Podcast
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast
Hosted by HeadStuff Podcasts · EN
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.
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2026 Belfast Riots
2w ago00:53:47Tap to summarizeHere'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
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George Best Part 5 - For Sure The Bad Years (Teaser)
3w ago00:16:54Tap to summarizeWe 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
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Kilkenny w/ Davy Holden
3w ago01:19:04Tap to summarizeHello! 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 Headstuff+ . And if you want to see our video content follow us on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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George Best Part 4 - America (The Not So Bad Years) - Teaser
4w ago00:16:42Tap to summarizeJason 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 TikTok or if you want to see the full episode we're finally uploading to YouTube and would love an auld subscribe! And if you just want to leave a review instead, that's class too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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George Best Part 3 - The Not So Good Years (Teaser)
May 2600:18:31Tap to summarizeJason 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 TikTok or if you want to see the full episode we're finally uploading to YouTube and would love an auld subscribe! And if you just want to leave a review instead, that's class too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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George Best Part 2 - The Good Years
May 2001:20:35Tap to summarizeJason 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
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Arsenal vs Roscommon
May 1400:06:22Tap to summarizeHere'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 Brennan . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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George Best Part 1 - The Belfast Boy
May 1200:57:52Tap to summarizePart 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
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18th Century Soldiers w/ Dr. Andrew Dorman
May 501:04:55Tap to summarizeWe 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 we're finally uploading to YouTube and would love an auld subscribe! . . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Big Bag of Cannes Film Festival
May 100:02:27Tap to summarizeHello! We're finally doing The Big Bag of Cannes Film Festival and by god it's going well so far, the fist date sold out so we've added a second show on the 08th of May . We'll be live in Rascal's Brewery, Inchicore, talking about some of the bet films shot and set in D8 as part of the Culture Date with Dublin 8 festival . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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