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Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

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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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All Episodes

35:00

Fionn MacCool and the Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne...

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/07/31

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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52:01

Fionn MacCool and the Salmon of Knowledge (Part 2)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/07/22

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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42:19

Fionn MacCool and the Legend of the Dog Faced Woman...

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/07/11

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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59:33

Talking Shite w/ Spicebag

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/07/09

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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51:41

Talking Shite w/ Kyla Cobbler

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/06/30

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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42:24

Talking Shite w/ MMA Fighter Will Fleury

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/06/22

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

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48:35

Time Magazine's Man of the Century

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/05/27

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

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52:36

Roger Casement - The Hung Revolutionary (Part 2)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/05/18

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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75:59

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

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/05/09

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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53:27

The Darndale Two w/ Des Bishop

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/05/01

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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57:37

The Irish Godfather of Ganja - Dr. William Brooke...

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/04/20

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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38:20

Fintan O'Toole - We Don't Know Ourselves

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/04/15

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

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67:08

Dan Donnelly w/ Owen Colgan

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/04/04

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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53:07

The Aer Lingus Hijacking

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/03/23

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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63:49

Dr. Francis Tumblety (probably Jack the Ripper)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/03/09

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: Links2. 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:

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84:01

Brendan Behan - The Quare Fellow (Part 2)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/02/28

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)Shite Talk: Links

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80:54

Brendan Behan - The Borstal Boy (Part 1)

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/02/20

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:Shite Talk: Links

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65:51

Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/02/12

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!Shite Talk: Links

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61:06

Going Baloobas with Gary White

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/02/05

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!@shitetalkhistoryThe Ha'penny Comedy Club

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57:16

Kerry's James Bond - William Melville

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2023/01/29

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.Shite Talk Patreon / Socials / Live Gigs

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