History
A landmark Dublin venue, The HaPenny Bridge Inn over the years has played host to some of the biggest names in Irish entertainment history from Thin Lizzy to Dermot Morgan (Fr Ted himself!). Since 1996 it has been a favourite for stand up comedy in Dublin and has hosted all the top names in Irish comedy such as Perrier Award winner Tommy Tiernan, Des Bishop and Jason Byrne.
Comedy every Wednesday took off there in 2000 and continued under the stewardship of several different people (including at one stage the notorious David McSavage). Then on January 23rd 2005 Capital Comedy Club was founded on Wednesday nights as well as the then recently established Sunday Nights. Since then it has gone from strength to strength establishing itself as a fixture on the comedy circuit attracting both Irish and visiting comedy goers in their droves, even winning a Failte Ireland Welcome Award for services to the Irish tourism industry. The Club regularly features in The Irish Times '7 Things To Do This Week' and the Wednesday and Sunday nights of Capital Comedy Club are now the fourth and fifth oldest continuously running comedy nights in Ireland.
Hosted by Simon O'Keefe Capital Comedy Club in the heart of Dublin has played host to over 250 acts from over a dozen countries. It has featured and still does feature some of the top stars of Irish comedy including:
ARDAL O'HANLON
Fr Ted, My Hero
PJ GALLAGHER
Naked Camera
DAVID McSAVAGE
The Savage Eye
DAVID O'DOHERTY
Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2008
NEIL DELAMERE
The Panel, Republic of Telly
DAMIAN CLARK
I Dare Ya!, Republic of Telly
COLIN MURPHY
The Panel, The Blame Game, Just For Laughs
PAT McDONNELL
Naked Camera, Fr Ted, The Savage Eye
MAEVE HIGGINS
Naked Camera, The World Stands Up, Fancy Vittles
KARL SPAIN
Karl Spain Wants A Woman, The Comedy Store
DEIRDRE O'KANE
Intermission, Paths To Freedom, The World Stands Up
To the best of our knowledge this is everyone who has ever taken to a Capital Comedy Club stage
Neil Hickey, Allison McKay, Emma Stephenson, Dermot McMurrow, Simon O'Keefe, Padraig Fox, Penny Tration, Pauline Curtain, John Colleary, Jarlath Regan, Fred Cooke, Martin Henchin, Aidan Halpin, Brian Condron, Maeve Higgins, James Goldsbury, Brian Joyce, Bernard O'Shea, Matt Saddlier, Robbie Bonham, Stephen Stubbs, Luke Ryan, Gary Jones, John Lynn, Bill Kincade, Tom Blanchfield, Tommy Nicholson, Mage LeHane, Ciaran Toland, Eleanor Tiernan, Ruairi Campbell, John Bonham, David McSavage, Aidan Bishop, Ken Duffy, Joan Thorpe, Jude Waters, John Kaplis, Andrew McDermott, Felix Finley, Reuebn, Breda O'Donnell, Willie Nolan, Sean O'Shaughnessy, Jack Kincade, Andrew Stanley, Priscilla Robinson, Mel O'Dea, Ciaran Toland, Steve Cummins, Anne Gildea, Jack Wise, Paddy McGahy, Jason O'Neil, Steve Nolan, Alan Gernon, Willie White, Mike Belgrave, Neil Delamere, Colum McDonnell, Kevin Gildea, John Toolin, Karl Spain, Carol Tobin, Paddy Hannah, Bernard O'Shea, Danny Keogh, Eric Lalor, Dermot Whelan, Dermot Carmody, Pierce Whelehan, Colm O'Regan, Damian Clarke, Ganesh Ramahedran, Keith Farnan, Graham Morrisey, Abie Philbin Bowman, Jason Coughlan, Ferdia Lennon, Dean Scurry, Sharon Mannion, Dan Willis, Gary O'Brien, Michael Mee, Johnny Candon, Tara Flynn, Patrick Rolink, Sue Collins, Janice Phayre, Enda Muldoon, George Fox, Gerrard Harris, Michelle Buteau, Becky O'Donohue, Alex Lasarev, Nicholas Jackman, Joe Burke, Pete Monaghan, Colin McCarthy, Jack Healy, Alan Bennet, David O'Doherty, Don Doonan, Pom Boyd, Craig Kenny, Marcus Ryan, Colin Ryan, Tim Hadfield, Colin McCarthy, Cole Parker, Mark McGonigle, Robert Hogan, Jim McHugh, Tony Vee, Cathleen O'Rourke, Tim Flaherty, Niamh Marron, Paul Bonny, Kevin Goldsmith, Gar Murran, Vince Fluke, Marty McLean, Joe Burke, Gareth Smith, Johnathan Gunning, Gaby O'Reilly, Padraig Ryan, FJ Murray, Sally Sainsbury, Grainne O'Kane, Ava Vidal, Keith Anderson, Matthew Collins, Kevin Hayes, Derek Ryan, Ian Coppinger, Cathal Duffy, Deirdre O'Kane, Gearoid Farrelly, Owen Keegan, Joe Rooney, John Donnellan, Chris Kent, Emmet O'Malley, Cathal Kerr, Brian O'Reagan, Joy Achargee, Tommy Lalor, Ross Brown, Tiny James, Diet Of Worms, Vinny McHale, Pat McDonnell, Sonya Kelly, Robbie Stapleton, Eric Shantz, John Rowley, Aislinn O'Laughlinn, Keith Matthews, Sean Reid, Rory O'Hanlon, Dan O'Shea, Ciraran Lawless, Sean Butler, Dennis Mulcahy, Gary Fay, Ger Devine, Paul Tylak, Stephen Kiernan, Tasha K, Barry Mack, Liam McEnaney, Bob Hennigan, James Marsh, Mark Baldwin, Mary Bourke, Zocorro McCafferty, Dave Hayden, PJ Gallagher, Dawn McDonagh, Winter DeFerre, Mercer Island Rodeo, Sean Flanagan, Conor McKenna, Dara DeButler, Damon Blake, Paddy Loughran, Brian Connolly, Graham Duffy, Sean Markey, Mark Swann, Peter Dineen, Eoin Murphy, Dermot Byrne, Arhondia Rocca, Aileen Ivory, Joseph O'Laughlinn, Conor Doyle, Darren Louet-Feisser, Sean Sheridan, Dave Coughlan, Gareth Berliner, Adam Bourke, Steve Hughes, Gerry McBride, Evie Larkin, Giles Brody, Foil Arms & Hog, Petra Sheehan, James Lineen, Ardal O'Hanlon, David O'Gorman, Edwin Salmon, Bernard Higgins, Stephen Elliot, Stephen Kiernan, David Duff, Graham Storey, John Brennan, Ro Cambell, Daniel Sloss, Michael Downey, Brendan Burke, Colin Murphy, Scott Capurro, Pat McDonagh, Kevin Loughlin, Jim Elliot, Colin Chadwick, Dave Hurley, Paddy O'Shea, Greg Marks, Aodhgán Comaskey, Lianna Carrera, Eddie McKenna, Mike Milligan, Tommie James, Kevin McGahern, Joe Shannon, Erin Judge, Shane Mauss, Michael Connell, Amanda Gray, Ben Buckley, Noel Nicholson, Ian Perth, Edwin Sammon, Conor O'Toole, Marcus O'Laoire, Allison Spittle, Mark Cahill, Shane Todd