Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

Here's our attempt at covering the recent riots in Belfast. I'll link these two articles we talked about in the episode though, I'd like to include more sources below but as the story is still updating daily it's probably better to just search it yourselves: ⁠⁠Police Warned about Targets⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Wired Article on Online Network⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We wrap up our George Best deep dive with a fifth and final episode as Jason tells Kevin all about the final years of the mans life. This is the first 15mins, but if you want to listen to more, plus all our back cataloge and ad free listening, subscribe to HS+ !! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! Here's a episode we recorded back in January (so ignore the Ireland-at-the-world-cup chat) with internet historian and proud Kilkenny man, ⁠⁠Davy Holden⁠⁠. We talked about our favourite revolutionaries, the best Irish historical movies, and why you should go visit Kilkenny. . If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Jason tells Kevin the fourth instalment of the Georgie Best story. Well, part of it anyway. About 15 mins of it give or take, but if you want the next 45mins you can find it behind the paywall at HeadStuff+ And that'll cover you for next week's final episode, plus any other Best related episodes, along with all of our back catalogue. You can follow the show on socials, on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ or on⁠⁠ Tik...

Jason tells Kevin the third instalment of the Georgie Best story. Well, part of it anyway. About 16 mins of it give or take, but if you want the next hour and a bit you can find it behind the paywall at HeadStuff+ And that'll cover you for next week's episode, plus any other Best related episodes, along with all of our back catalogue. You can follow the show on socials, on ⁠Instagram⁠ or on⁠ TikTo...

Jason tells Kevin about George Best's career at Man United, before we get into all the good stuff on the behind the Paywall episode! And if you want to see our video content, or find out when we have our next live gigs, give us a follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, or ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's the first few minutes of our bonus chat about the Connaught final and Arsenal's big game at the weekend . If you want to hear the rest of this episode, AS WELL AS all our episodes ad free AND all the bonus stuff we've ever done you can get it over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . And if you want to see our faces we're on ⁠⁠YouTube , ⁠⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠TikTok , Kevin Larney & Jason...

Part One of our mini-series on George Best, the greatest (*Irish) footballer to have ever lived. *If you're from Cork it's OK to say it's Roy Keane. And if you want to see our video content, or find out when we have our next live gigs, give us a follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, TikTok, or ⁠Youtube⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talked to our old friend Dr. Dorman about his new book, The British Army, Society and Soldiering in Ireland, 1699-1793. . Also, our first two dates for the Culture fest have sold out but there's some tickets left for the last day of The Big Bag of Cannes Film Festival on the 08th of May⁠⁠ . You can follow the show on socials on ⁠Instagram⁠ or on⁠ TikTok⁠ or if you want to see the full episode w...

Joining us today is Kevin Brannigan, the Director the documentary NORAID: IRISH AMERICA AND THE IRA to chat about the film, the NORAID group, and a few tangents as always along the way. This is technically a Film Club, but also the first one we've done with a guest who was involved in the making of the project, so it's going out of the regular feed. We had so much fun recording we went a little ov...

Hello, here's the third and last part of Pearse, we talk a bit about the aftermath of 1916 for his family, some more about St. Enda's school, and then talk through each of the main hang ups people have about him. Sources: Pádraig Pearse - ⁠Various Works⁠ Pádraig / Mary-Brigid Pearse - ⁠The Home Life of Pádraig Pearse⁠ Colin Tobin -⁠ After I am Hanged my Portrait will be Interesting⁠ Ruth Dudley Ed...

Here's part two of the Pearse files covering the end of 1915, the lead up to the rising, his trial, and execution. . We'll have the final part on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ this Thursday, so head over there for all the bonus / ad free content. . Also we have LIVE SHOWS coming up in Dublin 06th May - 1926 Reeling in the Years 07th May - Big Bag of Cannes Film Festival And if you want to see ou...

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 Que...

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 bon...

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

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 ⁠⁠⁠Inst...

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 knowl...

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 ep...

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...

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

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 th...

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 bull...

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

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...

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...