Irish humorists

The list Irish humorists includes Ardal O'Hanlon, Pauline McLynn, Dylan Moran, Dave Allen and Brian O'Nolan. The list consists of 21 members and 4 sublists.

Humorists from Northern Ireland
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Irish comedians
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Irish humorous poets
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- James Joyce
- Patrick Barrington, 11th Viscount Barrington
Irish satirists
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Ardal O'Hanlon

Irish comedian

Overview: Ardal O'Hanlon (born 8 October 1965) is an Irish comedian and actor. He played Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted, George Sunday/Thermoman in My Hero, and DI Jack Mooney in Death in Paradise.

Date of birth: 8 October 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Partner: Melanie O'Hanlon (Married)

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Irish male novelists 178T

Irish male television actors 253T

Irish male stage actors 237T
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Pauline McLynn

Irish actor

Overview: Pauline McLynn (born 11 July 1962) is an Irish character actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Mrs Doyle in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, Libby Croker in the Channel 4 comedy drama ...

Date of birth: 11 July 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Partner: Richard Cook (Married)

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Actresses from Galway (city) 6T

21st-century Irish women writers 98T

20th-century Irish women writers 188T
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Dylan Moran

Irish actor and comedian

Overview: Dylan William Moran ( MORE-an; born 3 November 1971) is an Irish comedian, writer, actor, filmmaker and artist. He is best known for his observational comedy, the televisional sitcom Black Books (which ...

Date of birth: 3 November 1971

Age: 52

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Male actors from London 1,499T

Irish male television actors 283T

Irish male film actors 337T
4.

Dave Allen

Irish comedian and satirist (1936–2005)

Overview: David Tynan O'Mahony (6 July 1936 – 10 March 2005), known professionally as Dave Allen, was an Irish observational comedian and satirist.

Date of birth: 6 July 1936

Date of death: 10 March 2005

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Comedians from Dublin (city) 8T

Religious comedy and humour 4T

People educated at Catholic University School 12T
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Graham Linehan

Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender activist (born 1968)

Overview: Graham Linehan (, born 22 May 1968) is an Irish sitcom writer. He created or co-created the sitcoms Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd. He has also written for Count Arthur Strong, Brass Eye and ...

Date of birth: 22 May 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)

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Irish male bloggers 14T

Transphobia in the United Kingdom 4T

Irish male screenwriters 42T
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Brian O'Nolan

Irish writer (1911–1966)

Overview: Brian O'Nolan (Irish: Brian Ó Nualláin; 5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966), better known by his pen name Flann O'Brien, was an Irish novelist, playwright and satirist, considered a major figure in twentieth ...

Date of birth: 5 October 1911

Date of death: 1 April 1966

Age: 54 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Authors of Sexton Blake 15T

20th-century male writers 5,043T

20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 100T
7.

Paul Tylak

Irish writer, actor and comedian

Overview: Paul Tylak is an Irish writer, actor and comedian.

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Male television writers 2,712T

Irish male radio actors 19T

Irish male soap opera actors 45T
8.

Arthur Mathews

Irish writer and actor

Overview: Arthur Mathews (born 30 April 1959 in Castletown Kilpatrick, Navan, Co Meath, Ireland) is an Irish comedy writer and actor who, often with writing partners such as Graham Linehan, Paul Woodfull and Matt ...

Date of birth: 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Playwright

Gender: Male

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Irish male dramatists and playwrights 171T

Irish male writers 190T

Male television writers 2,712T
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Ian Macpherson (comedian)

Irish comedian and writer

Overview: Ian Macpherson is an Irish writer and performer. He is best known for his stand-up comedy (especially his work in alternative comedy of the 1980s) and for his comic novel, Deep Probings: The Autobiography ...

Date of birth: 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Comedian

Gender: Male

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Irish male novelists 178T

Irish male comedians 69T

Irish comedians 57T
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John D. Sheridan

Irish writer

Overview: John Desmond Sheridan (1903–1980) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and humourist. He was a frequent contributor to the Irish Independent newspaper. In addition to his novels and essays, he also ...

Date of birth: 1903

Date of death: 1980

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Writer

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Irish writers 741T

1903 births 6,262T

1980 deaths 4,911T
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Michael Nugent

Irish writer and activist

Overview: Michael Nugent (born 1 June 1961) is an Irish writer and activist. He has written, co-written or contributed to seven books and the comedy musical play I, Keano. He has campaigned on many political issues ...

Date of birth: 1 June 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Critic

Gender: Male

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Irish male non-fiction writers 92T

Male bloggers 283T

20th-century atheists 281T
12.

Lynn C. Doyle

Irish short story writer and playwright

Overview: Leslie Alexander Montgomery (5 October 1873 - 13 August 1961), better known by his pen name Lynn C. Doyle, was an Irish humourist and playwright.

Date of birth: 5 October 1873

Date of death: 13 August 1961

Age: 87 (age at death)

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20th-century pseudonymous writers 1,089T

20th-century Irish male writers 123T

20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 113T
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BorderIrish

Pseudonymous satirical author

Overview: BorderIrish or @BorderIrish was the pseudonym of an anonymous satirical author, resident on the island of Ireland, who from 2018 to 2020 wrote in the first person about being the 97-year-old 499 km (310 ...

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Consequences of Brexit 5T

Male bloggers 294T

Parody social media accounts 3T
14.

Julian Gough

Irish writer

Overview: Julian Gough (born 1966) is an Irish novelist, satirist and the former singer and main lyric writer of the Irish band Toasted Heretic.

Date of birth: 1966

Age: 58

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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21st-century Irish male writers 77T

21st-century male writers 1,614T

Irish male short story writers 65T
15.

Derek O'Connor (journalist)

Irish writer and filmmaker

Overview: Derek O'Connor is an Irish writer and filmmaker, and one half (with Ian Whelan) of the award-winning film-making duo Doris/Magee. Their film Ponydance: An Scannan won a 2014 Celtic Media Award, in the ...

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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Male bloggers 283T

Irish male dramatists and playwrights 162T

Sunday Tribune people 40T
16.

Paul Woodfull

Irish entertainer

Overview: Paul Woodfull (born 1957 in Dublin) is an Irish writer, actor, comedian and musician. He has written two television series, a CD and the comedy musical play I, Keano. He is a graduate of the National ...

Date of birth: 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Irish male dramatists and playwrights 162T

Irish male writers 182T

Male television writers 2,695T
17.

Allan Cavanagh

Cartoonist

Overview: Allan Cavanagh (born 1975) is an Irish cartoonist and caricaturist. His cartoons appeared weekly in The Connacht Tribune from 2003 until 2009.

Date of birth: 1975

Age: 49

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Irish caricaturists 7T

Irish editorial cartoonists 14T

1975 births 15,624T
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Francis Sylvester Mahony

Irish journalist

Overview: Francis Sylvester Mahony (31 December 1804 – 18 May 1866), also known by the pen name Father Prout, was an Irish humorist and journalist.

Date of birth: 1804

Date of death: 1866

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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19th-century male writers 4,656T

Male journalists 1,835T

People educated at Clongowes Wood College 125T
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Julian Gough (novelist)

Irish writer

Overview: Julian Gough (born 1966) is an Irish novelist and the former singer and main lyric writer of the Irish band Toasted Heretic.

Date of birth: 1966

Age: 58

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Edwin James Milliken

Irish writer

Overview: Edwin James Milliken (1839 in Ireland – 26 August 1897), was a Punch editor, journalist, satirical humorist and poet. He is best known for his oft-quoted poem "Death and his brother sleep", notably quoted ...

Date of birth: 1839

Date of death: 26 August 1897

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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