Colm O'Regan (Comedian and Author)
Colm O’Regan is an Irish comedian..[1] author[2] columnist and broadcaster[3] from Dripsey, Co.Cork[4]. He is best known as the creator of the popular Irish Mammies twitter account and series of books.
Career[edit]
O’Regan appeared at the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2007[5]. He has been a regular at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival since his debut in 2006[6][7][8]. He made his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in 2009[9] and returned in 2011[10]. He has regularly appeared at Irish festivals such as Electric Picnic[11][12][13][14] All Together Now[15] Body & Soul[16] Vodafone Comedy Festival[17] and the Kilkenomics[18] festival.
O’Regan is the author of three humorous non-fiction books about the Irish Mother - Isn't It Well For Ye?: The Book of Irish Mammies[19] published in 2012, That’s More of it Now - the Second Book of Irish Mammies[20] published in 2013 and It’s Earlier tis Getting - the Christmas Book of Irish Mammies[21] published in 2014. These sprang from the satirical @irishmammies Twitter account, which O’Regan created in 2011[22] which has over 200,000 followers.[23][24].
O’Regan has also written another non fiction book - Bolloxollogy[25], published in 2016, and 2 novels - Ann Devine, Ready for Her Close-Up[26]published in 2019 and Ann Devine, Handle with Care[27] published in 2020.
Since 2013 O’Regan has been a weekly columnist for the Irish Examiner newspaper[28]
Since 2016 O’Regan has been the writer and presenter of the radio show “Colm O’Regan Wants a Word” on RTE Radio 1[29].[30]
In 2020 O’Regan launched the Function Room[31], a maths based podcast which he hosts and produces.
O’Regan has narrated three series of Francis Brennan’s Grand Tour[32] on RTE.
O’Regan is the host of the Dublin Story Slam[33], a monthly live storytelling event.
O’Regan also runs and hosts the monthly comedy club Inn Jokes in Dublin 8[34][35]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Colm O'Regan [comedian] : The Lisa Richards Agency". lisarichards.ie. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "Colm O'Regan". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "Colm O'Regan Wants a Word". Colm O'Regan Wants a Word. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "'There's a sense of humour down the country that is sort of anarchic' - Colm O'Regan". independent. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "JUST FOR LAUGHS ***New Series*** | RTÉ Presspack". presspack.rte.ie. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "22nd Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival 2017". www.kilkennycityonline.com. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ O'Toole, Lucy. "Kilkenny Cat Laughs reveals its full line-up for 2019". Hotpress. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ TodayFM. "The Full Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival Line Up". TodayFM. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "Colm O'Regan". Edinburgh Festival. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "Colm O'Regan: Dislike! A Facebook Guide to Crisis". Edinburgh Festival. 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ dlogue@festivalrepublic.com (2015-07-30). "Prepare yourself for a belly full of laughs this September". Electric Picnic. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "Electric Picnic announces a fantastic line-up for The Comedy Tent". JOE.ie. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "Electric Picnic 2016 Lineup News". GoldenPlec. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ Fri; Aug, 10; 2012 - 14:15 (2012-08-10). "Electric Picnic comedy line-up confirmed". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ Editor, Kendra Becker | (2019-06-21). "All Together Now announce incredible comedy line-up". Goss.ie. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "Body & Soul 2018: stage times revealed". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "Ticketmaster - Vodafone Comedy Festival 2019". www.ticketmaster.ie. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ↑ "Colm O'Regan – Kilkenomics Festival". Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ O'Regan, Colm. "Isn't It Well For Ye?: The Book of Irish Mammies". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ O'Regan, Colm. "That's More Of It Now". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ O'Regan, Colm. "It's Earlier 'Tis Getting: The Christmas Book of Irish Mammies". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ Barry, Aoife. "Meet Ann Devine - the Irish mammy to beat all Irish mammies". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ Sweeney, Tanya. "The Irish Mammy is dead. Long live the Irish Mammy". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ Charlotte. "Comedian Colm O'Regan on creating the Irish Mammies Twitter account and his new show". Entertainment.ie. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ O'Regan, Colm. "Bolloxology". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ Duggan, Ceire (2019-03-20). "Reviewed: Ann Devine, Ready for her Close-up by Colm O'Regan".
- ↑ Brayden, Kate. "Book Review: Colm O'Regan – Ann Devine: Handle With Care". Hotpress. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ O’Regan, Colm. "Columns". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "Word Up: Colm O'Regan Wants a Word returns". 2020-10-25.
- ↑ "COLM O'REGAN Wants A Word - RTÉ Comedy Showhouse". Project Arts Centre. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "The Function Room on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ Crawley, Peter. "Francis Brennan goes native – it's fun, but from another era". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "What We Do". The Dublin Story Slam. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "The empty wallet". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ↑ "6 of the best places to catch great comedy in Dublin · The Daily Edge". www.dailyedge.ie. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
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