs, sign up to Headstuff+.

There's no better time to do it as well, seeing as for the next week it's only €1 to sign up, so you might as well try it out when it's cheap. After the first month it will go back to the same price as here, €5 + VAT.

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Michael Flately - Lord of the Dance

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:33:00 -0000

In this week's episode Jason tells Kevin the story of Michael Flatley, having just read his autobiography.

Flatley is probably best known for his stage show Lord of the Dance, and his time with Riverdance, but here we talk more about his childhood and his time before world wide fame.

A construction worker, a musician, a lover and a fighter, someone should make a film out of his life. Speaking of films, in 2022 he finally released his long awaited screen debut in the self-funded, self-starring, self-written, self-directed action/thriller/drama/love story, Blackbird.

We'll be covering Blackbird in this week's Shite Talk Film Club over on Headstuff+, so sign up there if you haven't already to hear us and Ireland's go-to movie critic Brian Lloyd go through an instant classic.

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Michael Collins - The Death of the Big Fella (Part 3)

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 04:39:00 -0000

Here's the third and final part of Collins. We cover the last year of his life from the Truce in 1921, through the Anglo-Irish Treaty, to his death in August 1922.

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Michael Collins - The Rise of the Medium Fella (Part 2)

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0000

Hello! Here is part two of our Collins triple, we talk about Mick's return after 1916, his rise during the War of Independence, and life up until the 1921 July truce.

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Michael Collins - The Young Fella (Part 1)

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 03:00:00 -0000

Hello! We're back with season 13 and we're starting off with a few episodes on the Big fella himself, Michael Collins. For part one we talked about his family life, Mick's time in London, and his part in the 1916 Rising.

We're also delighted to say we've joined the Headstuff network so if you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to our bonus content, you can do so by following this link to Headstuff+

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Film Club - Michael Collins w/Tony Cantwell

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:36:32 -0000

Here's a Film Club episode to kick off a mini season of Collins, Dev, The Treaty, and the Civil War.

Joining us for this week to talk shite about the Michael Collins movie is Tony Cantwell, from the Young Hot Guys podcast and the TV show Good Boy(go watch it on the RTE Player!).

Then joining us live on March 6th for the live episode in The Laughter Lounge is Donal Fallon of Three Castles Burning! There we'll be discussing the life and times of Eamon De Valera, and wrapping up the series before we get back to another regular season of Shite Talk!
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06 March 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin

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Jimmy Hasty - The One Armed Bandit

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:07:13 -0000

Here's a new recording of one of the episodes we did live last year; the story of Jimmy Hasty, the one armed football player.
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06 March 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin

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Talking Shite w/ Weird Ireland (Brinsley McNamara)

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:04:33 -0000

This week we had Brinsley McNamara of Weird Ireland on to chat about all things Irish History.

Brinsley's book Weird Ireland: An Unofficial Guide to the Island is on sale in all good bookshops! And a few of the bad ones too.

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06 March 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin

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James McClean vs The Poppy

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 12:27:40 -0000

Here's an episode about James McClean and the Poppy fiasco thats been melting the heads of English football fans for about 12 years now.

You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here:

06 March 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin

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William Desmond Taylor - Hollywood's First Murder Mystery

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:46:11 -0000

Hello! We're back after an accidental hiatus and we've got a refreshed version of one of the first stories we ever covered, the murder mystery of the Carlow-Hollywood director; William Desmond Taylor.

We retold this story live in Carlow over the summer and got some updated information from local writer, and all round lovely man, Marc-Ivan O'Gorman.

All the facts of the story covering William's life and death are all in this free episode but if you want to hear the completely unproven theories about who killed him you can get that episode (and all the other stuff) for a fiver on Patreon.
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30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin

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Phil Lynott - The Ace With The Bass

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 16:18:57 -0000

Hello! This weeks episode is all about one of Ireland's all time rock stars, Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott!

We had the pleasure of recording this episode in the Rock and Roll Museum in Dublin, which we couldn't recommend more. The tour is great, and they have jam rooms for musicans to rent for 20 quid an hour, with amps and instruments already in there, feckin' steal.

You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here:

30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin

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Rory Gallagher - The Greatest Guitarist You've Never Heard Of

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:48:29 -0000

Hello! This weeks episode is all about one of Ireland's all time great musicians, the guitarist's guitarist, Rory Gallagher.

We had the pleasure of recording this episode in the Rock and Roll Museum in Dublin. The guides there gave us a load of extra info about Rory (and every other musician with even a sliver of Irish ancestry!), as well as showing us all the amazing memorabilia they have for Rory, Phil Lynott, Micheal Jackson, and a whole host of other musicians. Go check them out!

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30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin

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David Simon talks about The Big Fella (Patreon Preview)

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 22:31:25 -0000

Hello! A few weeks ago David Simon (of the Wire fame) went on a big twitter rant about Michael Collins and how he would have figured in to the Israel / Palestine conflict. We recorded a short episode of us reading / reacting to Simon's tweets and if you'd like to hear the rest of it, it's over on Patreon
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Tom Crean - The Endurance (Part 2)

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:53:23 -0000

Hello! Here's the second and final part of the Tom Crean story, covering his time onboard The Endurance with Ernest Shackleton and his Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
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30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin

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Tom Crean - Kerry's Antarctic Explorer

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 18:18:13 -0000

Part 1 of a tale about one of the hardiest men Kerry has ever produced, the Antartic explorer Tom Crean.

Tickets to our live show in January 2025 can be found over at LaughterLounge.com.

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W.B. Yeats w/ Shannon Basso Gaule

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:00:33 -0000

Hello! We are back, and for the first episode of season 12 we talked about everybody's favourite poet, wizard, and sex pest; William Butler Yeats.

Joining us for the occasion is the wonderful Shannon Basso Gaule, Carlow's other favourite comedian.
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30th January 2025- Laughter Lounge, Dublin

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Bertie - Return of the King (Part 5)

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:27:15 -0000

Hello! Well, after five months, we're finally done with Bertie. This is a preview of the final Bertie episode where we talked about some of his biggest slip ups from the last decade. If you want to listen to the rest of the episode (along with all the other bonus stuff) you can find it on Patreon.
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Bertie - The Celtic Pelican (Part 4)

Tue, 07 May 2024 14:36:52 -0000

Here's the penultimate episode of the Bertie series, The Celtic Pelican. The wheels are coming off the county as the Celtic Tiger gets put down and replaced with a Celtic Pelican, right when the country needs him most, Bert is distracted by his own personal affairs and ends up stepping down as Taoiseach just before the economy implodes.
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Bertie - The Mahon Tribunal (Part 3.5)

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:36:53 -0000

Well hello, here's part 3.5 of the Bertie series, the Mahon Tribunal. We've been doing the rest of the Flood / Mahon Tribunal stuff behind the paywall so if you want to get the full story you can head over to the Patreon and get it all there for a fiver.
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Bertie - The Teflon Taoiseach (Part 3)

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:35:41 -0000

Hello, we're back with part three of the Bertie series and in this episode we talk about his second term in government and start seeing some of his big failings as a leader. Hope ye enjoy this episode and have a lovely St Patrick's weekend!
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Ben Dunne & the McCracken Tribunal - Patreon Preview

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:29:05 -0000

Hello, here's a little preview of our Patreon cowboy special on Ben Dunne Jnr. We talk about how one mans wild weekend in Florida started a chain reaction which led to Bertie Ahern stepping down as Taoiseach some 16 years later.
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21st March - Accidental Theatre, Belfast
25th April - 4 Dame Lane, Dublin
3rd May - Coughlan’s, Cork
10th May - Seven Bridge Street, Galway
17th May - Commercial, Limerick
23rd May - Spirit Store, Dundalk

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Bertie - First Term & the Age of Tribunals (Part 2)

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:30:02 -0000

Hello, and welcome back to the Bertie Bowl. Here's episode two of our Ahern series, in this one we cover his first term as Taoiseach (1997 - 2002) and the origin of the tribunals that eventually lead to him stepping down.
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We're also about to release the first tribunal spin off episode over on the patreon, so if you want to hear us tell the full McCracken / Ben Dunne story (as well as all the other bonus episodes we have up there including this episode ad free) you can get it all for a fiver here - Patreon .
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21st March - Accidental Theatre, Belfast
25th April - 4 Dame Lane, Dublin
3rd May - Coughlan’s, Cork
10th May - Seven Bridge Street, Galway
17th May - Commercial, Limerick
23rd May - Spirit Store, Dundalk

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Bertie - The Rise of Ahern (Part 1)

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 15:10:04 -0000

Hello, and welcome back for season 11! It's the 6th year of the podcast and to celebrate we're doing a deep dive series into one of the biggest figures from modern Irish politics, Bertie Ahern. Over the next few weeks we'll be putting out loads more Bertie and Bertie related episodes, some of which will be behind the Patreon, so if you want to get access to everything you can sign up now for a fiver - Patreon .
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The Belvedere Yeti w/ Alison Spittle

Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:30:27 -0000

Hellllo! For this weeks episode we had the wonderful Alison Spittle with us to talk about Belvedere house and a whole load of other Westmeath related bits!
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Harry Boland w/ Kevin Dolan (The History of Ireland Podcast)

Wed, 03 Jan 2024 17:48:10 -0000

Hellllo! And we're back in 2024 with a special episode about Harry Boland that I (Kevin) recorded with Kevin Dolan of The History of Ireland Podcast a few weeks ago. If you like this episode you can check out the rest of Kev's stuff on the Irish Civil War here.
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The Raja of Tipperary w/ Who Did What Now Podcast

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:33:43 -0000

This week we had Katie Charlwood from the great Who Did What Now Podcast join us to talk about Tipp man George Thomas and his adventures in the Indian subcontinent.
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2023 Dublin Riots

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:39:50 -0000

We talk about the details of last weeks riot in Dublin. Just a heads up, this is a fairly grim epiosde with some graphic details

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Film Club - Intermission w/ Ronan Carey

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:08:27 -0000

This week we had Ronan Carey from the fantastic Dream Gun Film Reads join us to talk about an Irish classic, John Crowley's Intermission.

You can see Dreamgun live in Smock Alley on Nov 29th - Dec 2nd, find tickets over here.

You can support us on Patreon or follow us on Instagram/tell all your friends or scream at random peiple on the street about us! Thanks.

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The Wooing of Étaín (Part 2)

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:26:20 -0000

Hello! It's part two of the Étaín story, now with more flies and even more incest.
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There's also a bonus part on Patreon so if you want to listen to that, and all the other stuff we have up there, you can find it here!
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The Wooing of Étaín (Part 1)

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:33:54 -0000

Hello! We're back with another myth saga, this time Jason has done a deep dive into the wooing of Étaín, a weird tale of incest and...well mostly incest.
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There's also a bonus part on Patreon so if you want to listen to that, and all the other stuff we have up there, you can find it here!
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For Ronan

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:51:46 -0000

Hello! For this weeks episode we covered the love story between a young American lady and her Irish Navy boyfriend.
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Joe Dolan w/ Justine Stafford

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 19:52:06 -0000

This week we recorded an episode about one of Ireland's greatest musical treasures, Joe Dolan, and as if that wasn't enough, we were joined by the Queen of the Dolonites herself, Justine Stafford!

If you want to find us on all social media, live dates, merch, and everything in between, you can do it all here!
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The Racist Vancouver Bridge w/ Amy Walsh

Sat, 23 Sep 2023 16:18:53 -0000

A little story about the Lion's Gate Bridge in Vancouver, Canada, and the Irish connections the Guinness family would rather forget!

If you're looking for us online go ahead and give a follow to Amy(@amywalshcomedy), Jason(@jasonbcomedy), Kevin(@kevlarcomedy), and the podcast(@shitetalkhistory).

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Iron Mike Malloy w/ Gareth Reynolds

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:52:30 -0000

This week we were joined by one half of the Dollop, the show our pod is loosely based on. Wait, what's the other term for loosely based? Yeah, that's it, directly pilfered.

Thankfully Gareth Reynolds was able to overlook that and we had a chat about Iron Michael Malloy, the most durable drinker and toughest assassinee Ireland has ever produced.

Go see Gareth perform live in Dublin in the Sugar Club on September 17th! Tickets Here!!

And to find us on all social media, live dates, merch, and everything in between, head on over to here!!

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STFC - The Field w/ Paul Marsh

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 22:50:17 -0000

Hello! This week we chatted with comedian Paul Marsh about The Field, a 1990 film directed by Jim Sheridan that was based on a John B. Keane play about, well its about a field. It's a great film and we had a lovely time talking to Paul, so good we had to cut a load of extra bits out and stick them on the Patreon (along with all the other Film Club episodes), so if you want to listen to that / those the links are here -> STH
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Talking Shite w/ Richy Sheehy

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:09:39 -0000

Hello! This week we chatted with Cork comedian Rich Sheehy about his character Kevin Murphy (Cork's Biggest Liverpool Fan) and the time he lived beside the #1 suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder, Ian Bailey. If you're in Edinburgh for the Fringe festival you should go see Richy's show! There's links for all that here.

And if you want to see our video content and all that you can find it here -> STH

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Fionn MacCool and the Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne (Part 3)

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 21:10:34 -0000

Helllo! Its the final part of our series on Fionn MacCool, and this time he's looking for love. We'll be back to regualr boring history next week but until then, if you want to see our video content and all that, here are the links -> STH

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Fionn MacCool and the Salmon of Knowledge (Part 2)

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 18:31:05 -0000

Helllo! Its Fionn part two ad we're hitting all the classics, the Salmon of knowledge, the Giant's causeway, eh...that one about the Aliens...and all the rest! We're back next week with the exciting conclusion of Fionn MacCool. Until then, if you want to see our video content and all that there, here are the links -> STH

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Fionn MacCool and the Legend of the Dog Faced Woman (Part 1)

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 18:19:27 -0000

Helllo! We're both back together in the same room and this week we recorded the first episode of our series on the Irish legend, Fionn MacCool / Fionn mac Cumhaill / Finn McCool / maybe it was Cu Chulainn all along.

If you want to see our video content and all that there, here are the links -> STH

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Talking Shite w/ Spicebag

Sun, 09 Jul 2023 12:10:10 -0000

Hello! This week is the third and last of our interview series (for now) and it’s with the artist Spicebag. I chatted with Mr Bag about the controversy over his eviction art earlier in the year, his connection to famine era artist Daniel MacDonald, and the general state of housing in Dublin at the minute.

If you want to see our video content and all that there then here are the links -> STH

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Talking Shite w/ Kyla Cobbler

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 18:17:41 -0000

Hello! Here's another interview we did for our summer holiday, it's Cork comedian and general all round sounder, Kyla Cobbler. If you enjoye this episode Kyla is making her Cork Opera House debut early next year and you can get tickets to see her here

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Talking Shite w/ MMA Fighter Will Fleury

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:22:33 -0000

NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS!!!!

We're launching an interview series for the summer,and our first guest is Tipperary's own Will Fleury.

Will, outside of being a big Shite Talk fan, is known for being one of Ireland's best professional MMA fighters, so we sat down for a chat about a career that's seen him fight for major organisations all across the world, win a title in Abu Dhabi, have a horror experience fighting on TV show in South Africa, and all the bits in between!

You can follow Will over on his Instagram page here! @willfleurymma

To find us online or in person just head on over to here!

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Time Magazine's Man of the Century

Sat, 27 May 2023 13:35:47 -0000

Hello! This week we've got the tale of Ronnie O'Brien, which is 100% not a football story.

Thanks everyone who came to the live show this week by the way, it was class x

You can follow us online / all that from the links here -> STH

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Roger Casement - The Hung Revolutionary (Part 2)

Thu, 18 May 2023 10:26:43 -0000

This week we finished the story of Roger Casement, the last of the 1916 leaders to be executed.

Our live show is in Dublin next week on the 25th of May, the last few tickets (and the rest of our links) are all here -> STH

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Roger Casement - The James Bond of the Congo (Part 1)

Tue, 09 May 2023 22:51:30 -0000

Hello! This week Kevin started telling Jason about one of Ireland's greatest heros, Roger Casement. In part one we covered his exploits in the Belgian colony of Congo and in part two we'll talk about his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. I've been excited about this one for a while so hope ye enjoy it!

If you want to see the video from this episode and / or by tickets to our live show in Dublin on the 25th of May, the links are all here - STH

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The Darndale Two w/ Des Bishop

Mon, 01 May 2023 13:36:34 -0000

Hello! This week we had the wonderful Des Bishop on to talk with us about two lads from Darndale!

You can check out upcomig gig for Des here, if you like our new logo it came from Joanne at JLDesigns which you should definitely check out here, and if you want to see the video from this episode and / or by tickets to our live show in Dublin on the 25th of May, the links are all here - STH

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The Irish Godfather of Ganja - Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:49:00 -0000

For the day that's in it we said we might as well do a story related to 4/20, so here's an episode Jason wrote to throw a little shine on a great man altogether, William Brooke O'Shaughnessy.

And as always you can find our links below, including the link to our live show in the Wild Duck in Dublin on the 25th of May - Shite Talk: Links

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Fintan O'Toole - We Don't Know Ourselves

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 16:33:23 -0000

Hello! For this week's episode we had a very special guest via zoom, Mr. Fintan O'Toole! Fintan joined us for a great chat about his latest book and to talk shite about Ireland and the state of things in general. You can follow Fintan on Twitter here and buy his book "We Don't Know Ourselves" where ever you see a sign that says book shop.

We'd also like to give a shout out to a fellow Spreaker podcast, Working Class History! I talk a bit more about them at the start of this episode but it's a great podcast that you can (and should) check out here.

And as always you can find our links below, including the link to our live show in the Wild Duck in Dublin on the 25th of May - Shite Talk: Links

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Dan Donnelly w/ Owen Colgan

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:28:32 -0000

Hello! We had a great guest in for this weeks episode, the hilarious Owen Colgan! This is an episode we've had on the books for a while, the story of fighting man Dan "Dancin" Donnelly.

We filmed this episode in our new studio, you'll be able to see clips of it on instagram / youtube / somewhere soon enough! For more info on that you can follow us through the links below, you can also get tickets to our live show in May and / or join the patreon - Shite Talk: Links

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The Aer Lingus Hijacking

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:51:31 -0000

A wild auld story from behind our Patreon paywall. We did this episode in the summer of last year, and if you like it, you'll love the rest of the content we've got over on The Patreon and all for just €5.

If you'd like to get tickets to our next Live Show in the Wild Duck, Dublin, on May 25th, get in touch via e-mail, or follow us on social media, head on over to here: Shite Talk: Links

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Dr. Francis Tumblety (probably Jack the Ripper)

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:26:16 -0000

The life and times of a mad man from Cavan.

For anyone who skips the intro, here's what ye missed:

1. You can find tickets to our next live show in Dublin on May 25th here: Shite Talk: Links

2. Thanks to everyone in Belfast who came to see us live in the Sunflower!

3. Apologies for any audio issues, we're figuring out this new studio we're making, but once it's ready we'll being doing video episodes as well as the best audio we've ever had!

If you want to see the test episode, sign up for the Patreon: Shite Talk: Links

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Brendan Behan - The Quare Fellow (Part 2)

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:30:52 -0000

Hello and welcome back to the second and final part of the Brendan Behan story. Just as a heads up, in this episode we cover Behan's decline which does include some graphic readings of sexual assault and other bleak enough stuff so bear that in mind.

We also put a bit of bonus stuff about the other Behans up on the patreon which you can find a link for below (as well as tickets to our gig in Belfast this Friday the 3rd of March)

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Brendan Behan - The Borstal Boy (Part 1)

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:58:28 -0000

Hello and welcome to part one of us talking about the Borstal Boy, Brendan Behan. It was the man's birthday on the 9th of Febuary which means he would have been turning 100 this year, if he hadn't of died 59 years ago. Makes you think.

Part two will be out later this week and we've got some bonus stuff about the other Behan boys going up on the patreon as well, which you can sign up to here:

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Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 19:22:28 -0000

Hello, we're off this week so here's an episode from out patreon from last year where we talked about a figure that's been in the news again recently, Charles Byrne the Irish Giant. We'll be back with a new episode next week, g'luck!

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Going Baloobas with Gary White

Sun, 05 Feb 2023 19:51:54 -0000

Hellooo, this week we had our friend Gary White on to tell us about the Baloobas tribe and the Niemba ambush in the Belgian Congo, enjoy!

@shitetalkhistory

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Kerry's James Bond - William Melville

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 23:22:39 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin a story about a 'M'an who left a little place called Sneem to work on some pretty big schemes across the water.

It's Dame Judi Dench.

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The Stone of Destiny

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 22:29:50 -0000

Hello! We're back in 2023 with a story about the magic stone that Charles is going to use later this year to make sure everyone knows he's the king and how it's really our magic stone. Probably.

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Saipan Special Live - Part One

Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:01:31 -0000

Saipan, 20 years on, we did a live episode in Little Whelans...Enjoy!

Tickets to our Belfast gig: HERE!!

Link to our Patreon for Part Two: HERE!!

For everything else check out our LINKTREE or get in touch via our INSTAGRAM!!

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The Irish Football Special

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 16:33:44 -0000

Hello, for this episode we jumped on the World Cup band wagon and Jason told Kevin about all the glorious WC and Euro memories from the past 100 years or so of Irish football. And this episode is basically a prelude to our live show this Wednesday the 14th of December in Whelans where we'll be talking about the main event in ROI football history, 20 years after the fact, the 2002 Saipan incident.

Tickets to our final show of the year, The Saipan Special - https://www.whelanslive.com/ticket/shite-talk/

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A Backwards Little Island Off the Coast of Europe

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 19:02:00 -0000

Kevin tells Jason a story about a scientist who stumbles upon a very odd little island at the edge of Europe with a distrust trust of the police, a disassociation which the politicians, an interesting relationship with the church, and so sexually repressed that people write books on it. And beside that is Inisheer.

Sorry, Baile Beag...or Inis Beag.

It's Inisheer.

Links to live gigs:

Dublin - Whelans - https://tinyurl.com/Whelans-Gig

Belfast - The Sunflower - https://tinyurl.com/Belfast-Gig

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Dr. Death with Julie Jay

Sun, 20 Nov 2022 19:11:36 -0000

This week we talked about the doctor of death from Antrim, John Bodkin Adams, with our wonderful guest from the Crimeland podcast, Julie Jay!

Follow Julie - https://www.juliejaycomedy.com/

Podcast links - https://linktr.ee/shitetalkhistory

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The Lost Boys

Sat, 12 Nov 2022 19:41:51 -0000

Two short stories about Irish lads who ended up in far fetched, far off places. If you like the first two stories we had a third one about an Irish chap in Fiji with 48 kids on the Patroen!

Tickets to our gig in Belfast with Darren Matthews on November 24th in the Sunflower:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/shite-talk-an-irish-history-live-in-the-sunflower-with-darren-matthews-tickets-448714857217

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William Brown the Admiral of Argentina with Stephen Mullan

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 16:37:43 -0000

This week we were joined by Stephen Mullan when we talked about the great Admiral William "Guillermo" Brown, a Mayo man done good in Argentina.

You should go follow Stephen on social media @thestephenmullan, then while you're there follow the podcast @shitetalkhistory and while you're at THAT, come see us live in Belfast:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/shite-talk-an-irish-history-live-in-the-sunflower-with-darren-matthews-tickets-448714857217

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The Dolocher - Dublin's Own ManBearPig

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:30:12 -0000

This week Kevin brings Jason a scary story for the festive season that's in it. Dublin's very own Al Gore. We'll have our Halloween/Banshee episode from our live gig in Cork up later today on the Patreon too! Find that over here:

https://www.patreon.com/shitetalkhistory

And if you're looking for tickets to our Belfast show on Novemeber 24th, you can find those here:

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/shite-talk-an-irish-history-live-in-the-sunflower-with-darren-matthews-tickets-448714857217

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'Typhoid' Mary Mallon - The Superest of Spreaders

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:16:48 -0000

Somehow we didn't think to do this episode during that whole pandemic thing, so we're timely as usual. But anyway, it's never too late, so here's an episode about ol' Mary Mallon, the superest of spreaders.

We have a live Halloween Special recording in Cork on Thursday October 27th in Couglans, get your tickets here - https://www.coughlans.ie/whats-on/comedy-cavern-shite-talk-live-podcast-11146296

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The F1 man from Dundalk, a Tommy Byrne story

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 19:23:51 -0000

For this episode Kevin told Jason all about the Dundalk's fastest man you've never heard of, Tommy Byrne.

We have a live gig coming up in Cork for Halloween, you can buy tickets here - https://www.coughlans.ie/whats-on/comedy-cavern-shite-talk-live-podcast-11146296

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The Burke & Hare Murders with Ben Verth

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:20:18 -0000

Welcome back to Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast! Sorry for the summer break!

To kick off Season 9 we have a tale about two Irishmen murdering a bunch of Scots, and a few Irish for good measure, in Edinburgh back in the 1800s. No better man to join us and explain everything we got wrong than Edinburgh comedian Ben Verth!

Ben wrote the book on Burke and Hare, or technically it was a college dissertation, but who comes to this podcast for facts?

You can find Ben somewhere at a gig in Ireland, or over @BenVerth on the socials.

Or if you're looking for us online we're over @shitetalkhistory, Jason Brennan @jasonbcomedy, and Kevin Larney @kevlarcomedy.

Enjoy!

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TD Mattie McGrath: A Cowboy Special

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 17:11:34 -0000

Here's the opening bit of a recent episode we did on Patreon about Tipp's finest TD, Mattie McGrath. If you want to hear the rest of this episode, and all the other stuff we've been doing on Patreon, you can get it all for a fiver by signing up here!

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The Dundalk Jailbreak

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:09:18 -0000

100 years ago today, on the 27th of July 1922, Frank Aiken (the future Tánaiste of Ireland) orchestrated the biggest jailbreak in Irish history when his battalion blew a hole in the side of the Dundalk Gaol. We got to record an episode about the jail break live from inside the Gaol (which is now the Oriel Centre) back in May and we're realising the audio for the centenary. If you've been missing us talking shite we've been releasing episodes all month over on the patreon, you can join here for a fiver to get access to all our bonus content! Also you can follow us on Instagram or Eventbrite to find out about upcoming live events (including the next one at the Edinburgh Fringe)

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The Hellfire Club

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:34:01 -0000

For the last episode of the season we jumped on the Stranger Things bandwagon and talked about Dublin's Hellfire Club. Thanks for listening to our shite for another season and we'll see ye all in September! But if you miss our voices you can follow the patreon here, you can follow us on instagram here and you can find out about our comedy club here!

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Get Johannes Of That Painting - Vermeer Theft, The IRA, and The General

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:44:18 -0000

We went to Amsterdam on holiday and met up with one of our favourite Irish internet personalities, Cork comedian Ronan Brosnan, AKA Shite Guides, AKA The Delivery Boy, AKA a very sound lad altogether. We discussed Amsterdam, Cork, the boring paintings of Johannes Vermeer, and the exciting thefts of the boring paintings of Johannes Vermeer by the Ra, AKA the IRA. You call follow Ronan's Youtube channel over at Shite Guides, and check out his music as The Delivery Boy with his Minimum Wage Mixtape. You can find us over on the Shite Talk Instagram, Twitter, or on The Facebook.

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James Joyce live with Donal Fallon

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:18:07 -0000

This is the recording from our live 100th episode / 3rd birthday show we did last month, thanks a million to everyone who came out for it, and a special thanks to our wonderful guest on the night, Donal Fallon! You can hear more of Donal's work on his own (much more successful) podcast, Three Castles Burning, and if you want to hear more of US you can sign up to our patreon to get access to all the bonus content here!

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That Time the French Invaded Ireland with Andrew Dorman

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 08:35:16 -0000

This week we had Andrew Dorman on to tell us about the 18th century Irish army and the time the French invaded. Andrew's a fine man (and soon to be historical doctor) so go check out his comedy shows!

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The Clones Cannibal with Damo Clarke

Thu, 26 May 2022 09:08:22 -0000

This week we had Damo Clarke on to talk with us about a Monaghan man who made it big in Tasmania back in the 1800s. Damo is one of the resident MCs of the Craic Den Comedy Club in Dublin which you should all check out if you're in town, but even if you're not, you can pretend you are by listening to their podcast here. And if you like listening to podcasts, why not listen to more of ours over on the patreon!

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Brendan the Navigator with Shane Clifford

Tue, 17 May 2022 10:58:32 -0000

This week we had Shane Clifford on to talk about Ireland's favourite saint, the man who found America (100% confirmed), and Kerry's finest son, St. Brendan the Navigator. Shane is a great man all together, you can find more of his stuff on IG here, on twitter here and on his own podcast here We also talked for far too long and ended up putting all our film and general shite talk on our patreon, which you can sign up to here And (this is the last time we'll plug it!) you can get tickets to our last live show of the year here: James Joyce in the Wild Duck with Donal Fallon of 3 Castles Burning - Thursday the 19th of May

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Wezz Nightclub with Fiona Frawley

Fri, 13 May 2022 09:26:53 -0000

We had Fiona Frawley on with us this week to talk to us about the teenage mecca of Dublin's early 2000s nightlife, Wezz Nightclub. You can (and should) follow Fiona on IG here And you can get tickets to our last live show of the year here: James Joyce in the Wild Duck with Donal Fallon of 3 Castles Burning

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John Philpot Curran with Roger O'Sullivan

Fri, 06 May 2022 08:54:15 -0000

For this week's episode we're talking about the famous Corkconian lawman, John Philpot Curran. It's an episode we recorded a few weeks ago with Roger O'Sullivan and we're releasing it now because himself and Denis Len have just released the first episode of their new podcast, Unexplained Legends! So if you enjoy this show definitely go check them out. We've got two live shows left in Ireland for 2022 so you should come see us in either: Dundalk - Dundalk Gaol for a retelling of the 1922 Jail Break Dublin - Wild Duck with Donal Fallon of 3 Castles Burning Also, if you want to listen to more of the live episodes (and the bonus, cowboy and film club stuff) you can find it all on our Patreon

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Edward Carson with Darren Matthews

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:35:25 -0000

This week Kevin told Jason, and our guest Darren Matthews, all about the life and times of Edward Carson, the father of Ulster Unionism. We've got two shows left in Ireland for 2022 so you should come see us in either: Dundalk - Dundalk Gaol for a retelling of the 1922 Jail Break Dublin - Wild Duck with Donal Fallon of 3 Castles Burning Also, go check out Jordan Robinson who joined us for the first Edward Carson reading when we did it live in the Sunflower, Belfast!

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1913 Lockout with Donal Fallon (Three Castles Burning)

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:58:53 -0000

We were delighted to get the opportunity to record this episode about the 1913 lockout, live inside the historic Emmet Hall of Inchicore. The building was once owned by James Larkin and home to one of the striker leaders, and later one of the men executed for 1916, Michael Mallin. If you want to hear more of ourselves and Donal Fallon you can come join us in the Wild Duck in Dublin on the 19th of May by getting tickets here! Also, a huge thanks to D8 Development and Lauren Tuite for setting us up in the newly renovated hall, if you live around the area you should definitely follow them to see the great work they're doing for Inchicore.

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O'Donovan Rossa with Des Bishop

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 19:37:00 -0000

Hello! For the first episode of Season 8 we had Des Bishop on to talk about the original Fenian bad boy (slash possible father of modern terrorism) Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa! We've got three shows left in Ireland for 2022 so you should come see us in: Carlow - Scragg's Alley with Shannon Basso Gaule Dundalk - Dundalk Gaol for a retelling of the 1922 Jail Break Dublin - Wild Duck with Donal Fallon of 3 Castles Burning

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Ireland's First Heavyweight Pro Wrestling Champion - Danno O'Mahony

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 14:44:13 -0000

We were joined by Mob Theatre's Stephen Bradley and John Spillane to talk about the life and times of the great Danno O'Mahony, Ireland's first ever Pro Wrestling Champ! For tickets to our 3-Year-Birthday/100th Episode Special with Donal Fallon click on over to here, and for all our other gigs in Mullingar, Carlow, and Dundalk head this way.

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The Master Prankster of Cork

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 11:41:05 -0000

For the last proper episode of season 7 Kevin told Jason all about the exploits of Horace de Vere Cole, the master prankster of Cork. We had a class time last night doing our live show in Cork (the audio will be up on the patreon soon) but if you're reading this today, Saturday the 5th of March, come see us both do stand up in the CoCo Comedy Club in Cork tonight! You can get tickets here

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Shite Talk Film Club - Excalibur

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 20:13:14 -0000

We decided to release the second ever episode of our Film Club for free this week to give you all a taste of what's behind that sweet, sweet Patreon paywall. Joining us for this episode is Entertainment.ie's Movie Editor, Brian Lloyd (@BrianMLloyd) as we head back to 1981 for John Boorman's 'Excalibur' as we try to figure out what the hell was going on in this film. The Film Club's third episode will be behind the Patreon as usual, so if you want to hear us break down 'Leap Year' later this week you know where to find us!

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The Time Ireland Got Scammed By Stamps

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:29:17 -0000

For this weeks episode Kevin told Jason about the time the people of Ireland got taken for a spin by a stamp salesman We're doing a live show in Sin E, Dublin on the 19th of February (this Saturday) and you can get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/260269482027

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Thomas Francis Meagher - The Young Irelander

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 17:18:49 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin all about Irish nationalist Thomas Francis Meagher and his role in the Young Irelander rebellion Get tickets to our lives shows in Dublin & Cork here: https://linktr.ee/shitetalkhistory The title picture was colourised by reddit user u/packersfanmw87

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Munster Rugby vs New Zealand All Blacks

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:02:11 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin the story of the time time Munster Rugby faced the almight All Blacks in Thomond Park, 1978...and also every other time the sides met, which weren't as fun.

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Brian & James Fuck Each Other - Michael Collins the movie

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:23:00 -0000

This is a crossover, bonus episode we did with Brian O'Toole & James Cadden from the Brian & James Fuck Each Other podcast where we talked about Michael Collins the movie, Carlow living and our dreams for a new republic. You can check out the BJ-FEO podcast where ever you're listening to this one: https://myurls.co/brianandjamesfuckeachother

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McElroy the WW1 Flying Ace

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:16:42 -0000

This week Kevin tells Jason all about Dublin's George McElroy, a distinguished WW1 fighter pilot and flying Ace

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Vietnam Special with Nghĩa Mai

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 22:01:07 -0000

This is a bonus Sunday episode that we recorded a few weeks ago where we talked with Vietnamese born / Dublin based comic Nghĩa Mai about a few of the connections between Ireland and Vietnam. You can find more from Nghĩa on IG @nmaicomedy and twitter @nmai_comedy

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The Oilliphéist & other Irish Sea Beasts

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 16:21:38 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin all about Ireland's most famous sea beasts; from Fionn mac Cumhaill's Caoránach to Killarney's Muckie, and all the Oilliphéists in between. Also, happy new year to ye all!

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The Great Northern Bank Robbery

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 16:02:38 -0000

For our Christmas special Kevin tells Jason the story of the 7th largest bank robbery in the history of robbing banks. Merry Christmas everyone, hopefully if you're stuck in quarantine with covid this will distract you for a bit! Omicron is only a wee bollix.

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The Most Handsome Man in Ireland

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:47:41 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin all about local Carlow man, Beauchamp Bagenal. Described as an Irish rake, buck, duellist and politician, he was known (for a time) as the most handsome man in Ireland.

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The Children of Lir

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:40:21 -0000

It's time for an old mythological Irish story you've probably all heard before too many times but, likes us, have more than likely forgotten, if not some of the details, the complete story entirely other than...SWANS!!! We're also doing a live gig in Kilkenny tomorrow (the 9th of December) where we'll be talking about Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh, definitely one of the most interesting subjects we've covered yet. We'll be joined on the night with another local man, comedian Mike Rice! If you wanna come see us then here's the tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/shite-talk-an-irish-history-podcast-live-in-kilkenny-with-mike-rice-tickets-207124764747

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The Orange Order

Sat, 09 Oct 2021 14:47:22 -0000

To finish off season 6 we're doing an episode about the Orange Order, as suggested to us on Patreon by Monica Neuhauser! We're also delighted to announce that (with Jason's return to Ireland) we'll be doing some live shows over the next few weeks, the first of which will be a Halloween Special in Sin E on the 30th of October!

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Mad Sweeney

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 16:48:41 -0000

This week Jason told Kevin about the legend of Buile Shuibhne aka Mad Sweeney, the wandering King. We also did a bonus episode about the Annals fo the Four Masters (the ancient book this story comes from) which you can listen to over on our patreon.

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Tyrone GAA and the Schism of Ballygawley

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:33:13 -0000

This week Kevin tells Jason about the great schism of Ballygawley and it's knock on effect on Tyrone GAA

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The Moral Panic of Mini Skirts (with Isabelle Duff)

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 14:56:30 -0000

This week we had our first ever guest spot where Isabelle Duff came on and told the two of us about the moral panic in 1960s Ireland caused by the arrival of mini skirts

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Arabella Denny and the Magdalen Asylums

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:57:11 -0000

This week Kevin tells Jason all about Lady Arabella Denny of Kerry and her work on the Magdalen Asylums

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Tattoos - How the Irish Basically Invented Body Art

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0000

This week Kevin told Jason all about James F O'Connell, a Liberties man who became a unwitting pioneer in the world of body art

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Thomas D'Arcy Magee - Canada's First Nationalist

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 23:14:15 -0000

This week Jason told Kevin about Carlingford man Thomas D'Arcy Magee, from his time with the Young Irelanders to his role in Canadian politics

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Release the Bracken (Part 2)

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:18:17 -0000

Jason finishes the story of Brendan Bracken and his role in WWII

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Brendan Bracken and the Winston Churchills

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:40:47 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin about Brendan Bracken, a Tipperary man who wormed his way into power at Churchill's side

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Tayto (This is an episode about crisps)

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 19:01:11 -0000

Kevin tells Jason about the history and antics of Ireland's favourite human crisp

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James Clarence Mangan

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:14:09 -0000

We're back and Jason is starting off season 6 with a story about a pint drinking, ghost chatting, 19th century poet by the name of James Clarence Mangan

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Sean Quinn 3: Revenge of the Quinn

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:26:53 -0000

Here's a teaser for the 3rd and final episode of the Quinn trilogy, Revenge of the Quinn. We talk about what happened after Quinn lost control of his company, the post recession fallout for the bankers (Sean Fitzpatrick and David Drumm) as well as the current state of affairs in Quinn county with Kevin Lunney. You can get access to the full episode for €5 over at www.buymeacoffee.com/shitetalkhistory OR www.patreon.com/shitetalkhistory

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Sean Quinn 2: The Anglo Menace

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:06:47 -0000

In Part 2 of this Cowboy Special we talk about Sean Quinn and Anglo Irish Bank during the financial crash. The final episode, Part 3 - Revenge of the Quinn, will be out later today on Patreon AND Buy Me A Coffee so head over to either to get access and find out what happens next!

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Sean Quinn: A Cowboy Special

Wed, 26 May 2021 12:04:20 -0000

We're back with the season 5 cowboy special! This time it's 2008's richest Irishman, Sean Quinn

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Pirate Queen Gráinne Ní Mháille

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:05:55 -0000

For the season five finale Jason tells Kevin all about Gráinne Ní Mháille, the pirate queen. Thanks for all the support this season, happy St. Patrick's day and we'll see you all in a few weeks!

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Eileen Flynn vs the Sisters of the Holy Faith

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:08:44 -0000

This week Kevin tells Jason the story of Eileen Flynn and her legal battle with the Sisters of the Holy Faith

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Violet Gibson vs Mussolini

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:26:22 -0000

For this week's episode Kevin tells Jason the story of Dublin woman Violet Gibson and her crusade against Benito Mussolini

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Táim i Marconi i Derrigimlagh bog (Part 2)

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:52:58 -0000

To finish off the Guglielmo Marconi story, Kevin told Jason about Marconi's Transatlantic Messaging Station in Clifden and his connection to the world's first transatlantic flight

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Guglielmo Marconi comes to Ireland (Part 1)

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 01:21:08 -0000

In part one of this two parter, Kevin tells Jason about the radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi and his connections to Ireland through the Jamesons of Jameson Whiskey

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The Fastest Guns in the Whest

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:21:04 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin about Jim Leavy and Johnny Murphy, some Irish born gunslingers on the American frontier

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The Execution of Walter Lynch

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:03:33 -0000

This week Kevin tells Jason the grim Irish origins of a popular 20th century phrase

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St. Brigid of Kildare

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 01:59:58 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin the story of St. Brigid, one of Ireland's patron saints and a fine woman altogether. Actually, she came across as a bit annoying to be honest, and she wouldn't be high up on the list of the the saints you'd fancy a pint with. However, it's St. Brigid's Day so we thought we'd cash in on all her clout and chase a few extra listeners that'll be googling her. Enjoy. ------------------------------------------------------------------ P.S. - Friend of the pod James Lonergan's new single, 'Braid', is out this week so we've stuck it at the end of the episode. Tis whopper, give'r an auld listen. G'wan.

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Robert Ross burns down the White House

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:27:35 -0000

This week Kevin tells Jason the story of the last man who stormed the US Capitol, General Robert Ross

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Collar & Elbow Wrestling (or: How the Irish Probably Invented MMA)

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 23:36:02 -0000

We're back and starting off season 5 with Jason telling Kevin all about the ancient Irish sport of Collar & Elbow wrestling

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The Trial of Stradbally

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:20:48 -0000

We're finishing off this story, and the year, with the second part of the missing postman tale, the Trial of Stradbally. Happy Christmas everyone and we'll be back in a few weeks!

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The Disappearance of Larry Griffin

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:41:01 -0000

Here's a special, festive episode of Shite Talk for this Christmas season, all about the disappearance of the Kilmacthomas postman, Larry Griffin.

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Noel Browne's Mother & Child Scheme

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 00:14:12 -0000

To finish up our series on the fall of the 13th Dáil we talked out Dr. Noel Browne going up against the 1950s Catholic Hierarchy with his Mother and Child Scheme

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Samhain Special - The Haunting of Loftus Hall

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 23:20:49 -0000

This week we've got a Samhain (Halloween) special, featuring Ireland's most haunted house and a one handed man from Cavan

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The Battle for Baltinglass Post Office

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:17:34 -0000

This week we cover the second scandal to hit Costello's government, the battle for Baltinglass post office.

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The Day Ireland Became a Republic

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 20:31:02 -0000

For October we'll be covering the three scandals that brought down John A. Costello's 1948 rainbow coalition, the government of the 13th Dáil. First up, the day Ireland became a Republic.

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Niall of the Nine Hostages (Post Show Chat with Candlelit Tales)

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:44:20 -0000

We were guests on the excellent Candlelit Tales podcast last week were we talked about the historical reference of the ancient lord, Niall of the Nine Hostages. Listen to the first part of the episode (Episode 51) over at the Candlelit Tales Podcast or watch a recording of the livestream on their YouTube channel.

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Christian Davies - The Marauding Mother Ross (Part 2)

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 21:05:26 -0000

Kevin finishes telling Jason about Kit Cavanagh, the 17th century Irish woman fighting for Churchill in the Spanish War of Succession

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Kit Cavanagh - The Pretty Dragoon (Part 1)

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 23:29:53 -0000

Kevin tells Jason the first part of the story of Christian "Kit" Cavanagh, a 17th century Dublin woman who went to great lengths to find her husband

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The Irish National Invincibles & the Phoenix Park Murders

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 23:09:54 -0000

Jason tells Kevin the story of The Irish National Invincibles, a splinter group of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, whose main objective was to assassinate high ranking government officials.

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Peg Plunkett

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 23:09:11 -0000

Margaret Leeson, aka Peg Plunkett, was an 18th century courtesan who literally wrote the book on the Dublin brothel game.

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The Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:10:16 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin about the theft of the Irish Crown Jewels (aka the Jewels Belonging to the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick) back in 1907

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The Temple Bar Murders

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:27:13 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin about the Temple Bar murders of October 1867, when the Fenians clashed with the local Johnny Raws

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The Twelfth - The Battle of Aughrim (Part 6)

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:06:08 -0000

This is it, the final episode of the Twelfth series, the end of the War of the Two Kings! This week is all about the Battle of Aughrim and the second siege of Limerick.

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The Twelfth - Patrick Sarsfield and the Siege of Limerick (Part 5)

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 23:09:17 -0000

For part 5 of this series on the War of the Two Kings we introduce Jacobite leader Patrick Sarsfield and talk about the siege of Limerick

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The Twelfth - The Battle of the Boyne (Part 4)

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:40:31 -0000

After three weeks of prologue we've finally made it to the action, the first of the two main battles that decided the War of the Two Kings, the Battle of the Boyne.

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The Twelfth - The Siege of Derry (Part 3)

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:27:04 -0000

Continuing our series on The War of the Two Kings this week we talk about James II's arrival to Ireland, the Patriot Parliament and the Siege of Derry / the Londonsiege of Londonderry.

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The Twelfth - The Glorious Revolution (Part 2)

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 11:51:48 -0000

In this week's episode (which is Part 2 in our series on the 12th of July) Kevin tells Jason all about King James II's reign as a Catholic monarch, the origin of his rival/nephew/son-in-law Prince William of Orange and their first big battle during the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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The Twelfth - The Rise of English Protestantism (Part 1)

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:37:19 -0000

For the first episode of season 4 we tried to cover about 200 years of history to make up for lost time. In an attempt to understand the orange order's celebration of the glorious 12th of July we talked about how Henry VIII first turned England towards protestantism, England's subsequent weird relationship with Catholicism and the rise of Catholic James II and his friend Dick Talbot. Also some shite about the time Christopher Columbus visited Galway.

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Irish Communism and the Return of the Jewels (Part 2)

Tue, 26 May 2020 11:03:17 -0000

Finishing of the story from last week, Kevin gives Jason an idea of Communist sentiment in Ireland during the 30's and tells him what happened the Russian Crown Jewels in the end. This is the last episode of season 3 so thanks for listening, hope you've enjoyed it so far and we'll be back in a few weeks x

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Harry Boland and the Russian Crown Jewels (Part 1)

Tue, 19 May 2020 08:05:26 -0000

For the penultimate episode of season 3 Kevin starts telling Jason about the time the nascent Irish state lent the newly formed Russian government some cash in exchange for a few of their crown jewels, which ended up in the hands of one Mr. Harry Boland.

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Hamon Massey - Mansions, Money, and Murd...Self-Defence

Tue, 12 May 2020 03:48:25 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin the story of the fall and fall of the once great Massey clan, and their home at Killakee House, Rathfarnham. A tale of death, despair, money, massive houses, and a bit of the RA.

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Mary Elmes - The Oskar Schindler of Cork

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 07:33:37 -0000

For this weeks episode Kevin told Jason all about Mary Elmes, a genuine hero who dedicated her life to helping others; she travelled from Cork to Nazi occupied France via war torn Spain and did some amazing things along the way.

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Fenian Fi Fo Fum - Ireland invades Canada

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:22:11 -0000

For this weeks episode Jason continues the story of the Fenian Brotherhood from last week and tells Kevin about their attempts to invade Canada.

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John O'Mahony and the Fenian Brotherhood

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 08:36:56 -0000

For this weeks episode Jason told Kevin all about the life of John O'Mahony, founder of the American Fenian Brotherhood

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Nelson's Pillar (and Other O'Connell Street Curios)

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:38:12 -0000

For this weeks episode Kevin told Jason about the rise and fall of Nelson's Pillar on O'Connell Street, as well as a couple of other weird monuments that have found their way onto the main street of our capital.

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Darkey Kelly - The Murdering Madam of Maiden Tower

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:09:53 -0000

For this weeks episode Jason told Kevin the 100% true story of Darkey Kelly, the madam of the Maiden Tower brothel in Dublin who may (or may not) have been Ireland's first serial killer.

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Erskine Childers and the Howth Gun-Running

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:31:33 -0000

For this weeks episode Kevin told Jason all about Erskine Childers and his part in the Howth Gun-Running of 1914, where 1000's of German guns were delivered to the Irish Volunteers, as well as his life during the Civil War / War of Independence. We've done a couple of episodes around that period for the centenary so expect to see a few more coming up this season! This episode also features some shite talk about Kevin's dog, Antz and Harry Potter

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Albert Cashier - Trans...Atlantic War Hero

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:15:50 -0000

For the first episode of season 3 Jason read Kevin the story of Albert Cashier. Born in Co. Louth, he travelled to Illinois and made it big in the Union Army under some extreme circumstances. Also some shite talk about a Clogherhead diner, viking splash tours and how tall Jason's gotten.

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John Mitchel - A Divided American (Part 2)

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:49:05 -0000

For this week’s episode Kevin continues reading Jason the story of convicted felon, and infamous hypocrite, John Mitchel. In part two of the story we cover his exile to Van Diemen's land and the curious opinions he expressed in his later writings. Also, some shite talk about Tir Na Nog, Tennessee and Jason's relationship advice. Intro song is John Mitchel by The Freemen

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John Mitchel - A United Irishman (Part 1)

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 20:14:00 -0000

For this week’s episode Kevin reads Jason the story of 19th century nationalist, and founder of the United Irishman, John Mitchel. This is a two part episode and in part one we cover Mitchel's early life, his foray into anti-British journalism and his eventual trial for treason. Also, some shite talk about Cork's bad naval record, James McClean and robot lawnmowers.

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Don Hugo O'Conor - The Red Captain of Texas

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:27:06 -0000

For this weeks episode Jason reads Kevin the story of Hugh O'Conor, an Irish born man who made it big in the states on behalf of the Spanish crown. There's also some shite talk about Mac DeMarco, Catch me if you can and Jason's Spanish accents. This weeks episode photo is a statue of O'Conor in Tucson (a town he founded in Arizona), I don't think I've ever seen a statue with ginger hair before, it is truly wonderful.

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Francis Sheehy Skeffington and the 1916 Rising

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:57:12 -0000

For this weeks episode Kevin reads Jason the tale of Francis Sheehy-Skeffington; a celebrated pacifist, feminist and socialist of early 1900s Ireland who lost his life trying to keep the peace during the Easter rising. There's also some shite talk about Henry Ford, James Joyce and Jason's selfie etiquette. This will be the last episode of the year but we'll be back with the end of season 2 in January!

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The Leviathan of Parsonstown - The William Parsons Project

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 01:51:02 -0000

This week Kevin tells Jason all about the Parson family of Birr, Co. Offaly. They built the worlds biggest telescopes and changed the field of astronomy, were early contributors to photography and built one of the oldest surviving dark rooms, invented the steam turbine revolutionising sea travel and were involved in the worlds first car fatality. They got around. Plus some shite talk about Jason's homeschooling, Air (the band not the gas) and David Fincher.

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Nellie Cashman - Angel of the Cassiar

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 04:34:28 -0000

In this week's episode Jason tell Kevin the story of Nellie Cashman, a Cork woman who followed the gold rush around America making a name for herself as a business woman, restauranteur, philanthropist and all round sound lady. Also some shite talk about Doc Holiday, haircuts and jeans.

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Lady Betty - The Hangwoman of Roscommon

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:45:10 -0000

In this weeks episode Kevin tells Jason the story of Elizabeth Sugrue aka Lady Betty aka the woman from hell. Oscar Wilde's father recorded the story in his book "Ireland: Her wit, Peculiarities and Popular Superstitions" after asking the people of Roscommon about the infamous executioner who lived in their town Gaol. Also some shite talk about Brendan Behan and Jason's relationship with his mother.

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Lord Haw Haw - Ireland's premier Nazi DJ

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:00:00 -0000

This week Jason tells Kevin the story of William Joyce, aka Lord Haw Haw of Zeesen, a young lad who grew up in Galway and went on to become a propaganda broadcaster for the Nazis during WWII. Also some shite talk about Irish radio and Jason kind of predicts Gay Byrne's death.

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Richard "Humanity Dick" Martin

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:00:00 -0000

This week Kevin tells Jason about Richard "Humanity Dick" Martin, a bad ass man from Galway who spent his days fighting for animal rights while also literally fighting anyone he crossed, the man loved to duel. Also some shite talk about Ricky Martin, Wolf Tone and a bear.

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Ballyrush and Görtzen - The Spy Who Loved Us

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:00:00 -0000

Dropping knowledge bombs like the Luftwaffe did spies into Ireland during the war, today's story is about a spy who dropped into Ireland out of a Luftwaffe plane during the war. A German spy by the name of Hermann Görtz, stolen British intelligence plans, Luftwaffe uniforms, big chunks of cash, a code-breaking Irish librarian, Nazis teaming up with the RA to defeat the British, and that's just our last night out in Dublin. This episode is pretty interesting too to be fair. G'wan, have a listen. Welcome to Season 2 of Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast, we're back and we're better than ever. Not just a throwaway line, we've actually gone all out and hired a producer, Silent Dan. He's going to fix all of our audio, making sure this time around it's only the content that's shite. Get in touch with us via e-mail at shitetalkhistory@gmail.com or on the social media at shitetalkhistory.

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