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Blindboy Boatclub

Blindboy Boatclub is bag-headed podcast-industrial complex lore: Horse Outside afterlife, broadcaster adaptations, awards routing, live dates, and curated oddness polished until the weirdness becomes a managed export product.

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The bit. The lore is less meltdown than managed mythology: Rubberbandits breakout, BBC/RTE branches, Erskine Fogarty adaptation trail, RTS/Grierson awards routing, touring profile, and first-party podcast spine. The act is eccentricity turned into infrastructure: bag, books, broadcasts, awards, itinerary.

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Blindboy Boatclub is bag-headed podcast-industrial complex lore: Horse Outside afterlife, broadcaster adaptations, awards routing, live dates, and curated oddness polished until the weirdness becomes a managed export product.

The lore is less meltdown than managed mythology: Rubberbandits breakout, BBC/RTE branches, Erskine Fogarty adaptation trail, RTS/Grierson awards routing, touring profile, and first-party podcast spine. The act is eccentricity turned into infrastructure: bag, books, broadcasts, awards, itinerary.

Leash: Keep to attributable public media output, touring, publishing, and broadcaster/awards records. Do not flatten stage persona, podcast riffs, or profile material into literal claims.

Timeline of the carry-on

  • Beat 1: Official home-page identity spineThe official homepage is the managed-mythology hub: author, podcaster, documentary-maker, all neatly arranged under the bag.Blindboy Boatclub maintains an official public site under theblindboypodcast.ie. The current home page presents him as an Irish author, documentary-maker, and podcaster. The page currently says the podcast has over 90 million listens worldwide. The same page says he has published three short-story collections and frames the television lane around award and shortlist credits. [1]
  • Beat 2: Official Dates & Venues pageThe dates page is the touring machine in public itinerary form.Blindboy's official site currently lists live dates in Berlin on 19 June 2026 and 20 June 2026. The same page lists Crossed Wires Festival in Sheffield on 5 July 2026. The same page lists autumn 2026 dates including Brighton Dome Concert Hall on 18 October 2026 and Barbican Hall, London on 26 October 2026. [2]
  • Beat 3: Acast show page for The Blindboy PodcastThe Acast page is the podcast-industrial spine, platformed and packaged for regular consumption.Acast carries The Blindboy Podcast and identifies it as hosted by Blindboyboatclub. The platform description frames the show as a mix of short fiction, interviews and comedy. [3]
  • Beat 4: Hachette record for Topographia HibernicaThe Hachette record gives the book lane an ISBN instead of vibes.Hachette UK carries Topographia Hibernica by Blindboy Boatclub. The page gives an ISBN of 9781529371659. The page gives a publication date of 5 November 2024. The page describes the book as a short-story collection. [4]
  • Beat 5: Grierson Trust 2025 nominees pageThe Grierson nomination/win route is the awards machinery adding prestige polish to the oddness stack.The Grierson Trust's 2025 nominees page lists Blindboy Boatclub for Blindboy: The Land of Slaves & Scholars. The page confirms a direct documentary-awards route tied to his presenter work. [5]
  • Beat 6: Irish Times 2026 profile spineThe Irish Times profile is the mainstream current-shape receipt: the bag-headed podcast-industrial complex explained for respectable readers.The Irish Times published a Blindboy profile on 25 January 2026. The article metadata describes him as The podcaster Blindboy Boatclub. The saved page text includes a current-tour reference placing his podcast tour at Vicar Street in Dublin in early February 2026. [6]

Receipt spine

  1. receipt packOfficial home-page identity spine Source Pins: Blindboy Boatclub maintains an official public site under theblindboypodcast.ie. The current home page presents him as an Irish author, documentary-maker, and podcaster. The page currently says the podcast has over 90 million listens worldwide. The same page says he has published three short-story collections and frames the television lane around award and shortlist credits. Doesn't carry: It does not independently verify the listenership figure or award claims by itself. It is a first-party promotional page, so stronger role and chronology claims still need secondary or official support.
  2. receipt packOfficial Dates & Venues page Source Pins: Blindboy's official site currently lists live dates in Berlin on 19 June 2026 and 20 June 2026. The same page lists Crossed Wires Festival in Sheffield on 5 July 2026. The same page lists autumn 2026 dates including Brighton Dome Concert Hall on 18 October 2026 and Barbican Hall, London on 26 October 2026. Doesn't carry: It does not prove ticket sales or attendance by itself. It should not be overread as proof of cultural impact beyond a live touring schedule.
  3. receipt packAcast show page for The Blindboy Podcast Source Pins: Acast carries The Blindboy Podcast and identifies it as hosted by Blindboyboatclub. The platform description frames the show as a mix of short fiction, interviews and comedy. Doesn't carry: It does not prove launch date, audience size, or chart performance by itself. It is a platform route page, not an independent review of the show's reach.
  4. receipt packHachette record for Topographia Hibernica Source Pins: Hachette UK carries Topographia Hibernica by Blindboy Boatclub. The page gives an ISBN of 9781529371659. The page gives a publication date of 5 November 2024. The page describes the book as a short-story collection. Doesn't carry: It does not prove sales or critical impact by itself. It does not, on its own, establish the full chronology of Blindboy's earlier books.
  5. receipt packGrierson Trust 2025 nominees page Source Pins: The Grierson Trust's 2025 nominees page lists Blindboy Boatclub for Blindboy: The Land of Slaves & Scholars. The page confirms a direct documentary-awards route tied to his presenter work. Doesn't carry: It does not prove a win; it proves a nominations-listing endpoint. It does not by itself explain broadcaster, release date, or full production credits for the documentary.
  6. receipt packIrish Times 2026 profile spine Source Pins: The Irish Times published a Blindboy profile on 25 January 2026. The article metadata describes him as The podcaster Blindboy Boatclub. The saved page text includes a current-tour reference placing his podcast tour at Vicar Street in Dublin in early February 2026. Doesn't carry: It should not be used to build a mental-health or personal-life file. It is a profile/interview anchor, not a primary record for awards, publishing, or broadcaster scheduling.
  7. receipt packGrierson 2025 past-awards winners page Source Pins: The Grierson Trust's official 2025 past-awards page lists BLINDBOY BOATCLUB for Blindboy: The Land of Slaves & Scholars under Best Documentary Presenter. This is a cleaner primary win marker than the earlier nominations page alone. Doesn't carry: It does not by itself identify the Irish broadcaster, full production credits, or documentary release chronology. It is an awards-result page, not a full programme record.
  8. receipt packGrierson where-to-watch route Source Pins: The Grierson Trust's official Where to watch the nominations page lists Blindboy Boatclub for Blindboy: The Land of Slaves & Scholars. The page routes viewers to RTE and says the title is available in Ireland, including Northern Ireland, only. This gives a cleaner official broadcaster/watch-route marker than the awards-listing page by itself. Doesn't carry: It does not prove the original broadcast date or viewing figures. It does not prove any controversy or role-change beyond documentary availability.
  9. receipt packGrierson 2025 winners news post Source Pins: The Grierson Trust published an official winners post on 18 November 2025. The post is a dated public-result endpoint for Blindboy's Best Documentary Presenter win for Blindboy: The Land of Slaves & Scholars. Doesn't carry: It does not replace a full broadcaster programme page or credit list. It does not create a sharper controversy or broadcaster-role-change hook.
  10. receipt packIrish Times Horse Outside breakout marker Source Pins: The Irish Times published a Rubberbandits breakout report on 15 December 2010. The saved article says the video for Horse Outside had reached almost 1.5 million views on Youtube in just five days. The same page shows Blindboy and Mr Chrome already operating as a national public-comedy/news-cycle act rather than a later podcast-only figure. Doesn't carry: It does not prove Blindboy's later solo role by itself. It should not be used to widen the file into every Rubberbandits row or lyric controversy.
  11. receipt packIrish Times BBC commission report Source Pins: The Irish Times reported on 22 August 2018 that Blindboy was set to present a BBC series about the housing crisis and young people. The piece records the working title Blindboy Undestroys the World. It quotes the broadcaster's framing of the programme as a mix of irreverent commentary, absurdism, secret filming and a band of undercover reporters. Doesn't carry: It does not prove the later broadcast outcome or episode count by itself. It does not prove any broader political or social claims beyond the programme announcement.
  12. receipt packBBC annual report confirms the BBC Three run Source Pins: The BBC's 2018/19 annual report says On BBC Three Blindboy Undestroys the World explored the housing crisis in a contemporary and creative entertainment format. This is an official BBC confirmation that the commissioned idea became a broadcast/output lane on BBC Three. Doesn't carry: It does not list episode titles, credits, or dates at programme-page level. It does not create a later controversy or role-change hook by itself.
  13. receipt packScreen Ireland production-slate bridge for Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty Source Pins: Screen Ireland's 2025 production slate carries the synopsis for Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty?. The saved page describes the story as a man dragging his last possession, a double-wide American fridge freezer, back to his childhood home. This gives a durable official-sector bridge from Blindboy's short-story lane into the later RTÉ/film-production afterlife. Doesn't carry: It does not itself name RTÉ on the saved excerpt captured from this host. It does not prove audience reaction, awards, or a wider controversy.
  14. receipt packRTS Ireland 2025 winners page for Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty Source Pins: The Royal Television Society published a winners page updated on 28 March 2025. The page lists Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty? (Connla's Well for RTÉ) as the Audiences' Choice Award winner at Gradaim RTS Ireland 2025. This is a direct official industry-awards result route for Blindboy's RTÉ adaptation branch. Doesn't carry: It does not by itself prove Blindboy's writer credit, broadcast date, or RTÉ Player metadata. It does not create a sharper controversy or broadcaster-role-change hook by itself.
  15. receipt packScreen Ireland RTS 2025 nominees page Source Pins: Screen Ireland published an RTS Ireland nominees page on 26 February 2025. The page lists Did you read about Erskine Fogarty (Connla's Well) among the Scripted nominees. The same page frames the awards as part of the Irish broadcasting industry calendar supported by Screen Ireland alongside RTÉ, TG4, Sky Ireland, and other sector bodies. Doesn't carry: It does not by itself prove the programme won that category. It does not replace a direct RTÉ programme page, cast list, or Player metadata.

Leash notes

  • Keep to attributable public media output, touring, publishing, and broadcaster/awards records. Do not flatten stage persona, podcast riffs, or profile material into literal claims.
  • Anonymous posts, forum chatter, and private-life material do not carry the dossier unless a stronger public receipt pins the claim.

Last checked 2026-05-31. The jokes live above; the receipt spine underneath keeps the page from floating off into pub talk.