Karl Spain

{{short description|Irish comedian from Limerick (born 1971)}} {{more footnotes needed|date=January 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=January 2022}} '''Karl Spain''' (born 20 October 1971) is an Irish comedian from Limerick. He is from the Corbally area of the city and was educated at CBS Sexton Street.{{Infobox person|name = Karl Spain|birth_place = Corbally, Limerick City|education = CBS Sexton Street|partner(s) = Rachel O'Keeffe|known_for = Karl Spain Wants a Woman, The Panel (Irish TV series) & Podge and Rodge's Stickit Inn|occupation = Actor & Writer|television = Killinaskully, Karl Spain Wants a Woman, Podge and Rodge's Stickit Inn, Comedy Store, The Panel (Irish TV series), The Podge and Rodge Show, Tubridy Tonight, The Afternoon Show, The Republic of Telly}}

In 2000, Spain won the RTÉ award for Best New Act.<ref>[http://comedy.cqdweb.co.uk/karl_spain.htm Comedy laid bare – Karl Spain] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302190416/http://comedy.cqdweb.co.uk/karl_spain.htm |date=2007-03-02 }}</ref>

Spain appeared at the Montreal ''Just for Laughs'' comedy festival in 2003, which was later repeated on RTÉ Television. He is a regular at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival.

Spain later ran a series on RTÉ entitled ''Karl Spain Wants a Woman''.<ref>http://www.rte.ie/tv/karlspain/{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He appeared as master of kung-fu on the fifth series of ''Killinaskully'' in October 2008.

In 2009 he had yet another TV show on RTÉ Two, ''Karl Spain wants to Rock''.

In March 2010 Karl began a tour as supporting act to fellow Irish comedian, Ed Byrne.

Toured with Kevin Bridges in 2015.

Karl Spain has also been known to attend University of Limerick Comedy Nights.

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=1925666|name=Karl Spain}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061208231403/http://www.irish-comedy.com/karlspain/index.htm Karl Spain on Irish Comedy] *[http://www.comedycv.co.uk/karlspain/index.htm Karl Spain at ComedyCV] *[http://www.rte.ie/tv/killinaskully/index.html Killinascully (T.V Show)] at [http://www.rte.ie/ RTÉ] *[http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/podge_and_rodges_stickit_inn.html Podge & Rodge's Stickit Inn (T.V Show)] at [http://www.rte.ie/ RTÉ] *{{IMDb title|0480744|Karl Spain Wants a Woman}} *The Panel (T.V Show) *[http://www.rte.ie/tv/thepodgeandrodgeshow/ The Podge & Rodge Show] at [http://www.rte.ie/ RTÉ] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150302144713/http://www.rte.ie/tv/tubridytonight/ Tubridy Tonight (T.V Show)] at [http://www.rte.ie/ RTÉ] *[http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/ The Afternoon Show (T.V Show)] at [http://www.rte.ie/ RTÉ] *[http://www.rte.ie/tv/republicoftelly/ Republic of Telly (T.V Show)] at [http://www.rte.ie/ RTÉ]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spain, Karl}} Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Irish male comedians Category:RTÉ Television people Category:Mass media people from Limerick (city)