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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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86:15

Shergar - Kidnapping Ireland's Favourite Horse

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2026/03/31

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) If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠ . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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9:32

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

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2026/03/26

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 . If you want to listen to the full episode, as well as every bonus

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59:12

Don Patricio - A Proper Football Man

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2026/03/24

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! If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to

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14:53

STFC - Studs w/ Killian Sundermann

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2026/03/19

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. . If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content

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49:37

St. Patrick

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2026/03/17

Helllo! We're back with season 14 and we're starting off with a short, topical episode on the history of St. Patrick. . If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Season Coming Soon!

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2026/03/12

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

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60:29

Arís - The IRA Christmas Raid

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/12/18

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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96:37

Barry Lyndon w/ Colm McGlinchey

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/12/11

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

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61:08

Football Special w/ Ken Early

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/12/09

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 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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

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58:24

IRA vs Guinness Book of Records

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/12/02

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). If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on Instagram . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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108:11

Jonathan Swift

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/11/25

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

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2:34

Shite Talk History Live Podcast with Peter McGann!!

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/11/21

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

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68:08

Talking Shite W/Peter McGann

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/11/18

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

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71:20

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

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/11/11

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

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87:21

Michael D. Higgins

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/11/04

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

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12:30

Arís - Alice Kyteler - The First Witch of Ireland...

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/10/31

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

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51:42

Samhain Special w/ Katie Boyle

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/10/28

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: ⁠Kilkenny - 01st of November⁠ ⁠Dublin w/ Peter McCann - 25th of November Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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127:56

President 2025 - Connolly vs Humphreys

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/10/21

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

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75:54

Saipan - Part 2

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/10/13

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

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104:27

Palestine

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast ·

2025/10/06

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

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