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...he only child of bricklayer Leslie Dawson, Sr. and Julia Nolan, who was of Irish descent.<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=51827|title=Dawson, Leslie [Les] (1 ...tp://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2004/12/01/26/the_comedians_comedian|title=The comedians' comedian|date=1 December 2004|work=Chortle.co.uk|access-date=1 February 20

...urchill's]] encounter with the Irish nationalist leader [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] in 1921.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegr * 1986 ''Comedians Do It on Stage''

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...s born in [[Ealing]], [[London]], on 24 December 1963, the second child of Irish parents Bartholomew Edmond "Bert" Aherne, a railwayman with [[London Transp ...western act the Mitzi Goldberg Experience, and Sister Mary Immaculate, an Irish nun.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Belcher|first1=David|title=Behind the laughter l

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| citizenship = British (1918–1962)<br/> Irish (1962–2002) ...ish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright. The son of an Irish father and an English mother, Milligan was born in British Colonial India,

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...ngland as part of drag mime duo the Playgirls, O'Grady then went solo as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s. Performing as Savage for eight years at a Sout ...atrick married Mary "Molly" Savage (1916–1988), who was born in England to Irish immigrants from [[County Louth]].{{sfnm|1a1=Simpson|1y=2008|1p=1|2a1=O'Grad

...used voices considerably different from their own. Brambell, despite being Irish, spoke with a [[Received Pronunciation|received pronunciation]] English acc

...show paved the way for surreal and alternative humour, as acknowledged by comedians such as [[Eddie Izzard]].<ref name= TheEssentialSpikeMilligan /><sup>:vii</ ...that the Goons and Milligan in particular "influenced a new generation of comedians who came to be known as 'alternative'."<ref name= TheEssentialSpikeMilligan

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