Who is the FUNNIEST Irish comedian ever?

Snickers Man

This is meant to be a counterweight to the other thread currently live which encourages us to nominate the worst, dullest, most UNFUNNY Irish comedian ever. As a great wit of a bygone era once said: "The Irish are a very fair people; they never speak well of one another" (Dr Samuel Johnson but then you all knew that)

I think we have produced some very good comics over the years. Yes we have one or two overhyped, cliched, patronising dullards who should be prosecuted under the Trades Descriptions Act (assuming we have one) but then again, who doesn't?

I realise that many people will appear on both lists. Some people don't think Dara O'Briain is funny, for example, which I find very hard to believe but it's not as incredible as the realisation that there are people who think that Al Porter and Brendan O'Carroll are worth paying money to go and see!!!

Each to their own.

I have included a list of some of the people I think are worthy of the accolade. Some may disagree, but then, that's what that OTHER thread is for

Dave Allen, the greatest raconteur of them all.

Dylan Moran is missing from your list.

vriesmays

Frank Carson.

Thelonious Monk

All of the ones listed are terrible. Dave Allen was funny in his day alright.

jippo nolan

vriesmays wrote: »

Frank Carson.

It’s the way you tell em!

SEPT 23 1989

Hal Roach

buried

Sleepy

Dylan Moran.

storker

Dylan Moran

Deebles McBeebles

Tiernan for me. I've laughed my hole off watching his stand up.

Good call on Dylan Moran too, he's brilliant.

Raconteuse

Other (please specify):

Ok, I will. Dylan Moran.

MMXX

Rubber Bandits*.

*Said people who are wrong.

Signore Fancy Pants

Alison Spittle

LOL JK.

It's Dylan Moran.

E30i

Brendan Grace should be there

Tzardine

Get Ed Byrne of that list FFS.

Tell me how

Brendan Grace, Dylan Moran, Des Bishop, Deirdre O'Kane would all be looking at this list like 'WTF'

If someone offered me tickets to any one Irish comedian at the peak of their career, I'd probably go for Tommy Tiernan and I say that having not been a big fan before I did actually see him live. Or Dylan Moran, if he was on song, it would be a very good show.

Laudable effort OP but it won't be long before majority of posts are decrying someone for being terrible and saying they should be nowhere near the list.

Church on Tuesday

In terms of strict stand up, it's a toss up between Allen and Moran. Maybe early O'Briain. Ditto Tiernan.

Dave Allen was way way ahead of his time.


Soft spot for Brendan Grace too. Should be on the list.

Eggs For Dinner

Comedy is probably more specific to the individual than other tastes such as music, literature, film or sports

Thelonious Monk

I actually like that Jim Eoin guy, who I didn't hear of until I was in Australia

Albhabeth

Rory's Stories or Cian Twomey from Facebook. Both brill!!!!!!

Zaph

Another vote for Dylan Moran. One of the funniest comedy gigs I've ever been to.

branie2

Brendan Grace

Sheridan81

From the list I'll go for Other Please Specify. Can't say I've heard of him/her (African parents?) but bound to be better than the others.

I don't think we've produced a lot of great comics. I like David O Doherty a little.

Eggs For Dinner wrote: »

Comedy is probably more specific to the individual than other tastes such as music, literature, film or sports

I wouldn't say so.

sxt

David mcsavages "the Savage eye" was great

https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-independent/20111018/281573762459690

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmfP6y7s7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZMho_sjbKg

Birneybau

Albhabeth wrote: »

Rory's Stories or Cian Twomey from Facebook. Both brill!!!!!!

This person is the funniest

davidglanza

Brendan o carrol for me..

Love his stand up shows

dreamers75

Dermot Morgan.

Arghus

Tommy Tiernan. He's not as funny these days, but he was quite the funny man back in the day.

Dylan Moran.

Kevin McAleer was brilliantly dry. Don't know if he is nowadays.

Birneybau

I think Linehan and Mathews are, although not stand ups, the funniest.

Father Ted (obviously), Black Books (Linehan), Toast of London (Mathews) and they both contributed to I'm Alan Partridge, The Day Today and Brasseye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnao5SBunfI

Darc19

Another vote for Dylan Moran followed closely by Dave Allen

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Dylan Moran and DOD pour moi.

How are they not on the list and feckin’ Foil, Arms and Hog are?

sheroman01

Delete this thread and start a new including Dylan Moran in your poll. How in god's name did you forget him.

Rows Grower

I had to google Dylan Moran because if he was sat next to me on a plane it would have gone unnoticed, who is he, is he famous?

hibble

Frank Carson

Arghus

Rows Grower wrote: »

I had to google Dylan Moran because if he was sat next to me on a plane it would have gone unnoticed, who is he, is he famous?

Yes.

RhubarbCrumble

Arghus wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan. He's not as funny these days, but he was quite the funny man back in the day.

Dylan Moran.

Kevin McAleer was brilliantly dry. Don't know he is nowadays.

He was the uncle in Derry Girls last year.

Sheeps

Dylan Moran

Rows Grower

Arghus wrote: »

Yes.

Cheers Dylan.

Die Hard 2019

Dylan Moran is funnier than Dave Allen but Allen was first so it's between those two.

Please restart poll,
.

kyote00

Aye

Arghus wrote: »

Tommy Tiernan. He's not as funny these days, but he was quite the funny man back in the day.

Dylan Moran.

Kevin McAleer was brilliantly dry. Don't know he is nowadays.

Bobblehats

We’re all comedians.

Zaph

Arghus wrote: »

Kevin McAleer was brilliantly dry. Don't know he is nowadays.

I saw Kevin McAleer in the Olympia years ago. It was basically a slide show with him commenting on each picture, and is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen. The problem was that he never really moved on and he was a bit of a one joke comedian, which was a shame because there was a lot of potential there.

pavb2

He is from the island of Ireland ‘and there’s more’ Jimmy Cricket

Bobblehats

Pighead?

d8491prj5boyvg

Dermot Morgan's stand up was poor and his acting was ropey. First few episodes of fr Ted, he just about kept you in it. He did improve as it went on. The writing was the star, really.

Dave Allen was a class act. His skit on starting school in rathfarmham is a favourite.

Snickers Man

sheroman01 wrote: »

Delete this thread and start a new including Dylan Moran in your poll. How in god's name did you forget him.

Point taken. I just thought of the first 10 or so off the top of my head. He should definitely be there.
Just as well I included an "other please specify" option.

Also think Kevin McAleer and Sharon Horgan were grave omissions.

Quantum Erasure

NIMAN

Some of the names on the poll are, ironically, laughable.

Boredstiff666

Left out Spike Milligan.

Quantum Erasure

Dylan Moran or Tommy Tiernan, no one else at that level

Well, it isn't Jason Byrne.