We're Not F***ing Historians

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 [email protected] 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!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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 [email protected]!***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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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 [email protected]! 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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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 [email protected]! 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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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 [email protected]! 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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more 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 [email protected]! 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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sick of all that lovey-dovey Valentine’s Day smush? Fear not, Hazel and Shane are here with a friendly reminder that February 14 is actually the anniversary of some bloke getting beheaded!Hazel tells Shane about the life of St Valentine, who may or may not have made some banging mixtapes, and how he came to settle in an unlikely city of love: Dublin. Plus, a stunning rendition of Peter Andre – listen to the end...Send us love letters to [email protected]! 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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Darlings! This week, Hazel tells Shane all about Bram Stoker: thespy-type, writer, part-time slacker and the creator of Dracula no less! Born in Clontarf, we find out why his mother’s terrible choice of bedtime stories and some of Ireland’s weirdest folk tales inspired one of the most famous novels of all time.Plus, Shane learns about blood-letting, Hazel picks up a new phrase, and Gary Oldman angrily orders a Nando’s dressed as a vampire.Get a load of brand new shiny inbox: [email protected]! Email us with stories you’d like us to cover, your favourite trivia, or anything you’d like 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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Shane and Hazel are broadcasting remote to bring you the episode we’ve all been waiting for: it’s the history of the leprechaun!They reflect on of their (weird) depictions in pop culture, Shane reveals one very odd wish he would ask for if he caught one of the pesky troublemakers, and there’s discussion about some recent sightings which probably don’t hold a lot of water but almost certainly do hold a lot of beer. Get a load of brand new shiny inbox: [email protected]! Email us with stories you’d like us to cover, your favourite trivia, or anything you’d like 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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shane tells the true story of Belfast's tragic export, the RMS Titanic. Featuring myth-busting, dodgy maths and *a lot* of soapy lube.Get a load of our brand new shiny inbox: [email protected]! Email us with stories you’d like us to cover, your favourite trivia, or anything you’d like 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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the last school day before Christmas, so Hazel and Shane crack open the board games and go wild.They share their memories of Christmas at home and Shane reveals he is the anti-Santa. Plus, they reflect on one very Irish custom and a few of the Emerald Isle's festive connections: it turns out Santa is buried in County Kilkenny!Get a load of our brand new shiny inbox: [email protected]! Email us with stories you’d like us to cover, your favourite trivia, or even corrections to past episodes. Uh oh.***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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guinness might not actually be Irish. And we don't want to alarm anyone, but the Irish don't even drink most of it.Today, Hazel shares the story of Arthur Guinness and busts a few myths about the malty beverage. Plus, we discover Shane's love for Hen Party cocktails and there's an alarming revelation about Hazel's family history.Find us on social media @thehazelhayes and @shanetodd or @shanetoddcomedy! Drop us an email into our shiny new inbox: [email protected]!***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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rewind 852 years and you’ll find no English in Ireland, not even a single Wetherspoons. But then along came a deposed Irish king called Dermot who wanted his land back and it all went pear-shaped.Hazel tells Shane how English rule in Ireland all began – from Strongbow and badass Aoife, to the King of Gossip – and we wonder what would have happened to the Emerald Isle if things had played out differently.Find us on social media @thehazelhayes and @shanetodd or @shanetoddcomedy. Or just visit your local boozer and you’ll find us doing research for our History of Guinness episode.***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!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.