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: The Butcher Boy w/ James Cadden
We had our good friend and even better comic James Cadden on to talk about a film set in his home country of Monaghan, Neil Jordan's 1997 classic, The Butcher Boy.
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The Dundalk Jailbreak
100 years ago today, on the 27th of July 1922, Frank Aiken (the future Tánaiste of Ireland) orchestrated the biggest jailbreak in Irish history when his battalion bl...
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Buck Whaley the Jerusalem Pilgrim
Continuing our Patreon summer, here's an episode about Thomas "Buck" Whaley, the 18th century adventurer / mad gambler that we mentioned in the Stranger Things episo...
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Mattie McGrath – A Cowboy Special
Here's a bit of a mini cowboy episode about Ireland's favourite politician, Mattie McGrath.
He recently came out with this instant classic in parliament - Read More →
Three Tales of Art
Hello! We had a lot of fun with the Vermeer episode so we decided to follow it up with a bonus hour about three famous paintings and their connections to Ireland
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The Hellfire Club
For the last episode of the season we jumped on the Stranger Things bandwagon and talked about Dublin's Hellfire Club. Thanks for listening to our shite for another ...
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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.