Father Ted star for Show Me The Funny

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

PATRICK MCDONNELL, best known for his role as Eoin McLove on Father Ted and for his role in The Savage Eye, is the special guest at the third heat of Show Me The Funny.

Laughter in the Eyre - Comedy Carnival on RTÉ 2

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

THE VODAFONE Comedy Carnival Galway - Ireland’s biggest comedy festival - brings hundred of comedians and thousands of comedy fans to the city every October, and next week sees a chance to relive a bit of that hilarity.

Shane Todd - Down's funniest for the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

SHANE TODD, described by the Belfast Telegraph as "a modern-day king of comedy”, and a true gem of the Northern Irish comedy scene, headlines the Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday.

Show Me The Funny - Heat 2

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

FOLLOWING A great opening night, the second heat of Show Me The Funny takes place this Monday at The King's Head, where eight more comedy hopefuls will battle it out for a place in the grand final on February 24.

Single Mingle Bingo with Bennett and Sharpe

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

THE TWO Steves, the bearded wonders, one armed with a ukulele, the other with a guitar, both weapons of choice set to maximum fun and sheer craic - is there any better duo in Galway?

Danny O’Brien - Reformer at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

WHAT HAPPENS when a touring stand-up comedian can no longer stand up? This is the central question in Reformer, the new show from the award winning Irish comedian, Danny O'Brien.

Totally Wired headline the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

TOTALLY WIRED, the musical comedy duo, self-described as Ireland’s "oldest and least successful boy band", headline the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

Show Me The Funny comedy competition returns for 2020

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

THE YEAR has barely begin and already Donald Trump and Iran's activities are bringing World War III closer, Australia burns, climate change rolls on...we really need good reasons to laugh right now.

All aboard Joanne McNally's Prosecco Express

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

THE WORLD is a confusing place for comedian Joanne McNally. Her friends are getting married, having children, or buying domestic appliances, while her mother is still trying to convince her to give up comedy and study nursing.

Enya Martin headlines the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

SHE IS a schoolteacher, she co-runs the PaddyShack Comedy Club in Galway, and this week she is the guest MC at the Comedy KARLnival in the Róisín Dubh.

Blindboy announces Galway show for February

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

BLINDBOY BOATCLUB'S live podcast show at the Town Hall Theatre on January 22 is sold out, but the Limerick satirist, comedian, writer, and commentator will return in February.

Give the gift of laughter this Christmas

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

IT HAS been one hell of a great year for comedy in Galway, with the team at Róisín Dubh Comedy delivering the weekly Tuesday Comedy KARLnival, featuring established and emerging joke-slingers, hosted by Karl Spain.

Wild Atlantic Cabaret returns

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

STAND-UP comedian Breda Larkin, from east Galway, and Limerick born burlesque performer Laura Lavelle, join forces for the Wild Atlantic Cabaret.

Steve Hughes - back from the abyss

Thu, Dec 12, 2019

IT HAS been six years since Steve Hughes last brought his hard hitting, take no prisoners, stand up to Ireland, but he is finally coming back, and with Galway in his sights.

A Christmas KARLnival with Pat McDonnell

Thu, Dec 12, 2019

PAT MCDONNELL has gone down in Irish comedy legend as the Daniel O'Donnell spoofing Eoin McLove on Father Ted, but it should never be forgotten that he is also one of Ireland’s most accomplished and respected stand-ups.

Dave Elliott - the comedy of fatherhood

Thu, Dec 12, 2019

DAVE ELLIOTT has been declared as "fantastic" by no less a comic than John Bishop, but these days the Northern Irish funnyman is feeling battle hardened after one year of fatherhood.

Steve Bennett to headline the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

STEVE BENNETT, resplendent in wildman beard, and armed with his trusty ukulele, will headline the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh Comedy on Tuesday December 10.

Neil Delemare - End Of Watch

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

NEIL DELAMERE makes his annual New Year pilgrimage to Galway to performs his new show, End Of Watch, in the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday January 16 at 8pm.

Ger Staunton - first Galway solo show

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

GER STAUNTON brings his deadpan, West of Ireland humour, to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night, for what will be his first Galway solo show.

Owen Colgan - On The Dry

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

OWEN COLGAN, the Irish cult comedy hero, best known for his role as Buzz McDonnell in Hardy Bucks, brings his new show, On The Dry, to Galway in the new year.

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