Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

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 episod...

7 Juli 20251h 5min

Hello! We're back with season 13 and we're starting off with a few episodes on the Big fella himself, Michael Collins. For part one we talked about his family life, Mick's time in London, and his par...

30 Juni 20251h

Here's a Film Club episode to kick off a mini season of Collins, Dev, The Treaty, and the Civil War.Joining us for this week to talk shite about the Michael Collins movie is Tony Cantwell, from the Yo...

19 Feb 20251h 6min

Here's a new recording of one of the episodes we did live last year; the story of Jimmy Hasty, the one armed football player..If you want to see clips from this episode you can follow Shite Talk on In...

16 Jan 202559min

This week we had Brinsley McNamara of Weird Ireland on to chat about all things Irish History.Brinsley's book Weird Ireland: An Unofficial Guide to the Island is on sale in all good bookshops! And a f...

13 Dec 20241h 14min

Here's an episode about James McClean and the Poppy fiasco thats been melting the heads of English football fans for about 12 years now.You can follow Shite Talk on Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and y...

7 Dec 202457min

Hello! We're back after an accidental hiatus and we've got a refreshed version of one of the first stories we ever covered, the murder mystery of the Carlow-Hollywood director; William Desmond Taylor....

13 Nov 20241h 2min

Hello! This weeks episode is all about one of Ireland's all time rock stars, Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott!We had the pleasure of recording this episode in the Rock and Roll Museum in Dublin, which we coul...

13 Okt 20241h 39min