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In Stitches Comedy Club is down in the cellar of Peadar Kearney’s Pub on Dame Street, right in the centre of Dublin. It runs live comedy seven nights a week, with local Irish comedians and international acts sharing the bill. The venue is small and relaxed - no stage lights and formality, just a room full of people who’ve come out for a good laugh.
Tickets are genuinely good value, and drink deals are available on the night. It’s the kind of place you can book on the day, walk in without a big plan, and end up having one of the better evenings of your trip. The show runs for around two hours.
Venue: In Stitches Comedy Club, Peadar Kearney’s Pub Cellar, Dame Street, Dublin.
Dame Street is one of the most central spots in Dublin, so there’s no shortage of things to do before the show. The area around City Hall, Dublin Castle, and the Olympia Theatre is all within a few minutes’ walk. A good meal in Temple Bar or along the quays sets the evening up nicely before you head down to the cellar.
Arrive a few minutes before the show rather than at the exact start time. The cellar is a small room and the seats fill up from the back. Getting there 10 to 15 minutes early gives you a chance to pick a spot and order a drink without the pressure of trying to find a seat in the dark.
Irish comedy has its own flavour. The humour tends to be sharp, self-deprecating, and often very local in its references. If you’re visiting from overseas and don’t catch every reference, that’s part of the experience - the crowd’s reaction to the local stuff tells its own story. International acts on the bill tend to calibrate quickly to a Dublin room.
The pub itself is named after Peadar Kearney, the man who wrote the lyrics to Amhrán na bhFiann - the Irish national anthem. Worth knowing before you go in - Peadar Kearney was a regular in the pubs of Dublin’s southside, and the building has that kind of lived-in, historically layered quality that the city does well.
Weekends tend to draw the bigger acts and fuller rooms. If you’re in Dublin mid-week, you’ll often get a more intimate show with newer talent trying out material - which has its own appeal. Either way, it’s good value for a night out in a city that can be expensive.