Episode one from the Liffey Laughs Series 1. Featuring comedians such as Kevin Gildea, Michael Mee, Kathleen O’Rourke, David O’Doherty and Jason Byrne.

00:20 Michael Mee Talking about his surname

2:42 Kevin Gildea Walking – an Olympic Sport

4:32 Sean Hughes & Jason Byrne

5:10 Kathleen O’Rourke Weight, Evans

8:10 David O’Doherty

10:19 Jason Byrne Marriage

11:14 Sean Hughes & Jason Byrne

11:56 Jason Byrne Talking about his son ruining their sofa

Sean interviewing Jason Byrne

Commissioned by RTE Two in 2006, the Liffey Laugh was recorded at the packed 1500 capacity Vicar Street and featured Irish acts Jason Byrne, Ed Byrne, Andrew Maxwell, Neil Delamere, David McSavage, Deirdre O’Kane, Dermot Whelan and David O’Doherty amongst others.

The series was boosted by the emergence of new Irish talent plus the appearance of new UK stars like John Bishop (first gig ever as full time performer), Alan Carr and Rhod Gilbert who were all unknown in Ireland but now established amongst the top comedy acts around the world.