Gearoid Farrelly

Who is Gearoid Farrelly?

Gearoid Farrelly is an Irish comedian. He was a finalist in So You Think You're Funny and the winner of the Bulmers Nuthin' Butt Funny Comedy Award, which earned him supporting acts with Rich Hall and Michael Winslow as part of the Bulmer's Comedy festival. In October 2008 he performed at the Cologne Comedy Festival in Germany. He made his debut at the Carlsberg Comedy Festival in Iveagh Gardens in 2008 and at The Cat Laughs Festival, Kilkenny in 2010.

In November 2009, he previewed an hour solo show "The Awkward, In-Between Stage" and was the support act for Maeve Higgins "Blabbing Away" national tour in 2010, followed by dates for Tommy Tiernan in August and closing out 2010 on PJ Gallagher's tour in December.

For two years he had a weekly comedy slot on the I105-107FM Breakfast Show on Tuesdays where he gave breafast hosts Keith Walsh and Bernard O'Shea his take on the world. His last appearances on the show were January 2011.

In 2010, he was a recurring panelist on RTÉ One's The Panel and was featured in Top TV Moments of 2010 on TV3. In 2011 he supported Tommy Tiernan in the Iveagh Gardens, began touring his new solo show "Turbulence" and started work on a TV pilot with PJ Gallagher. The pilot was commissioned in early 2011 and became Meet Your Neighbours. In June 2011 he filmed a slot for "One Night Stand" for the UK channel Dave and was the support for Neil Delamere's Restructuring tour which continued until May 2013.