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Oh! What a Luverly Larf

  By Darren Byrne | May 30, 2009 - 2:43 pm | Cat Laughs, Comedy, Events, The Culch
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Granted, the drinking at Heuston Train Station, the drinking on the train, the drinking in The Left Bank, the drinking in The Playwright, the drinking in The Village Inn and the drinking in The Pumphouse all may have played a part in our collctive hangovers this morning, but it certainly made for an auspicious start to our Kilkenny Cat Laughs weekend. Up in the Village Inn we saw our first gig - Jarlath Regan compered and John Mullhaney and Sarah Millican providing further giggles. Millican, in particular, was hillarious. At breakneck speeds she threw out the jokes. I would love to catch her again at ome stage over the weekend. Tonight, we’ve loads on - at 6.15 we’re in the Ormonde for Tommy Tiernan, Dave Gorman, Shane Mauss and John Colleary (really looking forward to Dave Gorman’s set). We then stay in our seats for Jason Byrne, Adam Hills and, … There’s more →

Fun Times at the Cat Laughs 2008

  By Darren Byrne | May 26, 2009 - 10:03 pm | Cat Laughs, Comedy, Events, The Culch
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We’re heading down to Kilkenny again this year. Who else is coming down? Let us know. If it was anything like last year, it’ll be mega (especially as I actually like the taste of Carlsberg). Don’t forget we still have FREE TICKETS to giveaway. Click here for more info. The Journey Down After a wedding in Wexford on the Friday of last years’ June Bank Holiday Weekend, we went back to my uncle’s house for the night and by the time we finally got up on Saturday, everyone else had already left. So, we pulled ourselves together, packed the car, switched on the GPS and got on the road……to Dunnes Stores just around the corner. After a surprisingly delicious breakfast (I’ve had some very bad experiences in some Dunnes Stores cafés) we finally embarked upon the Cill Chainnigh trail. We first stopped off in home village of one Mr Darragh … There’s more →

Win tickets to The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival

  By darraghdoyle | May 25, 2009 - 5:57 pm | Cat Laughs, Celebs, Comedy, Competitions, Events, Featured Post, Performance Art, wantsies
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As you may have gathered from the previous post, we’re big fans of The Carlsberg Cat Laughs Comedy Festival. There’s a group of us going down this weekend, and, well, if you’re around for a pint, give us a shout! To help you get there, how about we offer you the chance to win some tickets? Thanks to the WONDERFUL Melanie and Jane in the Cat Laughs Office, seriously cool and lovely people, we have a great ticket give away for you. You could win a pair of tickets to any of the shows below. All you have to do is choose from below the show you want to go to and let us know in the comments. You make your own way there, you have a great time and a laugh with some of the world’s top comedians and then you enjoy Kilkenny. If you would like to tweet … There’s more →