Controversial Bishop: Gotta be a comedy act

There aren’t many comedians that can sell out two nights running and keep an audience engaged for two hours in a one-man mammoth gig. Then again, there aren’t many Americans who come to Ireland, are embraced by the nations’ audiences as their own, and go on to become the very best of Irish-bred stand up comics.

Consider then, Des Bishop, a 26-year-old, who rallies on about the merits of Ireland and still manages to have the audience howling with laughter. "You guys really want to get more happy about where you’re from, Ireland is awesome man," he exclaims with an unmistakable cheeky New York chant.