Kevin Gildea
Who Kevin Gildea is
Kevin Gildea is an Irish stand-up comedian, writer and actor and a pioneer of Irish alternative comedy, who started out in the sketch group Mr Trellis with Barry Murphy and Ardal O'Hanlon and with them founded Dublin's Comedy Cellar. In the mid-1990s he moved to London, where he became an established regular on the stand-up circuit and wrote for BBC radio and television, before returning to Dublin.
On screen he played Father Cave in Father Ted and appeared in BBC Two's sketch show Haywire and in Bridget & Eamonn, hosted RTÉ's music programme Reverb and was a regular on RTÉ's panel game The View, and he has been a script editor on several television comedies. He leads the comedy-music act The Kevin Gildeas, writes plays and short stories, has played the major Irish comedy festivals and took Man of a Million Heads to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2008.
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At a glance
- Podcasts and radio
- The O'Show
- On screen
- Father Ted, Haywire, The View and 3 more
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Last checked 23 October 2026.
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Specials, shows and podcasts
On screen
- Father Ted Father Cave
- Haywire BBC Two, 1999
- The View RTÉ, regular
- Reverb host, RTÉ
- Bridget & Eamonn
- Separation Anxiety film
Podcasts and radio
- The O'Show BBC Radio 4
Comedians like Kevin Gildea
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- Ardal O'Hanlon also in Father Ted
- Brendan Grace also in Father Ted
- Joe Rooney also in Father Ted
- Patrick McDonnell also in Father Ted
- Sharon Mannion also in Bridget & Eamonn
- Steve Bruner also in Haywire
- Tommy Tiernan also in Father Ted
Questions and answers
Where is Kevin Gildea performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
What podcasts and radio shows have they been on?
The O'Show.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Father Ted (Father Cave), Haywire (BBC Two, 1999), The View (RTÉ, regular), Reverb (host, RTÉ), Bridget & Eamonn and Separation Anxiety (film).
Who are some comedians like them?
Ardal O'Hanlon (also in Father Ted), Brendan Grace (also in Father Ted), Joe Rooney (also in Father Ted), Patrick McDonnell (also in Father Ted) and Sharon Mannion (also in Bridget & Eamonn).
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Sources
- Chortle · chortle.co.uk ↗ Mr Trellis with Barry Murphy and Ardal O'Hanlon, founders of Dublin's Comedy Cellar; host of RTÉ's Reverb; Father Cave in Father Ted; Haywire (BBC Two, 1999); a regular on RTÉ's The View; The O'Show (BBC Radio 4); The Kevin Gildeas; Man Of A Million Heads, Edinburgh Fringe 2008 (as of 19 October 2026)
- Hot Press — Gildea As Charged (Stephen Robinson, 28 March 2001) ↗ The International Comedy Cellar in the late 1980s; the Mr Trellis mainman; moved to London in the mid-1990s and became an established regular on the stand-up circuit, writing for BBC radio and TV; a successful stand-up, writer and actor in London; Father Ted and the film Separation Anxiety; The Kevin Gildeas (as of…
- Galway Comedy Festival ↗ A pioneer of Irish alternative comedy; script editor for several TV comedy shows; Bridget & Eamonn and Father Ted; an award-winning playwright and short-story writer; all the major Irish festivals and regularly Edinburgh; on the 2026 festival's bill (as of 19 October 2026)
Updated 23 October 2026 · the record checked 19 October 2026