meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
An Irishman Abroad

Neil Delamare: 20 Years Dealing Craic

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, one of Ireland's finest and most loved comics, Neil Delamare, joins Jarlath for a rare and insightful conversation about his life and career.   Neil delves into his comedic roots and where he first discovered his passion for comedy as well as speaking openly about his work ethic and the challenges of working within the modern cancel culture.   From his reflections on his experiences of RTÉ's much loved series The Panel which came to an abrupt end to his insights into how he makes his audience members as comfortable as possible during his interactions with them and much more, this is a fascinating conversation with one of Ireland's funniest men.   To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 600 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Neil Delimer is an award-winning Irish comedian, one of the top acts working the comedy scene today.

0:08.2

He's featured on everything on RTE, the BBC, IFTA Awards, Celtic Media Awards.

0:15.2

He's produced his own shows.

0:16.8

You've probably seen him on the Michael McIntyre Road Show.

0:19.4

He's played international comedy festivals all across the world

0:22.3

from Kilkenny to Melbourne to the Edinburgh Fringe.

0:25.4

He used to host Montreal just for laughs.

0:28.0

It was just a crazy time for him

0:31.4

when the panel took off at just 25 years old.

0:36.5

He was one of the central pillars of that show. And what a show it was

0:40.6

with Dara O'Brien at the helm. It took the country by storm. I get into that with Neil, but we

0:47.7

learn a little bit more about Neil Delimer here in this interview that you might not have heard

0:52.6

before about his early life in Eden Derry,

0:55.7

how he found stand-up comedy, having not been the funniest lad in the class in school.

1:02.2

It is a fun chat about life and comedy and the limits of both.

1:08.0

If you want to hear the full thing, you've got to come over to patreon.com forward

1:11.4

slash Irishmen abroad. This is a crowdfunded podcast. For the last eight years, every single

1:16.0

Sunday, I've been bringing you the big interview with the biggest names in Irish life as they go

1:20.7

abroad, their stories of life beyond the shores, and much, much more. We can't do it without your

1:27.4

support. Patreon.com forward slash Irish

1:29.7

Man Abroad is where you go. And in a couple of clicks, you get access to the full archive going

1:34.4

right back to episode one. Ed Byrne, Jason Byrne, Dylan Moore and Darrow O'Brien. We've interviewed

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jarlath Regan, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jarlath Regan and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.