Longford man set to perform at Galway comedy festival

ENDA Whitney from Edgeworthstown is gearing up to take to the stage at Galway Comedy Festival for the first time.

​Enda will perform two shows at the international festival on Sunday. The first show, 'Laughternoon Delights' will take place at 3pm in Pálás Screen 1. Darragh Bourke, Jay Fitz, Casey Gothard, and Tommy McCarthy will all perform too. Doors open at 2.30pm and tickets cost €15 each.

The local comedian will also perform a show in The Loft at Seven at 8pm on Sunday along with Micky Bartlett, Darragh Bourke and Bernard Casey. Tickets cost €25 each. This event is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport as part of The Night-Time Economy Grassroots Venue Support Scheme 2026.

Speaking to the Longford Leader ahead of his debut at the biggest comedy festival in Ireland, Enda said he was “delighted” to be at the event.

“I'm really proud. We got our artist badges and I got to do a show with Karl Spain last night, which is lovely.”

He added that he was “really excited” to get the chance to meet other comedians. “You get a chance to dip in and out and meet all the different comedians that are in the festival and people that are your heroes of comedy that you've watched doing comedy since you were a child.”

The popular festival takes place over seven days, featuring shows with 80 comedians including Tommy Tiernan, Dara O'Briain, Rhys Darby, Andrew Maxwell, Karl Spain, Jack Dee, Emma Doran, Bernard Casey, Mickey Bartlett, Deirdre O'Kane, Dave McSavage, Al Porter and Matt Wozniac.

The festival is on in October 2026 for seven days of shows with 80 comedians including Tommy Tiernan, Dara O'Briain, Rhys Darby, Andrew Maxwell, Karl Spain, Jack Dee, Emma Doran, Bernard Casey, Mickey Bartlett, Deirdre O'Kane, Dave McSavage, Al Porter and Matt Wozniac.

Enda also has a show coming up in Rathcoole, Dublin on November 27 at An Poitìm Still Comedy club with Enya Martin, John O'Keeffe and Cormac Moore. Tickets are on sale on Eventbrite.

He has performed all over the world including South Korea, Edinburgh and New York. Enda has worked with stars of Comedy Central in America and many big names in Irish comedy. He is also the co-founder of Red Line Comedy Club. They do a show in Galway every month.

Enda describes his comedy as energetic storytelling. “My comedy is very much about the kind of believable but unbelievable stories all the way through the journey from when I was young to growing up in Longford.”

He first started doing comedy in his twenties whilst studying in Maynooth and took a break from it for a few years before returning to it three years ago. “I was in college in Maynooth. I lost a bet and I ended up doing a competition in the Ha'penny Bar, the Battle of the Acts in Dublin, and I won it and I did comedy for years then, all over Ireland. Did it pretty much as my primary job for a while.”

Red Line Comedy Club is also set to return to Longford in October 2027 and will take to the stage at the iconic Hotwater Co Edyta club on November 1.

Dawson Hostels in Galway and Busker Brownes are giving away a night's stay for two along with dinner drinks and two tickets to a Red Line Comedy Club show on November 12. To enter follow Dawson Hostels, Busker Brown's and Red Line Comedy Club on Instagram and share the post.