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Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

HeadStuff Podcasts

Join Irish stand up comedians Jason Brennan and Kevin Larney as they take turns giving their best accounts of some of Ireland"s silly, strange, and downright stupid tales from the past. For ad-free listening and access to our bonus content go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com and sign up for €5/mo + VAT.

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68:08

Saipan - Part 1 (1996-2002)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/09/29

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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:38

Arís - John Delaney - A Cowboy Special

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/09/26

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

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10:24

Bonus Dev - Schrödinger's Bastard

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/09/19

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.),

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69:48

Butty Sugrue and the Underground World Champion Mick...

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/09/15

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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75:30

Éamon de Valera - President Dev (Part 4)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/09/09

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+⁠⁠⁠ Also you can ⁠⁠follow us here⁠⁠ to find out about our upcoming live

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90:51

Éamon de Valera - War Time Dev (Part 3)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/09/03

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! 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 you can follow us here to find out about our upcoming shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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97:30

Éamon de Valera - The Long Fella (Part 2)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/08/22

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. 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+⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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107:45

Éamon de Valera - George (Part 1)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/08/11

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

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106:22

Muhammad Ali in Croke Park

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/08/05

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! To get all of our episodes without any ads, plus all of our bonus content, head over to Headstuff+ Find us on social media over here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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75:21

The DeLorean

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/07/28

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.If you want to hear the ad-free version of this episode, plus our bonus episodes and Film Clubs, you can sign up to ⁠Headstuff+⁠. And as always, you can follow us on socials at: ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Tik Tok⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:32

Blackbird - Film Club

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/07/26

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 this month it's only €1 to sign up, so you might as well try it out when it's cheap. After the first month

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102:51

Michael Flately - Lord of the Dance

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/07/21

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,

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76:13

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

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/07/14

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. 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+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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67:56

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

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/07/07

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. 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+ And you can see clips from the episode on IG here

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62:35

Michael Collins - The Young Fella (Part 1)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/06/30

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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Shite Talk Season 13 Trailer

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/06/24

Shite Talk is back for a new season and we are joining HeadStuff Podcasts!New episodes start Monday 30th of June and you can sign up for weekly bonus episodes at https://headstuffpodcasts.com/shite-talk/ This show is part of HeadStuff Podcasts.

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62:19

Film Club - Michael Collins w/Tony Cantwell

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/02/19

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

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0:32

Éamon de Valera - Live Show

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/01/20

We've got our biggest show to date coming up on the 06th of March and since it's the fifty year anniversary of Ireland's six-time-Taoiseach we're going to be doing a Dev special..You can get tickets for the show here:06 March 2025 - Laughter Lounge, DublinOr sign up for the Patreon to get a discount code for the show*:Patreon.*Basically if you're buying a ticket you can get free access to all our Patreon stuff..

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55:48

Jimmy Hasty - The One Armed Bandit

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/01/16

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..If you want to see clips from this episode 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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65:42

Reeling in the 2024 (Part 1)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/01/02

Happy 2025! We did a "Reeling in the Years" style review of 2024, this is the first part covering events from January to June, and part two will be up on the Patreon later this week. Part two is much more fun to be honest, the first half of the year had very little craic in it..If you want to see clips from this episode 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.Also, if ye fancy it,

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