Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Firhouse
- Educated at
- Catholic University SchoolNewbridge CollegeTerenure College
- Awards
- 🏆 British Comedy Awards 1996
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Trending topics shown first"I've stopped smoking... I think the cost was a lot of it, and not being able to breathe. I first gave up smoking when I was eight."
"I still think of myself as I was 25 years ago. Then I look in a mirror and see an old bastard and realise it's me."
"I don't go out of my way to be outrageous, I just go out of my way to look at things."
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Timeline
1936
Born
Birth2005
Died
Death
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