Rising Irish comedian and actor Tadhg J Devery has said he never dreamt of being on stage let alone launching his first ever sketch-based tour of Ireland.
The 40-year-old, who was born in Galway but grew up in Ferbane, Co Offaly, launches A Day in the Country, his 10-date tour in March and it sees him bring his rogue’s gallery of heightened rural archetypes across the country.
“I never dreamed of going on a stage with this,” Devery, who lives near Clonmacnoise with his girlfriend, tells RTÉ Entertainment. “It was the last thing I was thinking of, I was doing it for the craic but then I began getting emails from people saying the sketches were helping with their mental health.
“That kind of kept it going for me but never did I think I’d be…