Best Irish female comedian.

Galvasean · 02-11-2007 03:14PM #1

Inspired by the thread for the men, well how about the girls?
Who is your favourite?

Sorry if I missed anyone. The maximum number of options is ten.

arghh · 02-11-2007 03:16PM

Maureen Potter by a mile

grames_bond · 02-11-2007 03:24PM

im gonna have to say margo, she's pretty damn funny, and runs comedy dublin! thats talent!

Chinafoot · 02-11-2007 08:30PM

Eleanor Tiernan.

stipey · 03-11-2007 02:25PM

Elanor Tiernan is, in my opinion, about as funny as a small white coffin!

longshanks · 03-11-2007 06:12PM

women aren't funny, not professionally at any rate. i know girls personally who'd make me laugh more than any of those listed.
stick des bishop in that list as well, finding a growth on me testicles would make me laugh more than he does

EamonnKeane · 04-11-2007 02:40PM

One poll option is missing: "the best Irish female comedian ... is a dead Irish female comedian".

Galvasean · 04-11-2007 07:07PM

I noticed Maeve Higgins is doing pretty well. No one seems to have admitted to liking her yet it seems many do!

grames_bond · 04-11-2007 07:08PM

Galvasean wrote: »

I noticed Maeve Higgins is doing pretty well. No one seems to have admitted to liking her yet it seems many do!

be careful markey, you are in cork right now....don't badmouth maeve higgins in cork!!

tech77 · 04-11-2007 10:57PM

There are Irish female comedians now?

grames_bond · 05-11-2007 07:36PM

alot of people have been looking at the mainstream comediennes alá deirdre and maeve, but the non mainstream ones are far funnier, seriously folks, look them up!!

angeldelight · 13-11-2007 12:33AM

I assume Margo Carr is on the list to make up numbers or people voted for her because they're hoping she'll give them a slot. Seriously, she bombs everywhere I've seen her and she doesn't update her material despite that. Also, she has no sense of comic timing whatsoever. Haven't seen most of the others but they can't be that bad surely

Basq · 13-11-2007 12:38AM

Oh God... from what i've seen - absolutely none of them!

Saw Elenor support Tommy and she got nothing but sympathy laughs and applauses. Couldn't help but squirm in my seat for the poor girl. The material was very thin and her comedy was pretty see-through.

Deirdre O Kane is woeful... she reminds me of a female Brendan O Carroll. Making jokes about periods isn't funny.. it's uncomfortable and been done before numerous times.

grames_bond · 22-12-2007 08:18PM

just thaught i'd post here coz i havent been here in a while. kudos has to be given to the very talented irish female comedian ms Tasha Kay, and i am not just saying that because she is drop dead gorgeous (altho that does help), she is very funny and everyone should check her out! (in more ways than 1) dont consider her just a "good female comedian", she is a good comedian fullstop!

Nightwish · 30-12-2007 05:28PM

Out of all of them mentioned above, I can safely say they are all crap. I dont think there are any good female comedians anyway.

Jim · 30-12-2007 05:32PM

Nightwish wrote: »

Out of all of them mentioned above, I can safely say they are all crap. I dont think there are any good female comedians anyway.

I'm always afraid people will take me up as sexist, but I don't think I've ever seen a good female comic. I'm not really sure what the issue is.

Nightwish · 30-12-2007 05:39PM

Its not sexist when you are telling the truth. I'd need a lobotomy to be able to sit through a Deirdre O'Kane show. Maeve Higgins is as funny as watching a puppy being put down. Her material is incredibly infantile. When I saw Eleanor Tiernan, I felt sorry for her as she was just terrible. The only people who laughed were in fact women.

grames_bond · 30-12-2007 06:58PM

if you want to see some funny female comedians, cleck out wanda sykes, paula bell, and shappi khorsandi, these are very funny comedians!

Galvasean · 31-12-2007 01:40AM

grames_bond wrote: »

if you want to see some funny female comedians, cleck out wanda sykes, paula bell, and shappi khorsandi, these are very funny comedians!

Noble, but futile.
We've already stated this earlier in the thread but I guess people prefer to be right than seek out the truth.

enner43 · 31-12-2007 01:45AM

Nightwish wrote: »

Out of all of them mentioned above, I can safely say they are all crap. I dont think there are any good female comedians anyway.

Have to agree Nightwish. I saw Maeve Higgins on RTE2 teh other night and i dont think i laughed once. I actually changed the channel, she was that bad!

Galvasean · 31-12-2007 02:35AM

enner43 wrote: »

Have to agree Nightwish. I saw Maeve Higgins on RTE2 teh other night and i dont think i laughed once. I actually changed the channel, she was that bad!

JUST BECAUSE SHE'S NOT GOOD DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE ALL BAD!!!!! NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*bangs head off desk until dead*

muppetkiller · 31-12-2007 01:16PM

I can say the only female I've found funny and I mean really funny is Nina Conti.
Every Irish female comedian I've ever seen talks about periods and how sex with foreigners is great....Nobody laughed 10 years ago nobody is laughing now ! Change the menu please...

walt0r · 31-12-2007 01:21PM

LOL! Kunt O' Kane and Maeve "the bint" Higgins are leading the poll. 'Nuff said. Women are pooh at comedy.

grames_bond · 31-12-2007 03:50PM

walt0r wrote: »

LOL! Kunt O' Kane and Maeve "the bint" Higgins are leading the poll. 'Nuff said. Women are pooh at comedy.

women are pooh??! great arguement :rolleyes:

SubjectSean · 31-12-2007 04:02PM

Females are on the wrong kind of drug to be very funny it would seem

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7153584.stm

Still at least they try.

hiscan · 31-12-2007 04:19PM

i didnt vote on the poll because ive only heard of two of them (higgins,o'kane) and i dont find either of them funny the only female comedian i enjoy listening to is jo brand but shes not irish so i cant vote for her

Nevyn · 31-12-2007 04:34PM

Roseleen Lenihen tbh

"Soap your arse and slide backwards up a rainbow"

Eglinton · 31-12-2007 07:46PM

I was greatly impressed by Eleanor Tiernan when she supported Tommy at Vicar St. (The reason she got the gig was by giving Tommy more blowjobs that Karl Spain:D)

Maeve Higgins is dreadful. I don't know how anyone can vote for her. Deirdre O'Kane is reasonable.
Pauline McGlynn is worth a mention

pbirney · 02-01-2008 09:18PM

None of the above ...

Maureen Potter was the best.

pandaboy · 04-03-2008 12:54PM

:rolleyes:

pandaboy · 04-03-2008 12:55PM

Eglinton wrote: »

I was greatly impressed by Eleanor Tiernan when she supported Tommy at Vicar St. (The reason she got the gig was by giving Tommy more blowjobs that Karl Spain:D)

Maeve Higgins is dreadful. I don't know how anyone can vote for her. Deirdre O'Kane is reasonable.
Pauline McGlynn is worth a mention

you do know that she's his cousin!

Best Irish female comedian.

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