Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

We were joined by Mob Theatre's Stephen Bradley and John Spillane to talk about the life and times of the great Danno O'Mahony, Ireland's first ever Pro Wrestling Champ! For tickets to our 3-Year-Birthday/100th Episode Special with Donal Fallon click on over to here, and for all our other gigs in Mullingar, Carlow, and Dundalk head this way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

For the last proper episode of season 7 Kevin told Jason all about the exploits of Horace de Vere Cole, the master prankster of Cork.  We had a class time last night doing our live show in Cork (the audio will be up on the patreon soon) but if you're reading this today, Saturday the 5th of March, come see us both do stand up in the CoCo Comedy Club in Cork tonight! You can get tickets here Learn m...

We decided to release the second ever episode of our Film Club for free this week to give you all a taste of what's behind that sweet, sweet Patreon paywall. Joining us for this episode is Entertainment.ie's Movie Editor, Brian Lloyd (@BrianMLloyd) as we head back to 1981 for John Boorman's 'Excalibur' as we try to figure out what the hell was going on in this film.  The Film Club's third episode...

For this weeks episode Kevin told Jason about the time the people of Ireland got taken for a spin by a stamp salesman We're doing a live show in Sin E, Dublin on the 19th of February (this Saturday) and you can get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/260269482027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jason tells Kevin all about Irish nationalist Thomas Francis Meagher and his role in the Young Irelander rebellion Get tickets to our lives shows in Dublin & Cork here: https://linktr.ee/shitetalkhistory The title picture was colourised by reddit user u/packersfanmw87 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jason tells Kevin the story of the time time Munster Rugby faced the almight All Blacks in Thomond Park, 1978...and also every other time the sides met, which weren't as fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a crossover, bonus episode we did with Brian O'Toole & James Cadden from the Brian & James Fuck Each Other podcast where we talked about Michael Collins the movie, Carlow living and our dreams for a new republic. You can check out the BJ-FEO podcast where ever you're listening to this one: https://myurls.co/brianandjamesfuckeachother Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

This week Kevin tells Jason all about Dublin's George McElroy, a distinguished WW1 fighter pilot and flying Ace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a bonus Sunday episode that we recorded a few weeks ago where we talked with Vietnamese born / Dublin based comic Nghĩa Mai about a few of the connections between Ireland and Vietnam. You can find more from Nghĩa on IG @nmaicomedy and twitter @nmai_comedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jason tells Kevin all about Ireland's most famous sea beasts; from Fionn mac Cumhaill's Caoránach to Killarney's Muckie, and all the Oilliphéists in between. Also, happy new year to ye all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our Christmas special Kevin tells Jason the story of the 7th largest bank robbery in the history of robbing banks. Merry Christmas everyone, hopefully if you're stuck in quarantine with covid this will distract you for a bit! Omicron is only a wee bollix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jason tells Kevin all about local Carlow man, Beauchamp Bagenal. Described as an Irish rake, buck, duellist and politician, he was known (for a time) as the most handsome man in Ireland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for an old mythological Irish story you've probably all heard before too many times but, likes us, have more than likely forgotten, if not some of the details, the complete story entirely other than...SWANS!!! We're also doing a live gig in Kilkenny tomorrow (the 9th of December) where we'll be talking about Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh, definitely one of the most interesting subjects we'...

To finish off season 6 we're doing an episode about the Orange Order, as suggested to us on Patreon by Monica Neuhauser!  We're also delighted to announce that (with Jason's return to Ireland) we'll be doing some live shows over the next few weeks, the first of which will be a Halloween Special in Sin E on the 30th of October! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jason told Kevin about the legend of Buile Shuibhne aka Mad Sweeney, the wandering King. We also did a bonus episode about the Annals fo the Four Masters (the ancient book this story comes from) which you can listen to over on our patreon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kevin tells Jason about the great schism of Ballygawley and it's knock on effect on Tyrone GAA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we had our first ever guest spot where Isabelle Duff came on and told the two of us about the moral panic in 1960s Ireland caused by the arrival of mini skirts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kevin tells Jason all about Lady Arabella Denny of Kerry and her work on the Magdalen Asylums Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kevin told Jason all about James F O'Connell, a Liberties man who became a unwitting pioneer in the world of body art Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jason told Kevin about Carlingford man Thomas D'Arcy Magee, from his time with the Young Irelanders to his role in Canadian politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason finishes the story of Brendan Bracken and his role in WWII Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jason tells Kevin about Brendan Bracken, a Tipperary man who wormed his way into power at Churchill's side Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin tells Jason about the history and antics of Ireland's favourite human crisp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back and Jason is starting off season 6 with a story about a pint drinking, ghost chatting, 19th century poet by the name of James Clarence Mangan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a teaser for the 3rd and final episode of the Quinn trilogy, Revenge of the Quinn. We talk about what happened after Quinn lost control of his company, the post recession fallout for the bankers (Sean Fitzpatrick and David Drumm) as well as the current state of affairs in Quinn county with Kevin Lunney. You can get access to the full episode for €5 over at www.buymeacoffee.com/shitetalkhist...