Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

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! T...

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

This week we had Brinsley McNamara of Weird Ireland on to chat about all things Irish History. Brinsley's book Weird Ireland: An Unofficial Guide to the Island is on sale in all good bookshops! And a few of the bad ones too. 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 .If you want an add...

Here's an episode about James McClean and the Poppy fiasco thats been melting the heads of English football fans for about 12 years now. 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 .If you want an add free version of the episode, as well as all the bonus stuff AND a discount on the LIVE...

Hello! We're back after an accidental hiatus and we've got a refreshed version of one of the first stories we ever covered, the murder mystery of the Carlow-Hollywood director; William Desmond Taylor. We retold this story live in Carlow over the summer and got some updated information from local writer, and all round lovely man, Marc-Ivan O'Gorman. All the facts of the story covering William's lif...

Hello! This weeks episode is all about one of Ireland's all time rock stars, Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott! We had the pleasure of recording this episode in the Rock and Roll Museum in Dublin, which we couldn't recommend more. The tour is great, and they have jam rooms for musicans to rent for 20 quid an hour, with amps and instruments already in there, feckin' steal. You can follow Shite Talk on Insta...

Hello! This weeks episode is all about one of Ireland's all time great musicians, the guitarist's guitarist, Rory Gallagher. We had the pleasure of recording this episode in the Rock and Roll Museum in Dublin. The guides there gave us a load of extra info about Rory (and every other musician with even a sliver of Irish ancestry!), as well as showing us all the amazing memorabilia they have for Ror...

Hello! A few weeks ago David Simon (of the Wire fame) went on a big twitter rant about Michael Collins and how he would have figured in to the Israel / Palestine conflict. We recorded a short episode of us reading / reacting to Simon's tweets and if you'd like to hear the rest of it, it's over on Patreon. You can read the original twitter thread here. You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram (and no...

Hello! Here's the second and final part of the Tom Crean story, covering his time onboard The Endurance with Ernest Shackleton and his Trans-Antarctic Expedition..You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram (and now TikTok) to see clips from each episode, and you can find tickets for our upcoming LIVE SHOW here:30th January 2025 - Laughter Lounge, Dublin .If you want an add free version of the episode,...

Part 1 of a tale about one of the hardiest men Kerry has ever produced, the Antartic explorer Tom Crean. Tickets to our live show in January 2025 can be found over at LaughterLounge.com. If you want bonus content, or want to support us outside of coming to a live gig, or get 20% of tickets for the live gig, sure go over and sign up to the Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

Hello! We are back, and for the first episode of season 12 we talked about everybody's favourite poet, wizard, and sex pest; William Butler Yeats. Joining us for the occasion is the wonderful Shannon Basso Gaule, Carlow's other favourite comedian..You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram to see clips from each episode and you can find tickets for our upcoming live show here:30th January 2025- Laught...

Hello! Well, after five months, we're finally done with Bertie. This is a preview of the final Bertie episode where we talked about some of his biggest slip ups from the last decade. If you want to listen to the rest of the episode (along with all the other bonus stuff) you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get it all there for a fiver. . And if you want to see our faces...

Here's the penultimate episode of the Bertie series, The Celtic Pelican. The wheels are coming off the county as the Celtic Tiger gets put down and replaced with a Celtic Pelican, right when the country needs him most, Bert is distracted by his own personal affairs and ends up stepping down as Taoiseach just before the economy implodes. . If you want more context for the Mahon Tribunal / Sean Quin...

Well hello, here's part 3.5 of the Bertie series, the Mahon Tribunal. We've been doing the rest of the Flood / Mahon Tribunal stuff behind the paywall so if you want to get the full story you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get it all there for a fiver. . And if you want to see our faces we're on ⁠⁠⁠YouTube , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠TikTok , ⁠Kevin Larney⁠ & ⁠Jason Brenna...

Hello, we're back with part three of the Bertie series and in this episode we talk about his second term in government and start seeing some of his big failings as a leader. Hope ye enjoy this episode and have a lovely St Patrick's weekend! . You can follow us on to see video clips from each episode and ALSO you can find tickets for all of our upcoming live shows here - . 21st March - Accidental T...

Hello, here's a little preview of our Patreon cowboy special on Ben Dunne Jnr. We talk about how one mans wild weekend in Florida started a chain reaction which led to Bertie Ahern stepping down as Taoiseach some 16 years later..If you want to listen to the full Ben Dunne / McCracken story (as well as all the other bonus episodes we have) you can get it all for a fiver over on Patreon.

Hello, and welcome back to the Bertie Bowl. Here's episode two of our Ahern series, in this one we cover his first term as Taoiseach (1997 - 2002) and the origin of the tribunals that eventually lead to him stepping down. . We're also about to release the first tribunal spin off episode over on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, so if you want to hear us tell the full McCracken / Ben Dunne...

Hello, and welcome back for season 11! It's the 6th year of the podcast and to celebrate we're doing a deep dive series into one of the biggest figures from modern Irish politics, Bertie Ahern. Over the next few weeks we'll be putting out loads more Bertie and Bertie related episodes, some of which will be behind the paywall, so you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get i...

Hellllo! For this weeks episode we had the wonderful Alison Spittle with us to talk about Belvedere house and a whole load of other Westmeath related bits!.Alos while you're clicking links you can support us on Patreon or follow us on Instagram to see video clips and find out about all our upcoming live shows, or just buy tickets direct from here - Shite Talk Live.. Learn more about your ad choice...

Hellllo! And we're back in 2024 with a special episode about Harry Boland that I (Kevin) recorded with Kevin Dolan of The History of Ireland Podcast a few weeks ago. If you like this episode you can check out the rest of Kev's stuff on the Irish Civil War here..Alos while you're clicking links you can support us on Patreon or follow us on Instagram to see video clips and find out about all our upc...

This week we had Katie Charlwood from the great Who Did What Now Podcast join us to talk about Tipp man George Thomas and his adventures in the Indian subcontinent. .You can support us on Patreon or follow us on Instagram to find out about all our upcoming shows!. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk about the details of last weeks riot in Dublin. Just a heads up, this is a fairly grim epiosde with some graphic details Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we had Ronan Carey from the fantastic Dream Gun Film Reads join us to talk about an Irish classic, John Crowley's Intermission. You can see Dreamgun live in Smock Alley on Nov 29th - Dec 2nd, find tickets over here. You can support us on Patreon or follow us on Instagram/tell all your friends or scream at random peiple on the street about us! Thanks. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Hello! It's part two of the Étaín story, now with more flies and even more incest..There's also a bonus part on Patreon so if you want to listen to that, and all the other stuff we have up there, you can find it here!. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! We're back with another myth saga, this time Jason has done a deep dive into the wooing of Étaín, a weird tale of incest and...well mostly incest..There's also a bonus part on Patreon so if you want to listen to that, and all the other stuff we have up there, you can find it here!. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices