Irish Spirits

Brew Moon

An Irish twist on an Espresso Martini that had us up all night…just like the subject of our show this week: werewolves! Brew Moon, get it? Yea, we can't stop singing the song either ! We turned our attention to one of this island's longest standing lupine cryptids, focusing on everything from saints' curses to…

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The Gates of Hell

We know…ominous…but Season 2 continues and it's our first location based episode! We headed to the Garden County to delve into one of the most  haunted buildings in Ireland – Wicklow Gaol. First built in 1702, we tracked how the gaol functioned, expanded and dealt with criminals of all types who were locked up. You…

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The Old Switcheroo

WE'RE BACK!!!!! Thank you for being so patient with us! You will hear all about what we got up to at the beginning of Episode I – Season 2!  This episode was called The Old Switcheroo and was all about Changelings in honour our Alex having just had a baby! (he's the cutest thing we…

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The Shamrock Shake Interlude

Happy St. Patrick's Day! (Lá Fheile Pádraig sona dhaoibh!) from our resident historian, Laura Fitzachary – though this mini-sode is more mythological than historical. Regaling you all with an origin story of St. Patrick's banished snakes and an epic battle he had with their mother,  she washed this bit of bonus content down with an…

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Petronilla’s Garden

This episode was called Petronilla's Garden and it was our Season 1 finale!!! Focusing on the witch trials in Ireland (or lack there of) the cocktail that wrapped the season was inspired by the fate of Irish women accused of witchcraft! Brewed by ourselves, it was a 'herb-ful' concoction in which our resident mixologist Alex…

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The Ragged Boy

The episode was called 'The Ragged Boy' and was inspired by  the stories within what could be our scariest episode yet! Happy…Lent?! From a boy who repeats the last moments before his death over and over to the ghost of a girl you can feel skip by you on a staircase, this episode on Ghost…

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The Salt Bae

This episode was called 'The Salt Bae' which we thought was an apt name for Irish lads who fall in love with women that were formerly seals. Yes, that's right this episode is all about the selkies, merrows and mermaids. We knew there was something fishy going on when Alex told us to get the…

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The Long, Dark & Full of Terrors

This episode was called 'The Long, Dark & Full of Terrors' – but full of alcohol it was not! Our first ever non-alcoholic cocktail means everyone can drink along! We chose a different route  this week because of our theme: Haunted Roads & Fairy Paths (or any supernatural thoroughfare). From steering our way through anecdotes…

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The Big Smoke Interlude

Happy New Year! As we get  ready for our post-Christmas episodes please enjoy our third 'minisode' courtesy of resident bartender, Alex Buckley. He delves into why we call our local pubs, our local haunts… at one of Dublin’s most Haunted Pubs, John Kavanagh ’The Gravediggers’ in Glasnevin. The main sources used were Valentina Valentini writing…

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The Irish Coffee

Our Christmas special for you, this episode is called 'The Irish Coffee.' To round off what has been a year we will never forget Laura & Caoimhe (shout out to Alex who we will hopefully be reunited with soon) talked about about the more unusual side to Christmas traditions through the power of governmentally-advised socially-distanced…

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