Paul Currie - Belfast wildman for Róísín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Wed, Jul 05, 2017

WHAT WOULD it be like to live inside the head of Northern Irish comedian Paul Currie? It would be quite the trip considering his surrealist, wild, imagination has produced some of the most startling and original comedy of recent years.

Damian Clark @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 29, 2017

MANY YEARS ago, Australian comedian Damian Clark came to Ireland, and he's never really been let leave since. This rambunctious and uplifting stand-up is back again, playing the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow.

Patrick McDonnell @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

HE WAS Eoin McLove in Father Ted. He was one of the prime movers in Naked Camera. He is a regular at the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh, one who makes a welcome return tomorrow night.

Geoff Whiting to play Cellar comedy club

Thu, Jun 22, 2017

BRITISH COMEDIAN Geoff Whiting - the man who gave Jimmy Carr his start - is coming to Galway to perform at The Cellar Comedy Club, which is marking its first birthday this month.

First wave of acts announced for Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2017

Tue, Jun 20, 2017

JON RICHARDSON, Al Porter, Katy Brand, and Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Patton Oswalt - on their own that would be an impressive array of headline comedy acts, but they are only the first wave of performers announced for the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2017.

Three people walk into a Comedy Clubh...

Thu, Jun 15, 2017

"A NIGERIAN, a Corkonian, and a Human Woman walk into a bar..." This is not the start of a joke. It is a partial description of who is playing the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow.

'Ah sure lookit!' - Dermot and Dave are coming to Galway

Mon, Jun 12, 2017

TODAY FM’s Dermot & Dave have announced a nationwide comedy tour, hitting venues across the country this October, and as part of that, they play the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Republic of Telly's Kevin McGahern @ Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

KEVIN MCGAHERN has been called a "gas bastard" by The Rubberbandits and Charlie Brooker said he "made me laugh out loud", and Galway will see why when he plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh.

Danny O'Brien for Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

DANNY O'BRIEN is “genuinely, uproariously funny, with a huge stage presence and wicked timing” according to The Sunday Independent, while The Examiner called him "a serious young talent in the making".

Rubberbandits at the Róisín this weekend

Thu, May 25, 2017

THEY'RE BACK! The Rubberbandits - the plastic bag masks clad duo of Blindboy Boat Club and Mr Chrome - will bring their inspired, highly intelligent, and as sharp as it is funny hip-hop comedy to the Róisín Dubh.

Karl Spain returns to the Comedy Clubh

Thu, May 25, 2017

KARL SPAIN is so much craic on his regular visits to Galway, that the Galway City Council named the Spanish Arch after him. This is a little known fact you should not Google because of fake news.

Reginald D Hunter - back in Galway in 2017

Tue, May 23, 2017

HE HAS often been controversial, he has often been provocative, he is always challenging. He is Reginald D Hunter, the comedian who, according to The Times, is always "going for broke, flying in the face of received opinion in a way that is simply exhilarating".

Tom Green’s European Road Trip hits Galway

Thu, May 18, 2017

TOM GREEN'S European Road Trip 2017 is heading to Ireland, and one of his stop offs in the country will be Galway, where the Canadian comic can be expected to share his wonderfully cracked view of the world.

Three Norn Iron comedians walk into a bar...

Thu, May 18, 2017

THREE TOP Northern Irish comedians - Micky Bartlett, Shane Todd, and Colin Geddis - will take to the stage of the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh tomorrow night for a first rate taste of Ulster comedy.

Al Murray - Lets Go Backwards Together

Thu, May 04, 2017

IN MAY 1940, three days after the Fall of France, with Nazi Germany looking unstoppable, Winston Churchill made a rousing speech to the House of Commons, concluding: "Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength."

The Fear's Ross Brown @ Comedy Clubh

Thu, May 04, 2017

ROSS BROWNE, a star of RTE’s The Fear, and the comedian described by the great Pat Shortt as "lively and very funny, an absolute treat to watch", headlines this week's Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh.

Cccahoots @ Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Apr 27, 2017

FOLLOWING IN the footsteps of Foil, Arms & Hog, and Mr Trelis, Ireland has a new sketch group - Cccahoots from Cork - who have already caused a sensation online and on Republic Of Telly.

Fred Cooke returns to Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Apr 20, 2017

THROUGH HIS guitar playing and physical storytelling, Fred Cooke delivers a distinctive brand of comedy, and he is about to make a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh this week.

Phill Jupitus - comedy legend for Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Apr 06, 2017

PHILL JUPITUS, the stand-up comedian, poet, improviser, and TV stalwart, will give Galway a sneak preview of his new material, ahead of his upcoming tour, with a special show at the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh presents.

Kevin 'Bloody' Wilson - back from retirement

Thu, Mar 30, 2017

KEVIN 'BLOODY' Wilson retired in 2012 after bringing his unique brand of Aussie humour to the world for more than quarter of a decade. Five years later, Kev realised retirement was a bit boring, so he has hit the road once more.

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