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Merchandise

Why oh why does he have no CDs, books, DVDs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.164.3.90 (talk • contribs) 08:47, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

Sexual orientation

Is Dara gay? - Anon — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.192.232.88 (talk • contribs) 18:30, April 18, 2006 (UTC)

I doubt it. There was some controversy over a joke he told as host of Have I Got News For You about Elton John which revolved around his homosexuality, and the way he talks about it (well, when I saw him at Derby) seemed... how can I put this? He didn't talk about it as though he was part of it. That's a clumsy way of describing it, but it's late. 80.6.98.250 00:08, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Dara is very much heterosexual, and is engaged to a lovely lady! If he were gay, he might have been a little more clued-in about how unfortunate the Elton John joke was. (The joke was that Elton John approved of the boy who plays Billy Elliot because "he can see a little bit of himself in him". i.e. the joke was that gay people are latent pedophiles. An unfortunate blot on an otherwise fine career. In his defence, it wasn't his joke, he was just reading it off the autocue and in the moment he probably didn't realise the ramifications of what he was saying.) --88.110.192.186 10:12, 18 March

2007 (UTC)

Yes, didn't he marry in 2006? I think he did to Susan, a doctor. Unwisely (talk) 22:13, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Birth date/place?

Okay, this article [1] pretty much confirms that he was born in 1971, but the birthplace is not so simple. I'd seen a couple of sources which described him as "Dublin-born" (I've already sent all this info into IMDB) but this [2] article describes him as "Wicklow-born". Anyone know which is correct? Crisso 17:27, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Crisso, this article (http://living.scotsman.com/tv.cfm?id=1132792006) shows his d.o.b., if you scroll down to the end, as 4th February 1972, and I think this year must be correct as on tour this spring he's said he's 34. 1971 would make him 35. Articles in Irish papers say he was brought up in Little Bray, Wicklow.{(User: Paperdoll}] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.93.21.102 (talk • contribs) 06:13, August 21, 2006 (UTC)
Good work. I've promptly updated his entry and have already sent in a correction to IMDB. Crisso 17:22, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

most people from wicklow are born in wexford or dublin, but that is not what the phrase really means. get me? Owwmykneecap 03:59, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I presume you are referring to the location of the maternity hospitals? Bray is technically over the border in Co. Wicklow (allowing taxi drivers to extort you) but is a suburb of Dublin. This might cause some of the confusion. -- Blorg 16:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling of his name

The opening credits of The Panel give his name as "Dara O Bríain". That's a fada over the first "i" but none over the "O". Anybody have any thoughts on this? Ian Cheese 17:13, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I ve seen the fada over the o in some name, not in others so i dont know. i had come here to see if the was an unnessesary apostrophe, but there was not, i fixed brendan o carrol, cos he was the first i could think of, there should be a wiki wide purging of the aposropheOwwmykneecap 04:00, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I will be moving back the Brendan O'Carroll article: you are mistaken. If the English language form of a name like this is used, then it should be O'Brien (with an apostrophe). If it's in Irish use Ó Briain (no apostrophe, but with a fada over the O. Ian Cheese 12:42, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In a video on youtube, Dara Ó Briain comments about how he likes the fada over the O, but I'm not entirely sure as to whether he is just playing along or not. Lessthanthree (talk) 03:57, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Briain: ia was once written as ía, as this is how the diphthong sounds. Maybe the sound made the person represent his name that way. There is a also a great deal of dislike of name in Gaelic in Ireland, so the dropping of the sineadh fada on the o is not surprising. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.134.220.36 (talk • contribs) 13:58, June 27, 2007 (UTC)

Speak for yourself. If any are thus guilty, it's the undereducated peasants with aspirations who have that 'great deal of dislike of name in Gaelic in Ireland'- and you've a great use of the Queen's English, by the way. Meanwhile, the educated Irish continue to send their children to Gaelscoileanna, while the peasantry call their children 'John' and 'Sarah'. 86.42.74.123 02:59, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is both unsubstantiated and untrue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.41.114.140 (talk • contribs) 22:25, September 29, 2007 (UTC)

Ehhhh...

What's with the "Ehhh..." that he seems to insert at the end of almost every sentence now? I'm sure he didn't used to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.242.154.119 (talk) 20:26, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation

Is it really /dæræ o briən/? I'd have expected something more like /dɑrə o briən/ I'm not really familiar with him, but most dialects of English don't allow for lax vowels at the end of words. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.216.19.87 (talk) 11:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It might be the Irish pronunciation though. --Peti (me) 13:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Da-ra oh breen. Ceoil (talk) 22:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Exclusively Irish?

Does he hold dual citizenship to the UK? I've seen him refer to himself as "British" at least twice on Mock the Week. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.8.110 (talk) 17:11, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think he is exclusively Irish, as far as i know, as he is an Irish speaker and spent most of his life(if not al) in Ireland, but i could be wrong Jimjom (talk) 14:30, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ara sure he must be British by now: sure hasn't he had heaps of success. A successful Paddy? Jaysas, we can't be having that now. 78.16.98.134 (talk) 00:31, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Most energetic man on TV"

I removed this rubbish: "He is generally regarded as the most energetic Irishman on TV". What a load of crap, all he does is sit in a chair and wave his arms about. Feel free to express YOUR views. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.209.46.103 (talk) 16:11, 21 August 2008 (UTC) Also, the part that says hes is the most succesfull irish comedian in the UK since the tgurn of the century can not be put there. What idiot counts Daras agency as a reliable source for that type of info? Of course they are going to say something like that! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.194.186.206 (talk) 17:41, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Funniest quiz show host?

I've heard rumours flying around in real life and the internet he's been voted 2008's funniest quiz show host? Can anyone confirm that either he was, or even such a title exists and if so who owns it?84.92.16.13 (talk) 22:34, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Credit Today Awards

Dara will be hosting the Credit Today Awards this coming May. I think this is relevant to Dara’s Wikipedia page. Is Dara sending out a signal that he supports the questionable activities of the debt collection industry in the UK and that such activities are worthy of this type of celebration? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.105.237 (talk) 13:04, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Probably not, I would assume he just got booked for it, a lot of comedians do awards shows and stuff like that for the money basically.I don't think we can make any sort of judgements about him based on that. HIGNFY14 (talk) 22:58, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Brilliant, brilliant - brilliant

Watch this superb interview by Manchán Magan with Dara in the Irish. Manchán was giving out to him for taking the soup and dropping the Ó when he first arrived on that troublesome island between Ireland and France. Dara got fierce thick and recounted how his people drove the Vikings from Ireland at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014AD but Manchán, fair play to him, wasn't having any of it. Dara finally repented - "Is mo fada é!" and said he'll no longer take the soup and that fada will have pride of place over in Britain as well as Ireland until the day he dies! Great stuff Dara (and Manchán!). 86.44.18.40 (talk) 15:19, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Gin Epidemic -> Gin Craze

I can't fix this myself, as anonymous edits are unwanted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.195.249.57 (talk) 00:22, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Thanks for spotting it! -- Timberframe (talk) 13:50, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Gaelscoil

Technically Coláiste Eoin is a Gaelcholáiste not a Gaelscoil.

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