15 Best Irish History Podcasts
Irish History Podcasts
Here are 15 Best Irish History Podcasts worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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Three Castles Burning is a social history podcast, dedicated to the story of the Irish capital. Dublin is a city of many stories, Three Castles Burning tells some of the more forgotten ones.
Host Donal Fallon
Producer/Network Donal Fallon
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 18.9K Avg Length 47 min Since Nov 2019 Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com . We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us
2. Shite Talk: An Irish History Podcast
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A somewhat accurate retelling of Irish history stories.Join Irish stand up comedians Jason Brennan and Kevin Larney as they take turns giving their best accounts of some of Ireland's silly, strange, and downright stupid tales from the past.MORE Producer/Network Shite Talk History
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 605Twitter 184Instagram 11.7K Avg Length 59 min Get Email Contact
3. Revolutionary Ireland
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Join Lorcan Collins for a weekly podcast about Ireland's revolutionary history. Concentrating on the Easter Rising of 1916, The War of Independence 1919-21 and the Irish Civil War 1922-23. The show will also feature episodes on all aspects of revolutionary Irish history from 1798 to the Hunger Strikes of the 1980s. Revolutionary Ireland Podcast also features guest historians and activists.MORE Host Lorcan Collins
Producer/Network Lorcan Collins Revolutionary Ireland
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 8.3KTwitter 9.6K Avg Length 61 min Get Email Contact
4. History Ireland
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The History Ireland Podcast covers a wide variety of topics, from the earliest times to the present day, in an effort to give the listener a sense of the distant past but also to offer a contemporary edge.MORE Producer/Network History Ireland
Email ****@historyireland.com
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 21.7KTwitter 22.5K Avg Length 70 min Get Email Contact
5. Dublin Festival of History Podcast
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The Dublin Festival of History is an annual free festival, brought to you by Dublin City Council, and organized by Dublin City Libraries, in partnership with the Dublin City Council Culture Company. The Festival has gained a reputation for attracting best-selling Irish and international historians to Dublin for a high-profile weekend of history talks and debate.MORE Producer/Network Dublin Festival of History
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 4.6KTwitter 8KInstagram 4.7K Avg Length 47 min Get Email Contact
6. The Clare Oral History Podcast
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This podcast delves into the thousands of Irish life stories in the archive of the Irish Oral History and Folklore Group known as Cuimhneamh a Chláir or Clare Memories. We're based in Co. Clare in the West of Ireland. The oral histories we've gathered reveal ordinary lives and extraordinary stories.MORE Producer/Network Clare Memories / Cuimhneamh an Chláir
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Apple Rating 5/5Twitter 319 Avg Length 38 min Get Email Contact
7. Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience
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Join Danny Houlihan Historian and Author on a historical voyage of discovery through the landscape of Ireland. Through its people its heritage & its rugged coastline this is truly Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience.MORE Host Danny Houlihan
Producer/Network Danny Houlihan Historian Author Musician
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 31 min Get Email Contact
8. The Irish History Show
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The Irish History Show is presented and produced by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. The show looks at many different aspects of Irish history with expert guests from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines.MORE Producer/Network Cathal Brennan and John Dorney
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Facebook 6.9KTwitter 6.4K Avg Length 69 min Since Mar 2015 Get Email Contact
9. The Echo Of The Thunder
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A podcast about the history and politics of Irish republicanism featuring a range of interviews with historians, activists, writers, and artists. Presented and produced by Daniel Baker.
Producer/Network Daniel Baker
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Apple Rating 4/5 Avg Length 76 min Get Email Contact
10. The Irish At War
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The Irish at War is a podcast about the military history of Ireland and of Irish people. Whether fighting in Ireland or in foreign service, this podcast aims to examine all the details from the man on the ground to the bigger picture consequences of the battle.MORE Producer/Network The Irish at War
Apple Rating 4.9/5Twitter 41.3K Avg Length 78 min Since Mar 2018 Get Email Contact
11. Finding Home
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A podcast series presented by the Irish American Archives Society exploring the Irish immigrants and their descendants whose struggles and sacrifices helped to build an American city and make up the history of the Irish in Cleveland. The second series consists of interviews with Clevelanders sharing information and stories about the history of the Irish in Cleveland.MORE Producer/Network The Irish American Archives Society
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 40 min Get Email Contact
12. We, The Irish
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We, The Irish, is a podcast is dedicated to Ireland's history and stories which you might not be all too familiar with. Ireland is a land of great people, and great stories, both of which get forgotten all too quickly. This Podcast looks to share their stories and share the message of Ireland with the world.MORE Producer/Network Oran & Ryhan O’Halloran
Apple Rating 4.8/5 Avg Length 21 min Since Mar 2020 Get Email Contact
13. Unreal Irish Folklore
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Unreal is a podcast about Irish history, stories, folklore, and tradition. Each episode searches for the origins of some of Ireland's most famous myths and folklore and takes a fresh look at exciting legends and history that have become almost forgotten in centuries past.MORE Producer/Network Ruth A
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 3.5KTwitter 328 Avg Length 30 min Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact
Irish History shows hosts and producers
Podcaster Name | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | Twitter Followers | |
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Donal Fallon | threecastlesburning.libsyn.com | 17 | @fallon_donal | ||
Lorcan Collins | 1916rising.com/cms/podcasts | @1916walkingtour | |||
Danny Houlihan | dannyhoulihanirishexperience.podbean.com | 8 | |||
History Ireland | audioboom.com/posts/8241361 | 25 | @histirehedge | 22.5K | |
Cathal Brennan And John Dorney | irishhistoryshow.ie/79-james-hoban-white-house-architect/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=79-james-hoban-white-house-architect | 24 | @irishhistorypod | 6.4K | |
Ruth A | unrealpod.podbean.com/e/mermaids-merrows-and-selkies | 20 | @unrealpod | 328 | |
The Irish American Archives Society | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/irisharchives/episodes/Episode-2-13-Helen-Malloy-Building-From-the-Ground-Up-The-West-Side-Irish-American-Club-e1d3udg | 20 | |||
Oran & Ryhan O’halloran | spreaker.com/user/11098762/we-the-irish-ep-139 | 20 | |||
The Irish At War | soundcloud.com/user-549216771/irelands-neutrality-in-the-second-world-war-with-john-dorney | 20 | @irelandbattles | 41.3K | |
Daniel Baker | anchor.fm/daniel-baker89/episodes/What-is-Irish-Republicanism--From-the-Enlightenment-to-The-Troubles-with-Fearghal-Mac-Bhloscaidh-e1f3c7r | 13 | |||
Dublin City Council | shows.acast.com/dublin-festival-of-history/episodes/dublin-v-cork-a-tale-of-two-eighteenth-century-cities | 12 | @histfest | 8K | |
Dublin Festival Of History | shows.acast.com/dublin-festival-of-history/episodes/animals-in-20th-century-dublin-in-conversation-with-ann-mari | 8 | @histfest | 8K | |
Clare Memories / Cuimhneamh An Chláir | buzzsprout.com/1864341/9540196-stories-of-the-coast.mp3 | 6 | @clarememories | 319 |
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