The Hole in the Wall Gang is the name of a comedy group from

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. North ...

, who came to prominence in the mid-1990s with the extremely popular satirical comedy ''

Give My Head Peace ''Give My Head Peace'' is a satirical television comedy series on BBC Northern Ireland that pokes fun at political parties, paramilitary groups and the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland. The programme is written by Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn an ...

''. The line up consists of

Tim McGarry Tim McGarry ( ga, Tadhg Mag Fhearaigh) is an Irish comedian and actor from North Belfast in Northern Ireland. He was educated at St Malachy's College, Belfast. He is a member of the comedy group Hole In The Wall Gang, and played "Da", a fict ...

Damon Quinn Damon Quinn (born 12 April 1964) is a Northern Irish actor, writer and producer. He is a member of the Hole in the Wall Gang comedy group. Quinn also produced "The Crush" a short film nominated for an Academy award (Best Live-action short) in 20 ...

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and Michael McDowell, all of whom were born in 1964. They were originally known as the "Hole in the Wall Theatre Company", before adopting the name Hole in the Wall Gang when they moved to television. In 1992, the group won a UK

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for Best Radio Comedy for their first radio series ''A Perforated Ulster''. They then won a

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for Best Regional Programme in 1996, for ''Two Ceasefires and a Wedding'', the prelude to ''Give My Head Peace''. ''A Perforated Ulster'' won a

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award in 2019. The success of ''Give My Head Peace'' led to a new sketch show in 2006 entitled ''

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'', two seasons of which were broadcast on

BBC One Northern Ireland BBC One Northern Ireland is a Northern Irish television channel based on the UK-wide BBC One, owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland. The service is broadcast from Broadcasting House in Belfast. In the rest of the UK, BBC One Northern Irela ...

before being cancelled. Since, they have worked on several films, scripts and non-comedy television and radio shows, examples including "Pop Goes Northern Ireland," a documentary series, and "The Titanic Inquiry," also a film. "Give My Head Peace" returned for a special on 28 December 2016 called 'The Farce Awakens and the series returned with an 11th series on 19 January 2018.

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External links

Official site
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