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19th Aug 2014

Video: Comedian Jim Elliott reveals why he loves the Rose of Tralee so much

It's mostly down to Daithí O'Sé having "just the right combination of smart and stupid."

Tony Cuddihy

It’s mostly down to Daithí O’Sé having “just the right combination of smart and stupid.”

JOE tends to go into hiding during the Rose of Tralee, traipsing downstairs on occasion to pepper our conversation with phrases like, “ah jaysus you’re not STILL watching that shite, are you?”

But not Jim Elliott.

He f***ing loves it, as he told the audience at the Laughter Lounge in Dublin last weekend in some style.

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