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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George Best Part 2 - The Good Years
2w ago01:20:35Tap 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
3w ago00:06:22Tap 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
3w ago00:57:52Tap 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
4w ago01:04:55Tap 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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NORAID - With Kevin Brannigan
Apr 2800:57:16Tap to summarizeJoining us today is Kevin Brannigan, the Director the documentary NORAID: IRISH AMERICA AND THE IRA to chat about the film, the NORAID group, and a few tangents as always along the way. This is technically a Film Club, but also the first one we've done with a guest who was involved in the making of the project, so it's going out of the regular feed. We had so much fun recording we went a little over, well about 30mins over so all of that chat is on Headstuff+ along with all of our other Bonus Feed content! Leave a review or rating wherever you listen to pods, tell your friends, tell some strangers for good luck too! 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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Pádraig "Little Lad of Tricks" Pearse (Part 3)
Apr 2400:06:19Tap to summarizeHello, here's the third and last part of Pearse, we talk a bit about the aftermath of 1916 for his family, some more about St. Enda's school, and then talk through each of the main hang ups people have about him. Sources: Pádraig Pearse - Various Works Pádraig / Mary-Brigid Pearse - The Home Life of Pádraig Pearse Colin Tobin - After I am Hanged my Portrait will be Interesting Ruth Dudley Edwards - Patrick Pearse, The Triumph of Failure Kenneth Reddin - A Man Called Pearse Joost Augusteijn - Patrick Pearse : the making of a revolutionary . 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+ . Also we have LIVE SHOWS coming up in Dublin 06th May - 1926 Reeling in the Years 07th May - Big Bag of Cannes Film Festival . And if you want to see our faces we're on YouTube , Instagram and TikTok . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Pádraig Mac Piarais (Part 2)
Apr 2101:18:04Tap to summarizeHere's part two of the Pearse files covering the end of 1915, the lead up to the rising, his trial, and execution. . We'll have the final part on Headstuff+ this Thursday, so head over there for all the bonus / ad free content. . Also we have LIVE SHOWS coming up in Dublin 06th May - 1926 Reeling in the Years 07th May - Big Bag of Cannes Film Festival And if you want to see our video content follow us on Instagram or Youtube. . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The 90's Rainbow Coalition w/ Roger O'Sullivan
Apr 1600:26:00Tap to summarizeHello, here's an episode we did recently with the wonderful Roger O'Sullivan where we talked about the mid 90's Rainbow Coalition. . Roger is class at comedy and he's got a big Dublin show coming up on Friday the 17th of April which you should go to (Kev will be supporting him too as a bonus) . If you want to hear the rest of our chat with Roger (including his first gig in London after the Queen died, divorce in the 90s, the recent Irish excel champion, and loads more), AS WELL AS all our episodes ad free AND all the bonus stuff we've ever done you can get it over on Headstuff+ . Here's our upcoming live shows, and we're on YouTube and Instagram and TikTok if you want to see our faces . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Pádraig Pearse (Part 1)
Apr 1401:25:53Tap to summarizeHere's part one of our series on Patrick Pearse / Pádraig Mac Piarais, arguably the figure head of the Easter Rising. In part one we cover from his birth up until 1915, part two will be 1916, the Rising, and the aftermath, and then part 3 will be behind the paywall because we'll be dealing with some of the .... allegations. . As always you can listen to the full episode ad free and get all the bonus stuff over on Headstuff+ and if you want to see our video content follow us on Instagram . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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