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Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

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 Join Irish stand up comedians Jason Brennan and Kevin Larney as they take turns giving their best accounts of some of Ireland's silly, strange, and downright stupid tales from the past. For ad-free listening and access to our bonus content go to HeadStuffPodcasts.com and sign up for €5/mo + VAT.HeadStuff Podcasts World
Episodes
  • Michael Flately - Lord of the Dance

    Michael Flately - Lord of the Dance
    Jul 21 2025
    In this week's episode Jason tells Kevin the story of Michael Flatley, having just read his autobiography. Flatley is probably best known for his stage show Lord of the Dance, and his time with Riverdance, but here we talk more about his childhood and his time before world wide fame. A construction worker, a musician, a lover and a fighter, someone should make a film out of his life. Speaking of films, in 2022 he finally released his long awaited screen debut in the self-funded, self-starring, self-written, self-directed action/thriller/drama/love story, Blackbird. We'll be covering Blackbird in this week's Shite Talk Film Club over on Headstuff+, so sign up there if you haven't already to hear us and Ireland's go-to movie critic Brian Lloyd go through an instant classic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • Michael Collins - The Death of the Big Fella (Part 3)

    Michael Collins - The Death of the Big Fella (Part 3)
    Jul 14 2025
    Here's the third and final part of Collins. We cover the last year of his life from the Truce in 1921, through the Anglo-Irish Treaty, to his death in August 1922. If you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to our bonus content, you can do so by following this link to ⁠Headstuff+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Michael Collins - The Rise of the Medium Fella (Part 2)

    Michael Collins - The Rise of the Medium Fella (Part 2)
    Jul 7 2025
    Hello! Here is part two of our Collins triple, we talk about Mick's return after 1916, his rise during the War of Independence, and life up until the 1921 July truce. If you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to our bonus content, you can do so by following this link to ⁠Headstuff+ And you can see clips from the episode on IG here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins
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