Latest Irishcomedy Podcast Episodes
The Darndale Two w/ Des Bishop
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - May 01, 2023 13:36 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHello! This week we had the wonderful Des Bishop on to talk with us about two lads from Darndale! You can check out upcomig gig for Des here, if you like our new logo it came from Joanne at JLDesigns which you should definitely check out here, and if you want to see the video from this episode a...
The Irish Godfather of Ganja - Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - April 20, 2023 19:49 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsFor the day that's in it we said we might as well do a story related to 4/20, so here's an episode Jason wrote to throw a little shine on a great man altogether, William Brooke O'Shaughnessy. And as always you can find our links below, including the link to our live show in the Wild Duck in Dubl...
Fintan O'Toole - We Don't Know Ourselves
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - April 15, 2023 16:33 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHello! For this week's episode we had a very special guest via zoom, Mr. Fintan O'Toole! Fintan joined us for a great chat about his latest book and to talk shite about Ireland and the state of things in general. You can follow Fintan on Twitter here and buy his book "We Don't Know Ourselves" whe...
Dan Donnelly w/ Owen Colgan
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - April 04, 2023 12:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHello! We had a great guest in for this weeks episode, the hilarious Owen Colgan! This is an episode we've had on the books for a while, the story of fighting man Dan "Dancin" Donnelly. We filmed this episode in our new studio, you'll be able to see clips of it on instagram / youtube / somewhere...
The Aer Lingus Hijacking
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - March 23, 2023 18:51 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsA wild auld story from behind our Patreon paywall. We did this episode in the summer of last year, and if you like it, you'll love the rest of the content we've got over on The Patreon and all for just €5. If you'd like to get tickets to our next Live Show in the Wild Duck, Dublin, on May 25th, ...
Dr. Francis Tumblety (probably Jack the Ripper)
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - March 09, 2023 17:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsThe life and times of a mad man from Cavan. For anyone who skips the intro, here's what ye missed: 1. You can find tickets to our next live show in Dublin on May 25th here: Shite Talk: Links 2. Thanks to everyone in Belfast who came to see us live in the Sunflower! 3. Apologies for any audio ...
Brendan Behan - The Quare Fellow (Part 2)
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - February 28, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHello and welcome back to the second and final part of the Brendan Behan story. Just as a heads up, in this episode we cover Behan's decline which does include some graphic readings of sexual assault and other bleak enough stuff so bear that in mind. We also put a bit of bonus stuff about the ot...
Brendan Behan - The Borstal Boy (Part 1)
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - February 20, 2023 15:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHello and welcome to part one of us talking about the Borstal Boy, Brendan Behan. It was the man's birthday on the 9th of Febuary which means he would have been turning 100 this year, if he hadn't of died 59 years ago. Makes you think. Part two will be out later this week and we've got some bon...
Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - February 12, 2023 19:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHello, we're off this week so here's an episode from out patreon from last year where we talked about a figure that's been in the news again recently, Charles Byrne the Irish Giant. We'll be back with a new episode next week, g'luck! Shite Talk: Links
Going Baloobas with Gary White
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - February 05, 2023 19:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHellooo, this week we had our friend Gary White on to tell us about the Baloobas tribe and the Niemba ambush in the Belgian Congo, enjoy! @shitetalkhistory The Ha'penny Comedy Club
Kerry's James Bond - William Melville
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - January 29, 2023 23:22 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsThis week Jason tells Kevin a story about a 'M'an who left a little place called Sneem to work on some pretty big schemes across the water. It's Dame Judi Dench. Shite Talk Patreon / Socials / Live Gigs
Post-Saipan (Keane and McCarthy aftermath)
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - January 21, 2023 18:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsWe decided to wrap up the whole FAI, Saipan, The Van saga by going through some of the aftermath of Saipan and what both men involved would get up to in the years following it. Shite Talk Patreon / Socials / Live Gigs
The Stone of Destiny
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - January 15, 2023 22:29 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHello! We're back in 2023 with a story about the magic stone that Charles is going to use later this year to make sure everyone knows he's the king and how it's really our magic stone. Probably. Shite Talk Patreon / Socials / Live Gigs
The IRA Christmas Raid
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - December 30, 2022 11:11 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHello, fair play to ye all for making it through another year, to celebrate here's a special Christmas episode about the time the IRA stole a load of bullets. Enjoy and we'll see ye all in 2023 x
Saipan Special Live - Part One
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - December 22, 2022 00:01 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsSaipan, 20 years on, we did a live episode in Little Whelans...Enjoy! Tickets to our Belfast gig: HERE!! Link to our Patreon for Part Two: HERE!! For everything else check out our LINKTREE or get in touch via our INSTAGRAM!!
The Irish Football Special
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - December 11, 2022 16:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHello, for this episode we jumped on the World Cup band wagon and Jason told Kevin about all the glorious WC and Euro memories from the past 100 years or so of Irish football. And this episode is basically a prelude to our live show this Wednesday the 14th of December in Whelans where we'll be ta...
Shite Talk History Live in Whelans - December 14th!!
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - December 05, 2022 12:28 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsTickets: https://www.whelanslive.com/event/shite-talk/ In December 2018 we sat in what was then Bourke's, suppin' on stout and talking shite about what sort of a podcast we could start together. At some pint, in between some pint, we decided to have a go at doing some thing or other about Irish ...
A Backwards Little Island Off the Coast of Europe
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - December 01, 2022 19:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsKevin tells Jason a story about a scientist who stumbles upon a very odd little island at the edge of Europe with a distrust trust of the police, a disassociation which the politicians, an interesting relationship with the church, and so sexually repressed that people write books on it. And besid...
Dr. Death with Julie Jay
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - November 20, 2022 19:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsThis week we talked about the doctor of death from Antrim, John Bodkin Adams, with our wonderful guest from the Crimeland podcast, Julie Jay! Follow Julie - https://www.juliejaycomedy.com/ Podcast links - https://linktr.ee/shitetalkhistory
The Lost Boys
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - November 12, 2022 19:41 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsTwo short stories about Irish lads who ended up in far fetched, far off places. If you like the first two stories we had a third one about an Irish chap in Fiji with 48 kids on the Patroen! Tickets to our gig in Belfast with Darren Matthews on November 24th in the Sunflower: https://www.eventbr...
William Brown the Admiral of Argentina with Stephen Mullan
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - November 05, 2022 16:37 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsThis week we were joined by Stephen Mullan when we talked about the great Admiral William "Guillermo" Brown, a Mayo man done good in Argentina. You should go follow Stephen on social media @thestephenmullan, then while you're there follow the podcast @shitetalkhistory and while you're at THAT, ...
The Dolocher - Dublin's Own ManBearPig
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - October 29, 2022 14:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsThis 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: https://www.patreon.com/shitetalkhistory And if you're looking fo...
'Typhoid' Mary Mallon - The Superest of Spreaders
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - October 20, 2022 13:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsSomehow 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' Mary Mallon, the superest of spreaders. We have a live Halloween Special recording in Cork on Thursday October 27th in Couglans, ...
The F1 man from Dundalk, a Tommy Byrne story
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - October 09, 2022 19:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsFor 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, you can buy tickets here - https://www.coughlans.ie/whats-on/comedy-cavern-shite-talk-live-podcast-11146296
The Burke & Hare Murders with Ben Verth
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - September 27, 2022 17:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsWelcome back to Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast! Sorry for the summer break! To kick off Season 9 we have a tale about two Irishmen murdering a bunch of Scots, and a few Irish for good measure, in Edinburgh back in the 1800s. No better man to join us and explain everything we got wrong than...
TD Mattie McGrath: A Cowboy Special
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - August 09, 2022 17:11 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsHere's the opening bit of a recent episode we did on Patreon about Tipp's finest TD, Mattie McGrath. If you want to hear the rest of this episode, and all the other stuff we've been doing on Patreon, you can get it all for a fiver by signing up here!
The Dundalk Jailbreak
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - July 27, 2022 11:09 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratings100 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 blew a hole in the side of the Dundalk Gaol. We got to record an episode about the jail break live from inside the Gaol (which is now ...
The Hellfire Club
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - July 08, 2022 13:34 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsFor 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 season and we'll see ye all in September! But if you miss our voices you can follow the patreon here, you can follow us on instagram...
Get Johannes Of That Painting - Vermeer Theft, The IRA, and The General
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - June 24, 2022 14:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsWe went to Amsterdam on holiday and met up with one of our favourite Irish internet personalities, Cork comedian Ronan Brosnan, AKA Shite Guides, AKA The Delivery Boy, AKA a very sound lad altogether. We discussed Amsterdam, Cork, the boring paintings of Johannes Vermeer, and the exciting thefts...
James Joyce live with Donal Fallon
Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast - June 10, 2022 14:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 148 ratingsThis is the recording from our live 100th episode / 3rd birthday show we did last month, thanks a million to everyone who came out for it, and a special thanks to our wonderful guest on the night, Donal Fallon! You can hear more of Donal's work on his own (much more successful) podcast, Three Cas...