Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

Here'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...

We 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...

Hello! 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...

Jason 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...

Jason 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...

Jason 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...

Here'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...

Part 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...

We 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...

Joining 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...

Hello, 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...

Here'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...

Hello, 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...

Here'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...

Hello, here's the story behind William Lambert, the man who inspired Zorro (well probably, but he's really interesting in his own right so who cares). . As always you can listen to the full episode ad free and get all...