“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 pre-history.”

The 18th and 19th century Irish phenomenon known as the Faction Fight was essentially a mass brawl that involved hundreds and sometimes thousands of antagonists organised into groups and meeting at designated venues and dates such as fairs, markets, funerals, race meetings, patterns or any other large gathering.

Angry stick swinging, shin kicking, Irish wrestling, shillelagh making and Faction Fighting explored by the boys in this episode.

Music by Gareth Quinn Redmond

Logo by @aislinglarkindesign