Shift Present: The Craic Podcast

Join us for a Pint 🍻We’re back! It’s been six months since our last podcast, and a lot has happened. Shift has gone from an idea to a live app, Patrick has become a social media influencer, and we’ve hit a million dollars in funding. We settle back into one of our favourite Irish pubs in Virginia to reflect on what’s surprised us most, what’s validated the vision, and why it finally feels like th...

Join Us for a Pint 🍻 It’s been a whirlwind few months — travel, work, more travel, and even more work — but we’re finally back behind the mic with big news: the Shift beta app is officially LIVE. If you’re on our newsletter or listening here, you now have early access to download and test it before anyone else. Between juggling late nights with the development team, chatting through Irish pub cul...

Shift: The App for the Global Irish is launching in November 2025. The Washington DC pilot is our first major step in the mission to connect the Irish - and the Irish-ish across the world. This is a shout out for Irish and Irish American investors who care about Irish culture and understand the true value of the Irish diaspora - the 70+ million around the world. To view the deck and learn more, pl...

We’re back from our summer travels, with tales from the motherland and "the good ol' craic" ;). Between Paul’s family trip, Patrick’s three-week stay back home, and a hike up Croagh Patrick, there’s no shortage of craic. We chat about fathers, family, and Irish identity, before diving into music, football (both American and Gaelic), and of course, where Shift is headed next. Pull up a chair, settl...

We try something new today, and the craic is fan-feckin-tastic! This time we pull up stools and have a pint at the main bar of the Aul Shebeen. Tim pours us pints and a fellow patrons drops in as we chat. Don’t miss our must-do recommendations in Belfast and Dublin as Paul & Patrick call out their favorite pubs. This is our best chat yet. Excited to hear what you think! Episode Highlights ⭐️...

We're back with another episode of The Craic, recorded live at the Four Courts in Arlington. We're at the Courts for the first Digital Irish event here in DC, that took place immediately after this recording. A nice chat followed by a great night. Highlights: Irish names for the American Irish. St. Patrick's Day post-mortem. NYC parade rules and controversial slogans. Feedback on Shift...

Sure St Paddy's Day fever is rising here at the Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, as we record our latest episode. As the bartenders prepare for a hectic weekend, Patrick and Paul sit down to share the latest craic, and to celebrate the launch of the new Shift website at  Shift.irish ! We’ve been working like mad the past few months to get the first version of Shift launched: The Directory of all thing...

We're at the front of the bar at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax. The fire is roaring and we're loving our new spot with the bar in the background. Seems the staff are loving us too. Tim drops us off an extra pint while we're in session. Sure it'd be rude to refuse. Enjoy the craic as Paul & Patrick catch up, talk about the latest goings on, and what's happening with Shift, as the new website is p...

As usual, Patrick grabs the pints, while Paul hits record. We're back at the Auld Shebeen in Fairfax to kick-off the New Year. We cover a lot of ground, from modern Irish memes to long-standing Celtic traditions. We cover some of Ireland's greatest exports from Hosier to Christy Moore, Sinead O'Connor to Dolores O'Riordan, Blindboy to Tommy Tiernan, and of course U2, perhaps the mo...

The Craic continues at Ireland's Four Courts in Arlington, where Patrick and Paul have their final pints before the holidays really take hold - and Patrick heads back to the old country to enjoy a proper Irish Christmas. The lads reminisce on fond memories of Christmas time in Ireland - family traditions, cozy pubs, and discovering Christy Moore - and somehow Patrick squeezes in a story about reel...

The Craic continues at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, where Paul cradles a baby Guinness (zero), while Patrick enjoys a proper pint. We chat about how we do and don't live up to the Irish caricature, and why there's more to it than just the pints. Of course, on Halloween we cover the origin story from a cave in Roscommon, and we compare the current festivities to our humble beginnings on either side...

Patrick and Paul kick-off the The Craic podcast. We're at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, for 'just the one'. We get into what it's like growing up in Ireland, how we find each other abroad, and why Patrick dreamed up Shift - the app that will connect Irish people everywhere. We cover the gift and curse of being Irish, and tell a few stories of surviving Irish boyhood, a trip to America, and generall...