{{short description|Irish comedian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox comedian | name = Bernard O'Shea | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Bernard Kendrick O'Shea | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Durrow, County Laois|Durrow]], [[County Laois]], [[Ireland]] | death_date = | death_place = | medium = | active = | genre = | subject = | influences = | influenced = | spouse = | domesticpartner = | notable_work = ''TJ and TJ'', ''Breakfast with Bernard and Keith'', ''[[Republic of Telly]]'', [[Bridget & Eamon]], [[Breakfast Republic]] | signature = | website = | footnotes = | current_members = | past_members = | module = }} '''Bernard O'Shea''' is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[comedian]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/dogooder-comedy-needed-light-touch-1615943.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205061405/http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/dogooder-comedy-needed-light-touch-1615943.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2009|title=Do-gooder comedy needed light touch|date=27 January 2009|accessdate=29 April 2011|last=Stacey|first=Pat|work=Evening Herald}}</ref> from [[Durrow, County Laois|Durrow]], [[County Laois]], [[Ireland]].<ref>''[[Republic of Telly]]'', final episode, Season 3</ref> He co-hosted [[RTÉ 2FM]]'s ''[[Breakfast Republic]]'' with [[Jennifer Zamparelli]] and [[Keith Walsh]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/no-surprise-there-jennifer-maguire-bernard-oshea-and-keith-walsh-unveiled-as-new-2fm-hosts-29961525.html|title= No surprise there! Jennifer Maguire, Bernard O'Shea and Keith Walsh unveiled as new 2fm hosts|date=29 January 2014|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=29 January 2014}}</ref> He made his name on the satirical sketch TV show ''[[Republic of Telly]]''.
O'Shea started in entertainment at an early age, playing [[traditional Irish music]] and touring Europe with several groups. At college he studied theatre and starred in several theatrical productions. He worked in the National Theatre of Ireland, the [[Abbey Theatre]]. He won the Harp Newcomer Comedy Award in 2000 and performed in the BBC Newcomer Awards the same year. He was chosen to perform in the [[Montreal]] ''[[Just for Laughs]]'' comedy festival in 2005 and also The Kilkenny [[Cat Laughs]] festival in 2005 and 2006. He wrote ''TJ and TJ'' sketches on [[Today FM]].
==Television credits== * ''The Liffey Laugh'' (RTÉ) * ''[[Naked Camera]]'' (RTÉ) * ''[[Just for Laughs]]'' * ''The World Stands Up'' (Paramount) * ''Newcomer Awards'' (BBC) * ''Touching People'' (RTÉ) * ''The Byrne Ultimatum'' (RTÉ) * ''[[Republic of Telly]]'' (RTÉ) * ''[[Bridget & Eamon]]'' (RTÉ) * ''[[Barry and the Boys]]'' (RTÉ)
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