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AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! Today marks the very last episode of We’re Not F***ing Historians. Thank you so, so much for listening to the show, it’s been great craic! We couldn’t – and wouldn’t – have done it without you. Now listen in to find out how Shane and Hazel would react to being stranded in the Antarctic. Missed any of our episodes? There’s THIRTY more waiting for your delectation. Drop an email to hello@nothistorians.com with your favourite moments from the show! **Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hazel tells Shane all about the extraordinary life of Colonel Thomas Blood, the infamous con-artist who after botching a kidnapping took the next logical step: attempted the only known heist of the Crown Jewels. Cue lots of innuendos. Also, do all populist leaders have fat heads? And did Boy George cause the Great Fire of London? Want us to cover a topic? Got a guest suggestion? Drop an email to hello@nothistorians.com! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to our very first guest episode of the pod!  Shane and Hazel welcome comedian and everyone’s favourite one-man Indie band Michael Fry to the show! Having worked at Ancestry in a previous life, he’s here to give us a history lesson about his own family tree, including one particularly odd ancestor. Plus, Michael reveals some of the weirdest requests he received and how he hopes history will remember him.  We’re going to speak to many more familiar Irish faces! Who should we have on next time? Drop an email to hello@nothistorians.com! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Never mind it could only do 0-60mph in 10 seconds and its creator was caught in an FBI drugs sting operation. The DeLorean – Doc’s DeLorean in Back to the Future - was built in Northern Ireland!  Shane tells Hazel the story behind one of the worst and yet most iconic sports cars ever built and how on earth the eccentric John DeLorean was persuaded to manufacture it in 1970s Belfast. Want to suggest an episode topic? Drop an email to hello@nothistorians.com! You can also message us your favourite trivia or anything you want to add to previous episodes! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Children of Lir is one of Ireland’s most famous myths. What people don’t know is that Mick Hucknall is one of its main characters. Hazel and Shane ‘the Bone Man’ Todd also find out about Dermot O’Leary’s needle, what woodlice and Mick have in common and the animal Shane would most like to be. Want to suggest an episode topic? Drop an email to hello@nothistorians.com! You can also message us your favourite trivia or anything you want to add to previous episodes! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Best friend to Alexander Hamilton, spy for George Washington, and the Gok Wan of 1770s New York – Hercules Mulligan was quite the character.  We find out all about the tailor from Coleraine who shaped the course of American history and, if Shane has anything to do with it, is about to quadruple Liam Neeson’s career earnings. Plus, Hazel is sentenced to life imprisonment in Alcatraz. Want to suggest an episode topic? Drop an email to hello@nothistorians.com! You can also message us your favourite trivia or anything you want to add to previous episodes! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we’re heading Down Under for a truly mad tale suggested to us by listener Georgia in Melbourne! Ned Kelly is one of Australia’s most infamous criminals – and one of its greatest anti-heroes. Hazel tells Shane all about the Kelly family's path from rural Ireland to even more rural Australia in a story featuring thieving, scrapping and an incredibly poor acting performance from Mick Jagger. Plus, we introduce our new all-time favourite character: arise Ah Fuk. Want to suggest an episode topic? Drop an email to hello@nothistorians.com! You can also message us your favourite trivia or anything you want to add to previous episodes! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ahoy! Shane and Hazel are back on the high seas this week for one of our most extraordinary tales yet.  In the early 19th century, an expat from Foxford put together a wee navy in Buenos Aires. In doing so, he would change the course of South American history forever. Guillermo Brown was born. ¡Bueno! Are you an Irish expat in Argentina? Drop an email to hello@nothistorians.com! You can also message us your favourite trivia or anything you want to add to previous episodes! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re jetting all over the place on today’s episode! From Chicago to Dublin, Montserrat to New York’s East Side, Hazel tells Shane all about the history of Paddy’s Day celebrations and relive some of their own. Plus, some heartwarming advice for Lent and a listener shares a strange annual tradition… Let us know how you celebrated St Patrick’s Day at hello@nothistorians.com! You can also email us with stories you’d like us to cover, your favourite trivia, or anything you want to add to previous episodes! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shane and Hazel return to the studio for a whopper: it’s the story of Shane’s fellow beardless Ulsterman, Cu Chulainn! You know him as one of the most celebrated figures in Irish folklore – we know him as a failed contestant on Take Me Out. Plus, we wonder how many snooker tables there are in prison and come across a shocking new twist in our hunt for bear bones. Tell us where you’re tuning in from at hello@nothistorians.com! You can also email us with stories you’d like us to cover, your favourite trivia, or anything you want to add to previous episodes! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Novelist Hazel Hayes takes pamphlet fan Shane Todd through the chaotic life and times of one of Ireland's most celebrated writers: Oscar Wilde. Plus, Shane makes his feelings known about poetry and an archaeologist gets in touch. EMAILS: we're recording a St Patrick's Day special, so send us your favourite Paddy's Day stories to hello@nothistorians.com! Find us on socials @thehazelhayes or @shanetodd and @shanetoddcomedy. ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In fifth century Ireland, reality television reached its peak. Shane 'The Most Famous' Todd walks Hazel 'Neighbour to Damien Dempsey' Hayes through the story of Niall of the Nine Hostages, who took over Ireland and invaded Europe after clinching an incredibly intense edition of "Ireland’s Next Top High King".  Oh, and Niall also has the most descendants in the modern world behind Genghis Khan. Strap in! Tell us where you’re tuning in from at hello@nothistorians.com! You can also email us with stories you’d like us to cover, your favourite trivia, or anything you want to add to previous episodes! ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.