Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast
A somewhat accurate retelling of Irish history stories. Join Irish stand up comedians and as they take turns giving their best accounts of some of Ireland's silly, strange, and downright stupid tales from the past.- Kevin Larney
- Jason Brennan
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Film Club – Intermission w/ Ronan Carey
This week we had Ronan Carey from the fantastic Dream Gun Film Reads join us to talk about an Irish classic, John Crowley's Intermission.
You can see Dreamgun live in Smock Alley on Nov 29th -...
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The Wooing of Étaín (Part 2)
Hello! It's part two of the Étaín story, now with more flies and even more incest.
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There's also a bonus part on Patreon so if you want to listen to that, and...
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The Wooing of Étaín – The Tale of Eochu Feidlech (Part 1.5)
Hello! It's the bonus part / offshot from our wooing of Étaín series, a story about the father of Queen Medb of Connacht!]]>...
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The Wooing of Étaín (Part 1)
Hello! We're back with another myth saga, this time Jason has done a deep dive into the wooing of Étaín, a weird tale of incest and...well mostly incest.
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The...
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For Ronan
Hello! For this weeks episode we covered the love story between a young American lady and her Irish Navy boyfriend.
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STFC: Amazing Stories – One for the road
Hello! For this film club episode we watched an episode of Amazing Stories covering the tale of Iron Mike Malloy, which we did with Gareth Reynolds a few weeks ago. ...
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Kevin Larney
A Carlow-born stand-up comedian and co-host of the popular podcast Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast. Launched in May 2019, the show offers a comedic take on Ireland's quirky and lesser-known historical events, blending humor with storytelling.
Jason Brennan
A Dundalk-born stand-up comedian and co-host of the hit podcast Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast. Since winning Dublin’s Next Top Comic in 2020 he has become a regular on the Dublin comedy circuit, performing at top venues like The International, The Crunch, and Cherry Comedy.