Patrick Kielty: The Road From There To Here

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Patrick Kielty sits down with Jarlath to talk about the long and winding road from rural Northern Ireland to London and L.A. and back again. Recorded the day after Piers Morgan stepped down from his television duties, Jarlath starts by asking Paddy about the first time he realised he was tabloid fodder and the poet of modern media. With standup firmly on his mind, Jarlath digs into how laughter solved some of the pain from the trauma he suffered in his teens. We hear how the Empire Comedy Club came to be and why it took off the way it did. In 2018 Patrick produced a stunning piece of documentary for the BBC about the death of his father and the peace deal that followed. Together they look at some of the finer points of the situation Northern Ireland finds itself in now and whether there might be a way out. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad 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.

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0:00.0	Hello there and welcome to another episode of an Irish man abroad with me,
0:06.0	Jarlet Regan. My chosen charity partner is jigsaw.a e and it's easy to know why.
0:12.0	The work they're doing across the pandemic for the young people of Ireland,
0:16.0	equipping them with the mental health skills they'll need to get through this difficult time and survive in life beyond that is truly extraordinary. They're changing and saving lives every single week and that's
0:26.3	why I created the Irishman running abroad challenge with Sonia O'Sullivan. We had a big week this week with
0:32.1	our Mother's Day and St Patrick's Day events taking place. Lots of you signed up, lots of you took part, and we raised
0:39.0	thousands of euros for the charity because of it. Jigsaw.a.e is the place to go if you want to see
0:45.4	their work or examine their resources and maybe pass it on to someone in your life with a young
0:49.8	person who might need help. Maybe you can kick in a couple of quid. Maybe you're not taking part in the challenge at all and you just go, yeah, that sounds cool. I'll kick in a couple of quid over there.
0:58.1	It's Idonate.a.e. Just search the Irishman running abroad challenge or head over to strava.com
1:03.2	forward slash clubs forward slash Irishman abroad. Become a member of the club and receive one-to-one coaching from an Irish legend, Sonia Sullivan, who co-hosts the Irish
1:11.9	Man Running Abroad with me every Tuesday in case you missed it. Couldn't run it all, lads, until
1:17.2	Sonia came along and taught me how it was done. And if I can do it, you can do it too. I'm nearly
1:23.0	halfway there to this challenge of running 2,000 kilometres in the space of 12 months.
1:28.8	If I can do it, I'll be amazed, but Sonia really instilled the belief in me that it can be done.
1:33.8	And for loads of our listeners, she's done the same thing.
1:37.8	This week we've an amazing guest.
1:40.1	Paddy Kielty is maybe one of the most influential Irish stand-ups of all time.
1:46.0	That for a generation of young Northern Irish and Republic comedians,
1:51.8	this man kind of set the bar and the tone for how we could laugh and enjoy the humour in the darkness of the troubles.
2:03.8	He was an extraordinary talent from a really young age.
2:08.4	He got on stage while attending Queen's University and studying psychology.
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