What's the History?

This week on 'What's The History?', Fi tells us all about the Batavia disaster. (Basically the ship trip of your nightmares). Claire introduces us to Barney the Dinosaur and all the different ways society absolutely hated him.  Just check out Jihad.net! 

Hello History Buffs! Claire is here to infect your minds with knowledge of the Plague. She could have worded that better. Fi shares the best maritime story yet. If you think you're incompetent, meet the USS Willie D. Enjoy xx

Hi there, hello there! This week, we have the chats (tm) and Fi tells us about Formosus, the Dope Pope who was dug up to stand trial. Claire tells us the sad story of the Queen's first cousins whom you've probably never heard of. Enjoy!

We are back and as spicy as ever. We talk very candidly about our reaction to Queen Elizabeth's death. We also discuss the case of the Transphobic Teacher. I told you it was spicy. 

It's an entire episode about cats. That's it. Too hot, can't type. 

Fi is back and she has another classic tale of survival at sea. It involves shark blood and terrible accents. Claire is here to depress and educate us all with tales of the Encephalitis Lethargica epidemic of the early 20th century. Enjoy! 

What's the History is officially one year old! We will have a normal episode for you all real soon but today, I (Claire) took some time to say thank you, have a little chat with you all and tell you the story of the Hunt family from Kilkelly, Mayo, Ireland. There is an absolutely beautiful folk song written by American songwriter Peter Jones based on letters sent to America following the Great Famine and I attempt to sing it. Let's pretend it's 5 am at an Irish wedding and we won't leave the Resident's Bar. 

You can vote for our podcast in the Listener's Choice category at the Irish Podcast Awards by visiting this link: https://www.theirishpodcastawards.ie/vote/

You can hear a much better version of the Kilkelly song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRHQAtKbRTk

You can access the original letters here: https:https://www.irishcentral.com/news/homepage/the-moving-letters-of-a-family-to-their-son-in-america-after-the-famine#:~:text=These%20were%20a%20series%20of,by%20local%20schoolmaster%20Pat%20McNamara.

WE ARE BACK!!! We absolutely loved recording this episode and had such a laugh. Claire tells the creepy story of the lost Roanoke Colony of 1590 and Fi tells us about Roy,  a park ranger whose luck is definitely worse than yours. 

It is our 50th episode and what better way to celebrate than to discuss all things nineties and naughties. We talk school, books, toys, music and TV with a bit of miscellany thrown in. It's like a warm bath in the sink.  

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We are back! Fi tells us all about Jeanne de Clisson who sailed her revenge ship which she called.. 'My Revenge.' We love her. 
Claire discussed the Amish community in the US as well as Ireland's small Amish-Mennonite community. 
We also talk about carpet sweepers, call cards and cassette because of course we do.