Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

Here's the penultimate episode of the Bertie series, The Celtic Pelican. The wheels are coming off the county as the Celtic Tiger gets put down and replaced with a Celtic Pelican, right when the country needs him most, Bert is distracted by his own personal affairs and ends up stepping down as Taoiseach just before the economy implodes..If you want more context for the Mahon Tribun

Well hello, here's part 3.5 of the Bertie series, the Mahon Tribunal. We've been doing the rest of the Flood / Mahon Tribunal stuff behind the paywall so if you want to get the full story you can head over to the Patreon and get it all there for a fiver..You can follow us on Instagram to see video clips from each episode and ALSO you can find tickets for all of our upcoming live sh

Hello, we're back with part three of the Bertie series and in this episode we talk about his second term in government and start seeing some of his big failings as a leader. Hope ye enjoy this episode and have a lovely St Patrick's weekend!.You can follow us on Instagram to see video clips from each episode and ALSO you can find tickets for all of our upcoming live shows here - Shi

Well hellllo, we're bringing the podcast on tour again and travelling across the island of Ireland talking shite with some of our favourite guests!21st March - Accidental Theatre, Belfast 25th April - 4 Dame Lane, Dublin 3rd May - Coughlan’s, Cork 10th May - Seven Bridge Street, Galway 17th May - Commercial, Limerick 23rd May - Spirit Store, Dundalk Hopefully see ye for a pint so

Hello, here's a little preview of our Patreon cowboy special on Ben Dunne Jnr. We talk about how one mans wild weekend in Florida started a chain reaction which led to Bertie Ahern stepping down as Taoiseach some 16 years later..If you want to listen to the full Ben Dunne / McCracken story (as well as all the other bonus episodes we have) you can get it all for a fiver over on Patr

Hello, and welcome back to the Bertie Bowl. Here's episode two of our Ahern series, in this one we cover his first term as Taoiseach (1997 - 2002) and the origin of the tribunals that eventually lead to him stepping down. .We're also about to release the first tribunal spin off episode over on the patreon, so if you want to hear us tell the full McCracken / Ben Dunne story (as well

Hello, and welcome back for season 11! It's the 6th year of the podcast and to celebrate we're doing a deep dive series into one of the biggest figures from modern Irish politics, Bertie Ahern. Over the next few weeks we'll be putting out loads more Bertie and Bertie related episodes, some of which will be behind the Patreon, so if you want to get access to everything you can sign

Hellllo! For this weeks episode we had the wonderful Alison Spittle with us to talk about Belvedere house and a whole load of other Westmeath related bits!.Alos while you're clicking links you can support us on Patreon or follow us on Instagram to see video clips and find out about all our upcoming live shows, or just buy tickets direct from here - Shite Talk Live..

Hellllo! And we're back in 2024 with a special episode about Harry Boland that I (Kevin) recorded with Kevin Dolan of The History of Ireland Podcast a few weeks ago. If you like this episode you can check out the rest of Kev's stuff on the Irish Civil War here..Alos while you're clicking links you can support us on Patreon or follow us on Instagram to see video clips and find out a

This week we had Katie Charlwood from the great Who Did What Now Podcast join us to talk about Tipp man George Thomas and his adventures in the Indian subcontinent. .You can support us on Patreon or follow us on Instagram to find out about all our upcoming shows!.