Kevin McGahern

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Cavan man, Kevin McGahern began performing stand up in 2009 and since then has become a well-known face of Irish television and comedy.

Kevin was the longest running host of RTÉ’s celebrated show, Republic of Telly for 10 seasons and went on to present documentaries such as Kevin McGahern’s Fast & Furious and Kevin McGahern’s America for the broadcaster. He played the character of Sim Card in the popular RTÉ 2 television series, The Hardy Bucks which is now available on Netflix. Kevin appeared in the film Redemption of a Rogue which won multiple awards at the Galway Film Fleadh 2020. Along with Philip Doherty he wrote the play The Devil’s Ceili which went on to win the All Ireland drama festival in 2014. Recently he hosted comedy panel show Clear History alongside Jason Byrne and Joanne McNally.

As well as being a regular in the top Irish comedy clubs, in particular the Laughter Lounge, he performs regularly in a number of festivals including the Paddy Power Comedy Festival, Body and Soul, Electric Picnic, Forbidden Fruit and at the Edinburgh Fringe.

He currently hosts a podcast with Justine Stafford called The Lovely Show which regularly tops the Irish charts.

Check out www.kevinmcgahern.com for tour dates and latest news.

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“Kevin was hilarious, well prepared and read the room perfectly. I would highly recommend working with him”

“He was really great. Played a blinder and gauged the audience perfectly.”

“Kevin is a dream to work with – very well prepared and engages well with the topic and the audience. Everyone really enjoyed him and he managed the script brilliantly.”