The History St Pat’s Pod 🔴⚪️

In this episode we chat about some the great Pat’s player nicknames from throughout our history, from Barreller to Bisto and beyond. We select the four midfielders for our Cult Heroes XI team, and we review the 1948/49 season for the Saints, as the rivalry with Shamrock Rovers really kicks off. Don’t forget our upcoming 30 year anniversary reunion event with the team of 1995/96 taking place on Sat...

A monster pod this week featuring an interview with 90s Pat’s star Brian Morrisroe. Brian chats at length about his journey in football, the famous 95/96 season, and his relationships with the likes of Liam Buckley and Brian Kerr. We also review the seminal 1947/48 season, where a side dubbed ‘the greatest Pat’s team ever’ shocked Irish football and truly arrived on the national scene. We pick the...

In this episode we welcome special guest Ryan Guy, star of the Saints from 2007 to 2010, for an interview. We remember the recently departed Damien Byrne, captain of the People’s Champions in 1989/90 and a great SuperSaint. We chat about Dermot’s recent visit to meet two former Saints player-managers, Jack Burkett and Barry Bridges, and we review our 17th season in competitive football, and our fi...

In this episode we turn to our mailbag for your ‘You Had To Be There’ moments following the Saints - ranging from the famous and epic to the downright bizarre. We choose our Goalkeeper for the Pat’s Cult Heroes XI and we review our sixteenth season in competitive football, 1945/46. We learn more about our listeners in this, the final episode of 2025. If you’ve any little ears listening in, you mig...

In this episode we welcome our special guest, historian, broadcaster and Camacsider, Donal Fallon. Donal chats about one of the great Saints fans and one of Ireland’s greatest sportswriters, Con Houlihan, one of the subjects of his new book, ‘The Dublin Pub - A Social and Cultural History.’ Donal’s own memories of Pat’s feature too - it’s a special chat, and you won’t want to miss it. Gary and Der...

In this episode, Dermot is joined by guest co-host Paul Maguire, who hosted the All Saints Radio Show and provided match commentary for many seasons alongside Joe O’Rourke. Paul continues to be involved with the Patron Saints and numerous Pat’s events as well as following the team up and down the country. We discuss two important Richmond Park anniversaries - the 100th anniversary of LOI football...

We mark the Athletic’s 2025 Conference League campaign with a European special, digging into the archives for matches old and not so old. We review the submissions for the Pat’s Cult Heroes XI - listen out for the criteria we decide. We review the Saints’ 13th season in competitive football, 1942/43. Gary takes on an alphabetical challenge and we answer some more of the mailbag questions. Thanks t...

Our special guest for this episode is long-time Saints coach, B team manager and off-field legend Cyril Walsh. Cyril tells us about his football journey before arriving at Pat’s in 1990. He talks about the players and managers he worked with from 1990 through to the 2010s, the messers and the characters, what makes Pat’s special, and picks his top 5 a side team after being put on the spot! We revi...

After a short hiatus we finish up our All-Time Saints XI by naming a bench and manager. Lots of debates here - let us know what you think! We also look at one of the most important seasons in club history, 1940/41, when the Athletic of Inchicore came to national prominence for the first time. And we delve into a new challenge - can we name a Pat’s player from each of the 32 counties (spoiler alert...

We haven’t been able to record a full History St Pat’s Pod for the last couple of weeks, so here’s Dermot with a quick bonus episode which answers some mailbag questions and details some upcoming events! Episode 11 should be with you in a couple of weeks time. 🔴⚪️ Thanks as always to the Patron Saints and to all our supporters on the History St Pat’s Patreon - see www.patreon.com/HistoryStPats f...

In this episode, we wrap up our All-Time Saints XI with perhaps the most difficult position yet - our two centre-forwards. We also review our tenth season in competitive football, the 1939/40 season - our first at home in Richmond Park. And we answer some of your mailbag questions, including a history of St Pat’s mascots! Thanks to the Patron Saints for supporting the podcast. Go to https://www.st...

A bumper episode, if ever there was one! Special guest Brian Kerr chats with us for over an hour and a half about his early days supporting the club, the great players of the 60s, 70s and 80s, his own playing and coaching career, taking his dream job at St Pat’s in 1986, and a host of other topics. We continue our hunt for the All-Time Saints XI with the position of centre midfield. We review our...

Gary and Dermot begin with a minor controversy in this episode, but we quickly get back to track! We move to the position of left midfield/left wing in our All-Time Saints XI. We review the successful 1937/38 season - our final year in the AUL - and profile a great player of that era, Harry Markey. We pay tribute to departed Saints Kevin Murray and Freddie Strahan and answer some listener question...

🔴⚪️🎙️ In this episode we interview our first ever guest on the pod, long time Pat’s fan Tony Geoghegan, as part of a new oral history of club fans called Saints’ Stories. We take a look at the position of right midfield/right wing in our All-Time Saints XI, and we have a season review of the 1936/37 season as well as profiling the first ever Pat’s captain, Martin Morgan. Be sure to subscribe/fol...

In a bumper Episode 6, we celebrate the tenth anniversary of one of the greatest days in Pat’s history - the 2014 FAI Cup Final (and Brian Kerr’s in tears). We recall the run-up to the final and the day itself and reflect on the lasting legacy of the Christy Fagan Final at the club. We also consider the many nominations we’ve received for our All-Time Saints XI centre halves. We profile most of th...

In Episode 5, we pay tribute to three recently-departed Saints - Billy Bagster, Mark Meagan and Paddy Eccles. We look at the history of the many managers of the Saints, from Alex Stevenson to Stephen Kenny, and continue our mission to find the All-Time Saints XI with the position of left-full. We review the 1934/35 season and profile an important family at the beginning of the Saints’ story, the B...

Episode 4 sees us announce the first member of our All-Time Saints XI and decide the four candidates for the second pick - our right full-back. Dermot makes a special plea for a blast from the past, but Gary seems to be firmly behind a more recent right-back. We look back at season 1933/34, the fourth for the Saints in competitive football, and profile one of the great players of the era, Des Demp...

Episode Three of the pod sees us introduce the All-Time Saints XI as chosen by Pat’s fans with the position of goalkeeper. Gary and Dermot take a look at the nominations made by fans online and decide on their top four. Keep your eye on our socials and make sure to vote! Our season-by-season review looks at season three for the Saints - the 1932/33 season, spent at AUL Division II level. It has be...

Our second episode is a European special! Gary speaks about some of our more recent European adventures - ties against Elfsborg and Hertha Berlin in 2008 and Legia Warsaw in 2013. Meanwhile, Dermot looks back at two games from the more distant past - our European debut in the Cup-Winners Cup in 1961 versus Jock Stein’s Dunfermline Athletic, and our first tilt at the European Cup in 1990, a tough t...

In this, the first episode of the History St Pat’s Pod, Gary and Dermot chat about the reasons behind launching this new podcast, and our hopes for celebrating the history of our beloved club. We also do a season review of Pat’s first season in competitive football, the 1930/31 Intermediate League. It was a season that saw goals galore and no little controversy for the brand new club. Contact us o...