Joe Rooney (Father Damo from Father Ted) comes to The Horse & Hound Comedy Club

Irish comedy legend and star of stage and screen Joe Rooney comes to The Horse & Hound Comedy Club!

Joe Rooney is an Irish actor, comedian and accomplished singer-songwriter from Drogheda, County Louth.

He is arguably best known for his acting, in particular for playing Father Damo in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, appearing in the episode "The Old Grey Whistle Theft". Rooney had a starring role as Timmy Higgins in the RTÉ television comedy Killinaskully, which ran for five series. Joe also wrote on the fourth and fifth series of Killinaskully. He currently hosts the podcast PodaRooney, on which he interviews guests who are mostly involved in the entertainment industry. Joe has performed stand-up worldwide, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Brussels, Moscow, Muscat (Oman), Manama (Bahrain) and Dubai. He has also performed at Irish festivals throughout the US.

Joe is joined by Gary Lynch! Gary is Ireland's leading Mid-Lifr Crisis comedian. He's been gigging all over Ireland, the UK and Scandinavia in the last decade, and has 6 years of sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows under his belt. A truly fantastic comic!

They are joined by Justine Megan. Justine is Irelands busiest and most in demand comedians Justine Halpin! Justine has performed all over Ireland and the uk and will have you in stitches!

As always, the host is bald and confused . Wondering about the important things like what is the Irish Kama Sutra!

Answers on the night!

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