Write it down? The old Hal Roach line has given way to YouTube and many other ways for Irish comics in America to be funny and reach their audience. Mike Farragher talks to the new breed of Irish ...

Another Irish American comedy, The Kids Are Alright, is being released this fall. Will it fall short again, like these US Irish sitcoms always seem to? Word came out of Hollywood this week that ABC ...

Humor is where you find it, usually right next to dumb. In 2023 we had the quantum physics of funny, that is, funny and not funny at the same time; alive and dead as the Schrödinger's cat — only ...

Host Graham Norton kicks things off as 10 funny Irish folk pit their wits - and whatever else they’ve brought with them - against each other in the hopes of landing some all-important laughs. Keep an ...

Formally, St. Patrick’s Day is recognized on March 17 as a day to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland. Informally, St. Patrick’s Day is recognized on the weekends surrounding March 17 to celebrate ...

I have a phrase I use with my husband, "Irish funny." It refers to things that are so preposterously bad that they flip around and almost become funny. It's my nod to the dark humor of the Irish, ...

Now firmly established as one of the most popular comedy festivals in the West of Ireland, So Funny Sligo 2026 will bring six days of comedy to venues right across Sligo town and county, from theatres ...