Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast

Here's our attempt at covering the recent riots in Belfast. I'll link these two articles we talked about in the episode though, I'd like to include more sources below but as the story is still updating daily it's probably better to just search it yourselves: ⁠⁠Police Warned about Targets⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Wired Article on Online Network⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We wrap up our George Best deep dive with a fifth and final episode as Jason tells Kevin all about the final years of the mans life. This is the first 15mins, but if you want to listen to more, plus all our back cataloge and ad free listening, subscribe to HS+ !! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! Here's a episode we recorded back in January (so ignore the Ireland-at-the-world-cup chat) with internet historian and proud Kilkenny man, ⁠⁠Davy Holden⁠⁠. We talked about our favourite revolutionaries, the best Irish historical movies, and why you should go visit Kilkenny. . If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . And if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, TikTok⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠YouTube . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason tells Kevin the fourth instalment of the Georgie Best story. Well, part of it anyway. About 15 mins of it give or take, but if you want the next 45mins you can find it behind the paywall at HeadStuff+ And that'll cover you for next week's final episode, plus any other Best related episodes, along with all of our back catalogue. You can follow the show on socials, on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ or on⁠⁠ TikTok⁠⁠ or if you want to see the full episode we're finally uploading to ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ and would love an auld subscribe! And if you just want to leave a review instead, that's class too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason tells Kevin the third instalment of the Georgie Best story. Well, part of it anyway. About 16 mins of it give or take, but if you want the next hour and a bit you can find it behind the paywall at HeadStuff+ And that'll cover you for next week's episode, plus any other Best related episodes, along with all of our back catalogue. You can follow the show on socials, on ⁠Instagram⁠ or on⁠ TikTok⁠ or if you want to see the full episode we're finally uploading to ⁠YouTube⁠ and would love an auld subscribe! And if you just want to leave a review instead, that's class too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason tells Kevin about George Best's career at Man United, before we get into all the good stuff on the behind the Paywall episode! And if you want to see our video content, or find out when we have our next live gigs, give us a follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, or ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's the first few minutes of our bonus chat about the Connaught final and Arsenal's big game at the weekend . If you want to hear the rest of this episode, AS WELL AS all our episodes ad free AND all the bonus stuff we've ever done you can get it over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . And if you want to see our faces we're on ⁠⁠YouTube , ⁠⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠TikTok , Kevin Larney & Jason Brennan . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part One of our mini-series on George Best, the greatest (*Irish) footballer to have ever lived. *If you're from Cork it's OK to say it's Roy Keane. And if you want to see our video content, or find out when we have our next live gigs, give us a follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, TikTok, or ⁠Youtube⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talked to our old friend Dr. Dorman about his new book, The British Army, Society and Soldiering in Ireland, 1699-1793. . Also, our first two dates for the Culture fest have sold out but there's some tickets left for the last day of The Big Bag of Cannes Film Festival on the 08th of May⁠⁠ . You can follow the show on socials on ⁠Instagram⁠ or on⁠ TikTok⁠ or if you want to see the full episode we're finally uploading to ⁠YouTube⁠ and would love an auld subscribe! . . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! We're finally doing The Big Bag of Cannes Film Festival and by god it's going well so far, the fist date sold out so we've added a second show on the 08th of May . We'll be live in Rascal's Brewery, Inchicore, talking about some of the bet films shot and set in D8 as part of the Culture Date with Dublin 8 festival . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining us today is Kevin Brannigan, the Director the documentary NORAID: IRISH AMERICA AND THE IRA to chat about the film, the NORAID group, and a few tangents as always along the way. This is technically a Film Club, but also the first one we've done with a guest who was involved in the making of the project, so it's going out of the regular feed. We had so much fun recording we went a little over, well about 30mins over so all of that chat is on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ along with all of our other Bonus Feed content! Leave a review or rating wherever you listen to pods, tell your friends, tell some strangers for good luck too! You can follow the show on socials on Instagram or on TikTok or if you want to see the full episode we're finally uploading to YouTube and would love an auld subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, here's the third and last part of Pearse, we talk a bit about the aftermath of 1916 for his family, some more about St. Enda's school, and then talk through each of the main hang ups people have about him. Sources: Pádraig Pearse - ⁠Various Works⁠ Pádraig / Mary-Brigid Pearse - ⁠The Home Life of Pádraig Pearse⁠ Colin Tobin -⁠ After I am Hanged my Portrait will be Interesting⁠ Ruth Dudley Edwards - ⁠Patrick Pearse, The Triumph of Failure⁠ Kenneth Reddin - ⁠A Man Called Pearse⁠ Joost Augusteijn - ⁠Patrick Pearse : the making of a revolutionary⁠ . If you want to hear the rest of this episode, AS WELL AS all our episodes ad free AND all the bonus stuff we've ever done you can get it over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Also we have LIVE SHOWS coming up in ⁠Dublin⁠ 06th May -⁠ 1926 Reeling in the Years⁠ 07th May - ⁠Big Bag of Cannes Film Festival . And if you want to see our faces we're on ⁠YouTube , ⁠Instagram ⁠and ⁠TikTok ⁠ . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's part two of the Pearse files covering the end of 1915, the lead up to the rising, his trial, and execution. . We'll have the final part on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ this Thursday, so head over there for all the bonus / ad free content. . Also we have LIVE SHOWS coming up in Dublin 06th May - 1926 Reeling in the Years 07th May - Big Bag of Cannes Film Festival And if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ or Youtube. . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, here's an episode we did recently with the wonderful ⁠Roger O'Sullivan⁠ where we talked about the mid 90's Rainbow Coalition. . Roger is class at comedy and he's got a ⁠big Dublin show ⁠coming up on Friday the 17th of April which you should go to (Kev will be supporting him too as a bonus) . If you want to hear the rest of our chat with Roger (including his first gig in London after the Queen died, divorce in the 90s, the recent Irish excel champion, and loads more), AS WELL AS all our episodes ad free AND all the bonus stuff we've ever done you can get it over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Here's our upcoming live shows, and we're on YouTube and Instagram and TikTok if you want to see our faces . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's part one of our series on Patrick Pearse / Pádraig Mac Piarais, arguably the figure head of the Easter Rising. In part one we cover from his birth up until 1915, part two will be 1916, the Rising, and the aftermath, and then part 3 will be behind the paywall because we'll be dealing with some of the .... allegations. . As always you can listen to the full episode ad free and get all the bonus stuff over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, here's the story behind William Lambert, the man who inspired Zorro (well probably, but he's really interesting in his own right so who cares). . As always you can listen to the full episode ad free and get all the bonus stuff over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! We've given up on football content, so instead here's a fun episode about Ireland's favourite horse. (Just a trigger warning if you're a horse lover, this is one of those bad kidnapping stories) If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠ . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! Here's a revamped version of an episode from 2019 about another Irish man who helped start a different world class football team. By god we're good. . Original Blurb: "This week Jason tells Kevin about Paddy McCarthy, a Tipperary man who took the boat to South America and became a major figure in Argentinian football. Also featuring some shite talk about Louth GAA, Mad Men and Kevin's knowledge of sport." - 10/12/2019 . If you want to listen to the full episode, as well as every bonus episode we've ever done, you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Given the big week of football coming up we're sticking with that theme as Jason tells Kevin about Don Patricio, Patrick O'Connell, one of the greatest footballing figures to come out of this island! Not to give too much of the story away, but we'll be talking Man United betting scandals, Barcelona on the brink of collapse, and Ireland actually winning a tournament! If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, here's another Shite Talk Film Club with the amazing and very talented Killian Sundermann (⁠he's on tour now go check him out⁠). It's football month this month so we decided to watch Studs, a 2006 classic where new manager Brendan Gleeson tries to help Emmet Rovers get out of a rut at the bottom of the league. . If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ . Also, Studs sounds like our Jonesborough version of Young Hot Guys . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helllo! We're back with season 14 and we're starting off with a short, topical episode on the history of St. Patrick. . If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, we're back with another season of Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast! For the next few weeks we'll be jumping on the World Cup bandwagon with some football tales, like the Irishman who saved Barcelona F.C. and George Best (would have been 80 this April god save us).  It's also 110 years since the 1916 rising so we'll be covering some of the lesser talked about parts of that, as well as the recapping the first Census in the free state in 1926. We also have some great guest episodes coming up (Killian Sundermann on Studs, Roger O'Sullivan on the 1995 Rainbow Government, Aideen McQueen on Circle of Friends, and Davy Holden on all things Kilkenny). But to kick us off next Tuesday the 17th we're going to be doing a deep dive into Ireland's most beloved Welshman, the king of snakes himself, St. Patrick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! We're running a bit behind schedule this week with all the Christmas celebrations so here's an old episode about the IRA Christmas raid which, as well as being festive, ties into the Dev series from earlier in the season. Original Blurb: "Hello, 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" - 30/12/2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! Here's an episode from last year that we're sticking out again cause it's the 50th anniversary of Barry Lyndon (I think, wikipedia says it was 11th Dec 1975 but also might have been July? Who knows). . It was with our friend ⁠Colm McGlinchey⁠, a great comic and MC at ⁠The Comedy Crunch⁠ and ⁠Anseo⁠, go check them out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're delighted to say, this episode is sponsored by Football Special! The makers of Donegal's greatest drinks / football merch, and you can use the code ShiteTalk for 10% off on their whole website: ⁠www.football-special.com⁠  ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello! We've got a general football special episode today, and who better to talk football with than Ken Early of ⁠Second Captains⁠⁠. We talked about Ireland's recent success, some historic world cups, and a bit of a story about the time Ireland played Nazi Germany in Dalymount park. ------------------------------------------------------------------ We're delighted to say this episode is sponsored by football special, you can use the code ShiteTalk for 10% off on their whole website - www.football-special.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! Here's a festive episode about everyone's favourite Christmas book, the Guinness Book of Records, and it's origins with Ross and Norris McWhirter (and the provisional IRA) . If you want to listen to our episodes ad free AND get every bonus episode we've ever done you can head over to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠ and if you want to see our video content follow us on Instagram . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! In honour of the Swift festival this week here's our episode on the life and times of Jonathan Swift. If you want to hear more about his works and satire we've got a live show TONIGHT (25th Nov) in the Workman's as part of the festival - Last Tickets Here . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come see us do a live podcast with Special Guest Peter McGann next week in Dublin as part of the Jonathan Swift Festival! We'll be in the Workmans Club as part of Craic Den Comedy on Tuesday November 25th! Tickets HERE!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we were going to do a Film Club about Gullivers Travels to promote our live show with Peter McGann on November 25th in The Workmans Club, Dublin as part of the Jonathan Swift Festival...(TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE) ... But then the film was awful, so we chat about film, Irish media, bits of Gulliver's Travels, and a whole lot of nonsense instead! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You probably all know the story by now, but come along with us as we go through the rise, the fall, and the further fall of one of Ireland's greatest ever sport stars. For the 2nd part of the Special, which will be out on Thursday, head over and sing up to ⁠Headstuff+⁠ for 5 Euro + VAT per month, and you'll get well over 100 episodes of ad-free bonus content! Come see us live in ⁠Dublin on November 25th⁠(and if you're reading this later just google Shite Talk History Live, we'll always be somewhere soon!) We'll be playing the Workmans Club alongside guest Peter McGann! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After 14 years Michael and Sabina are leaving Áras an Uachtaráin so here's a brief (as in under 6 hours) episode about the life and times of Micky D. This BMX photo is from Michael Donnelly if you want to check him out, and you can see all the other photos / videos mentioned in this episode over on our IG / TikTok. We've also got a live show coming up in Dublin on the 25th of November as part of the Johnathan Swift festival, and we have the amazing Peter McGann as our guest for that so Get Your Tickets Here . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a preview of an old episode from 2019 that we've re-edited with some audio software to make it sound less like it was recorded in a cave. You can listen to the rest of it, along with all the other bonus stuff, over on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠⁠. Also, we're down in Kilkenny tomorrow night, 01st of November, as part of the Home of Halloween Festival telling some haunted Irish tales, come by and say hello! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Samhain once again so this week we had a chat with the amazing Katie Boyle about some lesser known Irish spirits and fairies. Katie's bringing her solo show to the Ambassador on November 08th, you can get tickets here And we've got our own live shows coming up which you can find out about here - ⁠⁠⁠LIVE SHOWS⁠: ⁠Kilkenny - 01st of November⁠ ⁠Dublin w/ Peter McCann - 25th of November Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The country is heading to the polls this Friday to decide the 10th President of Ireland so we wanted to do a run down of the 2025 race so far; Conor McGregor, small pharma, 20k on Hermès bags, 3k of stolen rent, Syria, and Fox Hunting, by god this election has it all. We'll have another episode out on HeadStuff+ this Thursday covering the final week of the Áras race which you can listen to here, alongside all our other bonus stuff and ad free content. Also, we've got a few line shows coming up which you can find out about here - ⁠⁠LIVE SHOWS: Kilkenny - 01st of November Dublin w/ Peter McCann - 25th of November Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 of Saipan and the Roy Keane vs Mick McCarthy fiasco. Little bit of house keeping, from next week onwards we'll be releasing on Tuesday instead of Monday! Also.... We've got a few line shows and stuff coming up you can find out about here - ⁠LIVE SHOWS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, this week we're doing an episode on the early Irish-Palestine relations. The past two years have been a particularly bleak time in the history of the region but we wanted to take a look at some of the early connections and similarities between Ireland and Mandatory Palestine from the 1920s on and maybe show why so many Irish people strongly identify with the people of Palestinian. We've also got an ad for Samaritans early in the episode and you can find out more about volunteering for them at https://www.listening.ie/ We've got a few line shows and stuff coming up you can find out about here - LIVE SHOWS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're taking a look back at Saipan and the Roy Keane vs Mick McCarthy debacle, and the only way to do that is by going back six years beforehand to figure out what the hell was going on that led to one of the greatest tragedies Irish sport has ever witnessed. We've got ⁠LIVE SHOWS coming up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! With Ireland breaking our hearts in the qualifiers at the minute, and a Saipan movie on its way, we're back talking about football this week. We'll have a full Saipan episode out soon, but while we were recording that it got us thinking about the man who started it all, John Delaney. Here's a clip from an episode we did on Don John back in 2020, and you can hear the rest of the reedited version over on ⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠. The original blurb (11/11/2020) - "We're finishing up this season (and celebrating reaching 50 episodes!) with a Shite Talk History Cowboy Special on the former head of the FAI, Don John Delaney. " LIVE SHOWS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! Here's a short teaser for the final episode in our De Valera series. Over on Head Stuff+ we did more of a deep dive into his birth (and his dad), the so called "Dev's Vice Act" (which led to a good Dundalk man getting fined for shifting), Dev's relationship with the physicist Erwin Schrödinger, and his ultimate legacy with the Mother & Baby homes, Haughey, and Bertie. If you want to hear the rest of this episode, as well as all our old bonus content (Bertie / Sean Quinn / the FAI etc.), all our Film Club episodes, remastered versions of related Dev / Collins episodes, and ad free versions of every episode, you can get it all for ~€5 by following this link to ⁠⁠Headstuff+ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you listened to our Muhammad Ali In Ireland episode you'll already be familiar with strongman, showman, publican, promoter and all around great man himself, Butty Sugrue. Here we delve a little deeper into Butty's extraordinary life, and chat about Mick Meaney, Butty's employee who buried himself underground in London in an attempt to set a world record! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, its the final run of Dev! In this one we cover his last two terms as Taoiseach, his run as President, and talk about his general impact on the country. We will have one more bonus episode covering the more salacious parts of Devs life so if you want to listen to that along with ad free episodes, related bonus content, and all our film clubs you can do so by following this link to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠⁠⁠ Also you can ⁠⁠follow us here⁠⁠ to find out about our upcoming live shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello! Here's part three of the Éamon de Valera series covering Ireland during WWII, the 1940s IRA, Churchill's drunken offer, and Hitler's condolence book. We'll be back with the fourth and final Dev episode on Monday! If you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to our related bonus content, you can do so by following this link to ⁠⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠ Also you can follow us here to find out about our upcoming shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's part two of three on Éamon de Valera, released on the day of Collins 103rd anniversary. In this episode we cover Dev's part in the Civil War, the creation of Fianna Fail in the '20s, and his wild political run in the '30s. If you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to our related bonus content, you can do so by following this link to ⁠⁠Headstuff+⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honour of his 50th anniversary, and to balance out the Mick episodes, here's the first in our three part series on Éamon de Valera. In this episode we cover Dev's suspicious birth, his erstwhile Rugby career, and his role in the early struggle for independence. If you want to hear this episode without ads, or to listen to our related bonus content, you can do so by following this link to ⁠Headstuff+ Also, we've got a live gig in Kilkenny on Friday 15th of August as part of the AKA festival and you can get ⁠tickets here.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode Jason tells Kevin the story of the time Muhammad Ali spent a few weeks in Ireland before having a fight with Al 'Blue' Lewis in Croke Park! To get all of our episodes without any ads, plus all of our bonus content, head over to Headstuff+ Find us on social media over here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 1980's John DeLorean opened a factory outside Belfast to make his now iconic vehicle, but in less than two years it gets shut down and John finds himself under investigation by governments on both sides of the Atlantic. If you want to hear the ad-free version of this episode, plus our bonus episodes and Film Clubs, you can sign up to ⁠Headstuff+⁠. And as always, you can follow us on socials at: ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Tik Tok⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a quick snippet of our Film Club episode with everyone's favourite critic, Brian Lloyd! Click on his name there and give him a follow! And if you want to hear the rest of the episode(more than an extra hours worth), as well as all of our regular episodes ad-free, plus our bonus episodes and Film Clubs, sign up to Headstuff+. There's no better time to do it as well, seeing as for the next week it's only €1 to sign up, so you might as well try it out when it's cheap. After the first month it will go back to the same price as here, €5 + VAT. And as always, you can follow us on socials at: Instagram and Tik Tok! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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