Nativity Plays, Dara O’Briain and Faith

A couple of weeks ago I managed to pick up a couple of tickets to see Dara O’Briain’s new show Craic Dealer. For those of you who haven’t come across him Dara is a stand up comedian from Ireland who has made a huge career for himself in the UK with shows like Mock the Week and Stargazing Live. His humour is sharp, original and genuinely funny.Ó Briain has said he sees himself as an atheist but ethnically Catholic. In one interview he said “I’m staunchly atheist, I simply don’t believe in God. But I’m still Catholic, of course. Catholicism has a much broader reach than just the religion. I’m technically Catholic, it’s the box you have to tick on the census form: ‘Don’t believe in God, but I do still hate Rangers.'” (more…)