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Hello! We're back next week with a brand new season covering presidential scandals, famous Irish boxers, and a whole lot of Haughey. We're back up on PATREON as well, we've been putting up bonus stuff there for the past few weeks and this is where all our bonus material will be from now on. Also, we've got live shows coming up: 09 - 11TH Oct Dundalk @Bold Frontiers 31ST Oct Dublin Halloween Special 01ST Nov Belfast @Cheerful Earful Festival And more to be announced which you can find out about ⁠@shitetalkhistory⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices