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A somewhat accurate retelling of Irish history stories. Join Irish stand up comedians Jason Brennan and Kevin Larney as they take turns giving their best accounts of some of Ireland's silly, strange, and downright stupid tales from the past. This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5645402/advertisement
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Hello! This week we've got the tale of Ronnie O'Brien, which is 100% not a football story. Thanks everyone who came to the live show this week by the way, it was class x You can follow us online / all that from the links here -> STH This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at …
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Roger Casement - The Hung Revolutionary (Part 2)
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This week we finished the story of Roger Casement, the last of the 1916 leaders to be executed. Our live show is in Dublin next week on the 25th of May, the last few tickets (and the rest of our links) are all here -> STH This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www…
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Roger Casement - The James Bond of the Congo (Part 1)
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Hello! This week Kevin started telling Jason about one of Ireland's greatest heros, Roger Casement. In part one we covered his exploits in the Belgian colony of Congo and in part two we'll talk about his role in the Easter Rising of 1916. I've been excited about this one for a while so hope ye enjoy it! If you want to see the video from this episod…
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Hello! This week we had the wonderful Des Bishop on to talk with us about two lads from Darndale! You can check out upcomig gig for Des here, if you like our new logo it came from Joanne at JLDesigns which you should definitely check out here, and if you want to see the video from this episode and / or by tickets to our live show in Dublin on the 2…
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The Irish Godfather of Ganja - Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy
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For the day that's in it we said we might as well do a story related to 4/20, so here's an episode Jason wrote to throw a little shine on a great man altogether, William Brooke O'Shaughnessy. And as always you can find our links below, including the link to our live show in the Wild Duck in Dublin on the 25th of May - Shite Talk: Links This show is…
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Hello! For this week's episode we had a very special guest via zoom, Mr. Fintan O'Toole! Fintan joined us for a great chat about his latest book and to talk shite about Ireland and the state of things in general. You can follow Fintan on Twitter here and buy his book "We Don't Know Ourselves" where ever you see a sign that says book shop. We'd also…
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Hello! We had a great guest in for this weeks episode, the hilarious Owen Colgan! This is an episode we've had on the books for a while, the story of fighting man Dan "Dancin" Donnelly. We filmed this episode in our new studio, you'll be able to see clips of it on instagram / youtube / somewhere soon enough! For more info on that you can follow us …
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A wild auld story from behind our Patreon paywall. We did this episode in the summer of last year, and if you like it, you'll love the rest of the content we've got over on The Patreon and all for just €5. If you'd like to get tickets to our next Live Show in the Wild Duck, Dublin, on May 25th, get in touch via e-mail, or follow us on social media,…
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Dr. Francis Tumblety (probably Jack the Ripper)
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The life and times of a mad man from Cavan. For anyone who skips the intro, here's what ye missed: 1. You can find tickets to our next live show in Dublin on May 25th here: Shite Talk: Links 2. Thanks to everyone in Belfast who came to see us live in the Sunflower! 3. Apologies for any audio issues, we're figuring out this new studio we're making, …
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Brendan Behan - The Quare Fellow (Part 2)
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Hello and welcome back to the second and final part of the Brendan Behan story. Just as a heads up, in this episode we cover Behan's decline which does include some graphic readings of sexual assault and other bleak enough stuff so bear that in mind. We also put a bit of bonus stuff about the other Behans up on the patreon which you can find a link…
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Brendan Behan - The Borstal Boy (Part 1)
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Hello and welcome to part one of us talking about the Borstal Boy, Brendan Behan. It was the man's birthday on the 9th of Febuary which means he would have been turning 100 this year, if he hadn't of died 59 years ago. Makes you think. Part two will be out later this week and we've got some bonus stuff about the other Behan boys going up on the pat…
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Hello, we're off this week so here's an episode from out patreon from last year where we talked about a figure that's been in the news again recently, Charles Byrne the Irish Giant. We'll be back with a new episode next week, g'luck! Shite Talk: Links This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podc…
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Hellooo, this week we had our friend Gary White on to tell us about the Baloobas tribe and the Niemba ambush in the Belgian Congo, enjoy! @shitetalkhistory The Ha'penny Comedy Club This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5645402/advertisement…
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This week Jason tells Kevin a story about a 'M'an who left a little place called Sneem to work on some pretty big schemes across the water. It's Dame Judi Dench. Shite Talk Patreon / Socials / Live Gigs This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/…
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Post-Saipan (Keane and McCarthy aftermath)
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We decided to wrap up the whole FAI, Saipan, The Van saga by going through some of the aftermath of Saipan and what both men involved would get up to in the years following it. Shite Talk Patreon / Socials / Live Gigs This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spr…
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Hello! We're back in 2023 with a story about the magic stone that Charles is going to use later this year to make sure everyone knows he's the king and how it's really our magic stone. Probably. Shite Talk Patreon / Socials / Live Gigs This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us …
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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 bullets. Enjoy and we'll see ye all in 2023 x This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5645402…
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Saipan, 20 years on, we did a live episode in Little Whelans...Enjoy! Tickets to our Belfast gig: HERE!! Link to our Patreon for Part Two: HERE!! For everything else check out our LINKTREE or get in touch via our INSTAGRAM!! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://…
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Hello, for this episode we jumped on the World Cup band wagon and Jason told Kevin about all the glorious WC and Euro memories from the past 100 years or so of Irish football. And this episode is basically a prelude to our live show this Wednesday the 14th of December in Whelans where we'll be talking about the main event in ROI football history, 2…
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A Backwards Little Island Off the Coast of Europe
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Kevin tells Jason a story about a scientist who stumbles upon a very odd little island at the edge of Europe with a distrust trust of the police, a disassociation which the politicians, an interesting relationship with the church, and so sexually repressed that people write books on it. And beside that is Inisheer. Sorry, Baile Beag...or Inis Beag.…
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This week we talked about the doctor of death from Antrim, John Bodkin Adams, with our wonderful guest from the Crimeland podcast, Julie Jay! Follow Julie - https://www.juliejaycomedy.com/ Podcast links - https://linktr.ee/shitetalkhistory This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact…
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Two short stories about Irish lads who ended up in far fetched, far off places. If you like the first two stories we had a third one about an Irish chap in Fiji with 48 kids on the Patroen! Tickets to our gig in Belfast with Darren Matthews on November 24th in the Sunflower: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/shite-talk-an-irish-history-live-in-the-sunflo…
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William Brown the Admiral of Argentina with Stephen Mullan
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This week we were joined by Stephen Mullan when we talked about the great Admiral William "Guillermo" Brown, a Mayo man done good in Argentina. You should go follow Stephen on social media @thestephenmullan, then while you're there follow the podcast @shitetalkhistory and while you're at THAT, come see us live in Belfast: https://www.eventbrite.ie/…
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This week Kevin brings Jason a scary story for the festive season that's in it. Dublin's very own Al Gore. We'll have our Halloween/Banshee episode from our live gig in Cork up later today on the Patreon too! Find that over here: https://www.patreon.com/shitetalkhistory And if you're looking for tickets to our Belfast show on Novemeber 24th, you ca…
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'Typhoid' Mary Mallon - The Superest of Spreaders
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Somehow we didn't think to do this episode during that whole pandemic thing, so we're timely as usual. But anyway, it's never too late, so here's an episode about ol' Mary Mallon, the superest of spreaders. We have a live Halloween Special recording in Cork on Thursday October 27th in Couglans, get your tickets here - https://www.coughlans.ie/whats…
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