Sinopsis
Described by George Hook as the greatest Irish player never to make it and described by everyone else who knows him as a shallow, self-obsessed idiot.
Episodios
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The Christmas cards are out, but a problem arises
10/12/2021 Duración: 06min“Oh my God,” Sorcha goes, “we are so on top of Christmas this year!”I’m there, “In terms of?” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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‘If you have to hide a cash incentive inside a food, it’s almost certainly not worth eating’
03/12/2021 Duración: 06minSorcha has pushed the boat out in a major way here. She’s having – get this – a Christmas mother and daughter day with her old dear and Honor and she’s gone about it in her usual try-too-hord way. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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'Johnny goes, "My daddy says we’re going to eat a reindeer"'
26/11/2021 Duración: 06min“Boys and girl,” the air hostess goes, “we have arrived in Rovaniemi, Lapland – home of Santa Claus!” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Of course Santa exists – who do you think drinks all the Heineken?
19/11/2021 Duración: 06minSorcha ends up saying the most unbelievable thing when the boys ask if Santa is real See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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‘I lead the boys at gunpoint up the Shelbourne Road’
13/11/2021 Duración: 06minIt’s a big day for Johnny Sexton. And it’s a big day for me as well. I’m – yeah know – bringing the boys to see the great man win his 100th cap against Japan at the Aviva, and I decide to swing into Christian’s gaff on the way there just to use the old Josh Ritter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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‘I can lie – very easily – but not when it comes to rugby’
05/11/2021 Duración: 06minAn encounter at rugby training sees Ross making an unexpected connection. From The Irish Times, this is Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's weekly audio column, as read by Paul Howard. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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‘They talk about the Collison brothers, but those chaps have got nothing on you, Honor’
29/10/2021 Duración: 07minThe famous Hennessy Coghlan-O’Hara says he hasn’t been this excited about a business idea since we built all those houses on a floodplain in west Dublin in the 1970s... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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‘You are not giving me a combover’
22/10/2021 Duración: 06minBlinky the borbor in Monkstown suggests a Jude Law or a Matt Damon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘I can’t go bald. I’m 41 – but I’m, like, a young 41?’
15/10/2021 Duración: 06minThe latest dispatch from Ross O'Carroll Kelly, as read by Paul Howard. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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'My children are storting to grow on me'
08/10/2021 Duración: 06min'Since they storted school at Willow Pork, it’s been rugby, rugby, rugby, with no mention of soccer'From The Irish Times, this is Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's weekly audio column, read by Paul Howard.irishtimes.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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‘He has a dreamcatcher tattoo on the back of his wrist. It’s like he does these things deliberately to make me hate him’
01/10/2021 Duración: 06minHennessy pulls out the big guns to help settle a case of caravan arsonFrom The Irish Times, this is Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's weekly audio column, read by Paul Howard.irishtimes.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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"I’m having Vietnam-style flashbacks here"
24/09/2021 Duración: 06minMad as it sounds, sometimes it’s easier to tell the girl the truth. I’m like, ‘Honor burned down the caravan, Sorcha’From The Irish Times, this is Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's weekly audio column, read by Paul Howard. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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"Sorcha did Fake Sincerity as an extracurricular subject in Mount Anville"
18/09/2021 Duración: 06minSorcha samples kalettes and deactivated pecans as Ross gets accused of arson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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"First day in Willow Pork for the triplets – the absolute shame of it"
11/09/2021 Duración: 06minThe cor pork is full of BMW X5s, or, for older moms putting the last of the dynasty through the school, Volvo XC90s. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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"My fingers are actually shaking as I type my exam number into the laptop"
04/09/2021 Duración: 06minThe Leaving Cert results are about to go online and Ross's family are gathered around the kitchen island to find out how he's done. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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‘I genuinely don’t think I’m ready to be a Blackrock dad’
27/08/2021 Duración: 05minWillow Pork is the only school to take the triplets, they’ve been on Joe Duffy too many times See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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"Honor says she’s not getting the Covid vaccine"
20/08/2021 Duración: 05minSorcha’s family conference to discuss registration for teenagers doesn’t quite go to plan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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"You don't seem angry, like a lot of people who are into the Irish language" - Normal Sheeple excerpt #4
19/08/2021 Duración: 07minRoss goes on a date with Marianne the Irish teacher, beginning with Mass.This is the final of four excerpts from the latest Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book Normal Sheeple - out now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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"It's a ball, but not an ordinary-shaped ball. This one is, like, round" - Normal Sheeple excerpt #3
18/08/2021 Duración: 10minOn holidays in Kerry, Ross has a chance encounter with some locals and tries his hand at Gaelic football. The third of four exclusive excerpts from the new Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book Normal Sheeple. Normal Sheeple is out now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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"Out of the hundred or so people seated for dinner, I'm the only one wearing a Leinster jersey" - Normal Sheeple excerpt #2
17/08/2021 Duración: 09minThis week we're bringing you four exclusive excerpts from the latest Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book, Normal Sheeple, which is released on Wednesday 18th August.Today: Ross and Sorcha attend a dinner in honour of President Putin, who makes an unusual request. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.