Pisrógs

Luke Pisrogs Conroy & Aran Pisrogs Reidy
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Pisrogs podcast is an audio adventure of Irish myth, folklore, history and more. The podcast started with hosts Luke Conroy and Aran Reidy trawling through the Duchás Folklore Archives for the most spell-binding, peculiar, imaginative and funny Irish folk stories they could find. With Aran having emigrated to the plains of Tír na nÓg, Luke returns with a brand new season of interviews, investigations and oddities. Artists, Musicians, Elders and even Wrestlers join Luke to dig into the obscure myths behind their area, their families and their crafts.

  1. 2D AGO

    Cappamore, Conor Campbell - Ghost Dogs, Frogs & Circus Tigers

    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 artist and architect from Cappamore Co. Limerick. If you don't know him, chances are you know his artwork. Ye Vagabonds, Junior Brother, The Chieftains, Alannah Thornburg, Gareth Quinn Redmond, Lemon Cello and more. Campbell's distinctive style - a unique blend of medieval manuscript, pixel art, nature and psychedelia have become a staple of Irish album artwork. Luke and Conor dive into a whole host of stories from his area of Cappamore, County Limerick, discovering that some of these stories are even closer than either of them would could have THUNK! THINKED! or THOUGHT!

    1h 11m

  2. 3D AGO

    Welcome to Pisrógs

    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 folklore close to their area, close to their interests and close to their hearts. Or whatever is funniest. Lets jump in!

    2 min

  3. 08/07/2024 · BONUS

    Butter

    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. Songs to better churn the butter? Got those too. Join Aran and Luke as they dive head first into the world of Irish Butter folklore and superstition. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll call the parish priest, but he can't help you now. Accompanied by the beautiful music of Gareth Quinn Redmond. Be sure to check him out and show him some love x

    1h 13m

  4. 04/16/2024

    Cromwell's Genocide

    His name is celebrated as an important figure of parliamentary democracy in the United Kingdom. Cromwell dispatched a tyrannical king, was the first Republican and an advocate for democracy. In Ireland his lasting effect is one of a genocidal tyrant. His consideration of the Irish people as inhuman and was self-professed , and the inhumanity for which he inflicted arguably places him in a position of contempt higher than any royal.In Irish folklore this contempt is plain to be seen, Cromwell is written as the personal assistant of the satan, if not the devil incarnate. 'An cogadh a chriochnaigh Éire' - The war that finished Ireland. This is what a conquest of the country during the War of the Three Kingdoms was dubbed. An ethnic cleansing headed by one man. In 1641 when all was said and done, total excess deaths for the entire period was estimated by Sir William Petty, the 17th-century economist, to be 600,000 out of a total Irish population of 1,400,000 - that is around 42% of the population. 42%

    47 min

  5. 12/11/2023

    Kings of Mud Island

    After the Plantation of Ulster in 1606, three McDonnell brothers, dispossessed, made their way south. One of them settled on swampy uncontested land in Dublin, claiming themselves as its monarch.   Welcome to MUD ISLAND. A refuge at the fringes of Dublin Society, Aran and Luke seek to learn of its colourful history of Smugglers, Highwaymen and MORE. From secret passages to the bloody pirate escapades of Art Granger, its hard to believe what is now Ballybough and Fairview was a muddy slobland soundtracked by savage fights between the Mud Islanders and the Revenue Men, and stories of banshees and Collier the Robber.

    1h 10m

  6. 11/09/2023

    Rats & Bananas

    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 too much fun recording this one, I say there's never such a thing. Join us in the fun backed by the beautiful ambient music of Gareth Quinn Redmond

    1h 10m

  7. 10/09/2023

    Sleep & Dreams

    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 to man. FROM spooky bedtime stories about witch's sleep charms, TO the Goddess of Sleep Caer and her lad, Aengus, NOT to mention some folk cures on how to get a good night's rest, IT'S all a dreamy doozy. SPONSOR this week is: DRY-LINE - Boring you to Sleep.

    1h 8m

  8. 09/07/2023

    The Black Stuff (Guinness)

    THE black stuff, stout, porter. IT'S synonymous with Ireland, but why? WHAT'S the difference between stout and porter? PISRÓGS barrels into an episode of songs, stories and accounts all about the substance we love to make us silly. MOST importantly we look at GUINNESS. YOU probably know all of the tremendous work that Guinness has done for Ireland, Dublin and it's workers. BUT there's a darker side to the black stuff that will have you saying... "Wait the Guinness family said WHAT during the 80s?" AS with anything involving a feast of pints, this episode will have you loving and hating yourself for drinking. Get it into ya like a good gosson

    39 min
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Pisrogs podcast is an audio adventure of Irish myth, folklore, history and more. The podcast started with hosts Luke Conroy and Aran Reidy trawling through the Duchás Folklore Archives for the most spell-binding, peculiar, imaginative and funny Irish folk stories they could find. With Aran having emigrated to the plains of Tír na nÓg, Luke returns with a brand new season of interviews, investigations and oddities. Artists, Musicians, Elders and even Wrestlers join Luke to dig into the obscure myths behind their area, their families and their crafts.

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  • Creator
    Luke Pisrogs Conroy & Aran Pisrogs Reidy
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Luke Pisrogs Conroy & Aran Pisrogs Reidy
  • Show Website
    Pisrógs