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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The Dolocher – Dublin's Own ManBearPig
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:
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STFC – Halloween Part 1 – Grabbers
We're getting in the spirit of all things Halloween, so we're doing a few Irish horror movies for the time that's in it! So send in suggestions if there are any in p...
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'Typhoid' Mary Mallon – The Superest of Spreaders
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...
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Eddie Irvine's Ferrari Statue
Here's a short bonus clip that was cut from the Tommy Byrne episode for time, we talked about how a statue commissioned by Ferrari ended up in a small Westmeath town...
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The F1 man from Dundalk, a Tommy Byrne story
For this episode Kevin told Jason all about the Dundalk's fastest man you've never heard of, Tommy Byrne.
We have a live gig coming up in Cork for Halloween,...
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Charles Byrne the Irish Giant
Hello! Here's the first patreon episode of season 9, a (sort of) follow on story from the Burke and Hare episode about some giant Irish men. Enjoy!]]>...
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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.