Pisrógs
Episodes
The Lover's Knot & The Frog Man - Anna (Luke's Mam)
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In Kildallan lies the Relic, an ancient graveyard where two trees wrapped around eachother above the graves of two forbidden lovers.Luke and his Mam s...
Naas, Rónán Ó Raghallaigh - Fionn Mac Cumhaill, Haunted Pilgrimages & Faction Fights
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Returning guest, Naas-born visual and performance artist Rónán Ó Raghallaigh.Rónán’s work moves between indigenous Irish art and ritual action,...
Granard, CBL - Wrestling, Bulls, Fairies & Teen Discos
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast, Luke is joined by Irish professional wrestler Conor Brady Lee — better known as CBL, or simply The Bull.Luke and CBL wande...
Clan Sweeney, Rory Sweeney - Mad Kings, Trap Doors & Hauntology
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a trans-dimensional Sweeney family reunion.Musician, DJ, producer and Mafia Don - Rory Sweeney is part of a long Irish tradition of artist...
Sweat Houses - Irish Saunas
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Before saunas were a lifestyle brand, Ireland had sweat houses.Luke traces the forgotten history of the teach allais. Stone sweat huts used in Ireland...
Bees, Carmen Quigley - Brehon Law, Holy Wells & Asian Hornets
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Carmen joins Luke in his hovel today. A keen internet historian, Quigley had been updating her instagram followers on the recent invasion of Asian hor...
Cappamore, Conor Campbell - Ghost Dogs, Frogs & Circus Tigers
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hidden Treasure, Supernatural Bulls and Circus Tigers on this first episode of a brand new season of Pisrógs! Oh and frogs too.Conor Campbell is an a...
Welcome to Pisrógs
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
PISRÓGS is back with a little makeover and more guests.In this seven episode season Luke will chat to artists, musicians, elders and more about the f...
Butter
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for charms to steal your neighbours butter? We got 'em. Looking for ways to keep your pesky neighbours from stealing your butter? We got 'em. ...
Cromwell's Genocide
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
His name is celebrated as an important figure of parliamentary democracy in the United Kingdom. Cromwell dispatched a tyrannical king, was the first R...
Kings of Mud Island
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After the Plantation of Ulster in 1606, three McDonnell brothers, dispossessed, made their way south. One of them settled on swampy uncontested land ...
Rats & Bananas
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Unbeknownst to Luke when we started recording this episode, it was going to be dominated by Rat stories. There are Bananas too. Some may say we had to...
Sleep & Dreams
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
ARAN and Luke turn to the Irish National Folklore Collection's Duchás Database and Irish mythology to read you the most effective bedtime story known...
The Black Stuff (Guinness)
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
THE black stuff, stout, porter. IT'S synonymous with Ireland, but why? WHAT'S the difference between stout and porter? PISRÓGS barrels into an ep...
Forest People
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
GAELS - Forest People. THIS episode will follow Irish trees through time from: The temperate rainforest which existed before humanity's arrival on...
Merfolk (Merrow, Selkie, Siren)
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MERFOLK - Irish Mermaids - The Merrow (Murúch), Selkies & Siren. IN this week's episode the lads travel from our seas, rivers and lakes through G...
Tis The Season
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Luke and Aran fill your mug with all the seasonal delights you can gulp down. Join the boys by the toasty fire as they warm you up fo...
Vengeful Giants & Hissing Geese
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LOCALLY sourced IRISH FOLKLORE, stories, cures and laughs based on the words YOU, the listener, chose via our instagram: @pisrogspodcast (God help us)...
Witch Trials, Demon Love & Flying Sticks
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE first Irish witch burning, and the first known record of a Coven in the world. PETRONILLA de Meath was tortured, interrogated and eventually burnt...
The Leprechaun
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guess what? Aran is back....... And he's broke; shoes, wallet, the whole lot. So no better man to find than that Leprechaun with his fat crock of gold...
Trepanation and Health Gods
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
OH THE BRAIN, the thing piloting your swiping fingers and fidgeting thumbs right now. HE'S a pretty complex boy, BUT would you believe that all the wa...
Genitals na hÉireann
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
LABIAS and Gonads, the foreplay has ended. It's time for our episode of bollocks on the GENITALS NA HÉIREANN. LEARN ABOUT: Queen Medbh's insatiable ...
The Devil Himself
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AN DIABHAL, The Devil, Old Nick, The Old...Boy? WE all know of the devil, he's the red fella with the horns who is likely to be the ruler of our infin...
Grianán of Aileach
06 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
THE STONE HOUSE OF THE SUN THIS Donegal antiquity has been the quiet sentinel of Ireland, WITNESS to our shared history - FROM the Tuatha Dé Da...
Place of Oisin
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
KILLESHIN, Church of the Glen of Uise, PLACE of Oisin. TALES from Killeshin, Carlow and its surrounding areas chosen by YEE. SONS of legends, ME...
Hanged Priest, The Black Hand & Butter
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TALES from local areas submitted by YEE (@pisrogspodcast on Instagram). THIS episode unwinds forgotten yarns from Dromore West SLIGO, Birr Co. OFFALY ...
Werewolves of Ossory
28 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AWOO, ehem. IN this episode a priest and our old friend 'Gerald of Wales' come across a pair of werewolves, they have a chat with them and give ...
Follies & Garden Hermits
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
THE BOY(S) discuss the weird, wonderful world of FOLLIES and their impractical existence, as well as their unlikely connection to the FAMINE. EVER wan...
Conversations with a Druid
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NEW GROUND for the podcast, WITH Aran preparing to venture into the bowels of the Amazon, Luke holds down the fort, but not alone, as the Pisrogs Po...
Invention of Music
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
JOIN the boys as they discuss everything under the big sonic sun - From the mythological invention of music, to the instruments of the past, to the ma...
Irish Martial Arts & Faction Fighting
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Bataireacht is a category of stick-fighting martial arts of Ireland. The concept of people swinging sticks at each other, in anger, dates far into ...
Eoin Roe O'Neill
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AN Irish mercenary in the Spanish army trained in the art of war by Franciscan monks. EOGHAN Ruadh Ó Néill is one of the most famous members of the...
Beans, Beads and Begora!
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You heard it, an episode of beans, beads and begora, tis mighty. We've kept it colloquial with the help of listener suggested stories. From stories of...
The Fairy Cow (Part Two)
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CUID A DÓ. In part one the lads discussed the mythological origins of Glas Gabhnenn, an early Irish tale that involved giant cyclopes, glass towers, ...
The Fairy Cow (Part One)
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CUID A HAON of our double bill dedicated to An Glas Gaibhnenn, The Gloss, or simply put The Fairy Cow. THE Fairy Cow is a mythical beast who was said...
Fairy Wind, Love Charms & Milky Tails
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kick back and relax with this grab bag episode of Irish stories, riddles and love charms. From Fionn Mac Cumhaill's mother's shin bone to the fairy wi...
The Tailteann Games
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
OLDER than the Olympics, a yearly 'sporting' event that was about so much more than feats of strength. THE TAILTEANN GAMES drew crowds from all over...
Bealtaine (Gaelic May Day)
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The light half of the year has finally arrived. The days are getting longer, the sun is shining brighter, nature is getting greener. It is time to se...
Crom Cruach
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CHILD sacrifice, intense worship and a battle between an ancient idol and St. Patrick. THIS all took place in the small clearing 'Magh Slecht' in the...
Local Stories, Piseóga and Riddles
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join Aran and Luke this week as they explore their parish and townlands past with stories of treachery, ghosts, hauntings, strongman Seán Byrnes and ...
Book of Invasions (Lebor Gabála Érenn)
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered whose the first person to settle in Ireland? Well there's a few first people, six groups in fact, and one group are gods, and one aren'...
The Bean Sí (Banshee)
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Bean Sí, literally the Fairy Woman, has no abode. She comes near a house to wail for one who is about to die. Those who know how piercing is the...
After Life
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Irish had and have a funny approach to death, that bit after life. It's a very funny and uplifting one for an episode about death, that's all we'...
Dobhar-chú
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At Glenade lake in County Leitrim a mythical creature known as the Dobhar-chú was said to have murdered a woman whilst she washed clothes, a tombston...
Cailleach
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Veiled One, Crone, Witch. The embodiment of Winter, a creator deity and daughter of the Little Sun. The Cailleach is one of Ireland's oldest character...
The Christmas Special
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The boys cant meet in person but they can meet in spirit, a SEASONAL MIRACLE for the final episode of this season! In this episode the lads chat abou...
Bean Feasa (Woman of Knowledge)
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The boys explore An Bheán Feasa, wise women who possessed remedies for physical and spiritual ailments as well as being a diplomat between the the pe...
City of the Dead
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are all used to epidemics at this stage. . . But have you ever seen bodies rising from the ground? Beacons burned night-after-night to ward away...
Cures
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pains? Cured. Burns? Cured. Warts? Cured. Childishness? Cured. Epilepsy? Cured. You may find the cure to your ailments in this episode. Or if not, yo...
The Black Pig
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An omen of war, a massacre to come. The Black Pig brings nothing but hatred between men. Oh, he also wants your money when you're walking home late at...
Scéalta Skerries
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is it a rich man wants, a poor man has, a blind man sees, and a deaf man hears? Find out in this weeks fun episode filled with riddles, stories ...
The Whiteboys
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The first secret oath bound society rose up to stand against the oppression and inequalities Irish tenants were experiencing from landlords and big la...
Will-o'-the-Wisp
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You step out into the darkness, time to head home. You begin to wander in the direction of home, only the faint moonlight offering any illumination. A...
The Halloween Special
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aahhh the Halloween Special. Join us this week as we discuss the origins of Halloween in Samhain, from games to old customs. We also explore the Púca...
The Changeling
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever thought that a loved one is acting strange all of a sudden? They seem to have a full beard one day where previously there was none? They...