Patrick McDonnell has been standing up and making people laugh since 1996, when he appeared as a novice at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Comedy Festival. He later went on to appear in the final of Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny? competition in Edinburgh
Patrick co-wrote and performed on two series of the "O Show" for BBC Radio 4. He has also appeared in a number of short films, including Solomon I, Swag, Stephanie Knows Who, Mebollix and the feature film Separation Anxiety. His television appearances as a stand-up include The Empire Laughs Back for BBC N.I and RTE's The Lounge.
Patrick has enjoyed continued success as a stand-up, touring with Deirdre O'Kane, Pat Short and Tommy Tiernan and headlining in his own right up and down the country. He has been extremely busy performing on television over the last decade: in the award winning and critically acclaimed sketch show "Stew", "Don't feed the gondolas", "Val Falvey TD" and the IFTA award winner "Naked camera". He has most recently appeared in and written for the IFTA nominated "The Savage Eye" on RTE 2. He is currently working with Dave and the gang on a third series.
Star of the Savage Eye, Irish Pictorial Weekly and Father Ted
" A joy to watch " Tommy Tiernan
“Splendidly original , bizarre, he is the business” – The Sunday Times
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