The Most Handsome Man in Ireland
This week Jason tells Kevin all about local Carlow man, Beauchamp Bagenal. Described as an Irish rake, buck, duellist and politician, he was known (for a time) as the most handsome man in Ireland. Lea...
16 Dec 20211h 14min
The Children of Lir
It's time for an old mythological Irish story you've probably all heard before too many times but, likes us, have more than likely forgotten, if not some of the details, the complete story entirely ot...
8 Dec 20211h 8min
The Orange Order
To finish off season 6 we're doing an episode about the Orange Order, as suggested to us on Patreon by Monica Neuhauser! We're also delighted to announce that (with Jason's return to Ireland) we'll b...
9 Okt 20211h 4min
Mad Sweeney
This week Jason told Kevin about the legend of Buile Shuibhne aka Mad Sweeney, the wandering King. We also did a bonus episode about the Annals fo the Four Masters (the ancient book this story comes f...
2 Sep 202159min
Tyrone GAA and the Schism of Ballygawley
This week Kevin tells Jason about the great schism of Ballygawley and it's knock on effect on Tyrone GAA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
26 Aug 20211h 10min
The Moral Panic of Mini Skirts (with Isabelle Duff)
This week we had our first ever guest spot where Isabelle Duff came on and told the two of us about the moral panic in 1960s Ireland caused by the arrival of mini skirts Learn more about your ad choic...
18 Aug 20211h 4min
Arabella Denny and the Magdalen Asylums
This week Kevin tells Jason all about Lady Arabella Denny of Kerry and her work on the Magdalen Asylums Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 Aug 20211h 14min
Tattoos - How the Irish Basically Invented Body Art
This week Kevin told Jason all about James F O'Connell, a Liberties man who became a unwitting pioneer in the world of body art Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3 Aug 20211h 24min
