Irish Spirits
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Butter the Devil You Know: The Irish Spirits Podcast Reunion
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! For one night, and one night only...and for a devilishly good time!Chatting all things satanic, we have reunited for a one-off specia...
The Cobbler's Breakfast
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's our Season 2 finale!!! And we thought we'd end it with a bang taking on a juggernaut of Irish folklore - The Leprechaun!In what was pai...
Apple of my Evil Eye
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We hope you had a great spooky season! In a return to our usual haunted content, we decided to revisit the haunted castles of Ireland! In what was Hau...
Honey, I Contacted the Dead
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a very different direction for the show, we delved into literary history (both Laura & Caoimhe were delighted!) and just how haunted writers of...
Riding the Hedge
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Green fingers at the ready, this episode was all about Hedgewitches & Herbalists washed down with Alex's twist on a classic Gin & TonicWe...
The Shanakiel Swing
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our mid-season break is over!! After a little R&R we came back with one of our creepiest episodes yet, all about Our Lady's Hospital/St Kevin...
The Shiso Seashells by the Seashore
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's cocktail may be a tongue twister but it went down so easy...too easy you might say!Which was good because we were finally reunited in...
The Hotel In-Spectre
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are finally back!! Minus ghostly intrusions, thank all of the ghouls...and we are back with a very indulgent cocktail...The Hotel In-SpectreWhether...
Introducing: Irish Spirits
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Irish Spirits, a fortnightly podcast about folklore and drinking, a natural Venn diagram of Irish culture. Hosted by writer - Caoimhe Cree...
The Interference Interlude
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What … no cocktail?!?! Sadly we tried and tried to record this week’s episode but the connection was well and truly haunted !! So instead, plea...
Brew Moon
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 c...
The Gates of Hell
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 mos...
The Old Switcheroo
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Shamrock Shake Interlude
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy St. Patrick's Day! (Lá Fheile Pádraig sona dhaoibh!) from our resident historian, Laura Fitzachary - though this mini-sode is more mythol...
Petronilla's Garden
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 cock...
The Ragged Boy
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The episode was called 'The Ragged Boy' and was inspired by the stories within what could be our scariest episode yet! Happy...Lent?! From...
The Salt Bae
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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....
The Long, Dark & Full of Terrors
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was called 'The Long, Dark & Full of Terrors' - but full of alcohol it was not! Our first ever non-alcoholic cocktail means...
The Big Smoke Interlude
09 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! As we get ready for our post-Christmas episodes please enjoy our third 'minisode' courtesy of resident bartender, Alex Buc...
The Irish Coffee
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 &...
The Dark 'N Stormy
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was called the Dark N' Stormy - so exactly like what the cocktail is actually called, but it just fit so perfectly with our theme: s...
An Deoch Fola
28 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode we got well....sexy! When you think vampire, you may think, Tom Cruise or Robert Pattinson but we would argue that vampires are inheren...
The Stingy Jack
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In honour of the month of Samhain, this episode was all about...Samhain! and how Halloween in Ireland came to be. We went full on Celtic pagan by also...
The Devil's Backbone Interlude
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Unfortunately due to Covid-19 restrictions in Dublin, us as a trio couldn't meet up this week - again! We will get an episode out as soon as we...
The Howling Gale Interlude
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Unfortunately due to Covid-19 restrictions in Dublin, us as a trio couldn't meet up this week! We will get an episode out as soon as we can but i...
The Oubliette
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode focused on how haunted castles in Ireland can be! We looked at what was scarier: the castles themselves or the events that took place in ...
The Honeycomb Harbinger
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Irish Spirits, a fortnightly podcast about folklore and drinking, a natural Venn diagram of Irish culture. Hosted by Caoimhe Creed, Laura F...