Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

The Irish Times

The weekly Ross o'Carroll-Kelly column in audio, read by Paul Howard.

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August 21 · 6 min
Charlie is serious about marrying this woman. You haven’t heard the worst of it yet. No prenup
Hennessy actually laughs when he sees me sitting at the bor with a pint of the old Dutch medicine in front of me. He’s like, “What the hell are you doing here?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
August 7 · 6 min
‘Oh my God! Your dad’s new girlfriend has entered the Wicklow Pollock Queen competition!’
‘The woman’s an absolute tonic! An absolute, bloody-well tonic!’ the old man shouted, but he was the only one
July 31 · 6 min
‘My son has opened a museum celebrating criminality. I wish people would stop asking if I’m proud’
It’s the opening night of Ronan’s new Irish Gangland Museum on Capel Street and the place is packed to the literally rafters
July 20 · 6 min
The old man has a Tesco Clubcord. Jesus, it’s worse than I thought
He’s talking about Bernie from Bray, of all places
June 26 · 5 min
‘Wait a minute, are you telling me there’s a World Cup in soccer?’
I’ve arrived home to find my wife, my four sons and my in-laws watching, quite literally, a soccer match
June 20 · 6 min
‘Your accent is up and down like a focked umbrella,’ I tell the old man
I have a bet on with him that he won’t last the summer in Bray, and I swing by to check on my investment
June 12 · 6 min
‘I’m not giving that kid the money. Not a focking chance’
We’re at Lauren’s barbecue when she ambushes me for the money I said I’d put aside for Ross jnr when he turned 18
June 5 · 6 min
We filled a skip with all the things Sorcha decided she can live without, until she changed her mind
Sorcha had this distant look and was talking at twice her normal speed, like the time she storted on suppositories to try to fit into her old debs dress
May 29 · 6 min
‘Nobody can say I haven’t put my body on the line for this Leinster team’
We’re in Bilbao airport and I’m suddenly thinking, how am I going to face Sorcha when I get home? Maybe I’ll check into Fitzpatrick’s for a few days
May 22 · 5 min
‘Ross, it’s a very simple choice. It’s me or it’s Leinster. You decide’
It’s our 21st wedding anniversary and Sorcha has booked Chapter One for a dinner with her parents. But I’ve got a flight to catch
May 15 · 6 min
‘Ross, I think you’re finally getting your comeuppance from the universe’
It’s Honor’s 20th birthday
May 8 · 6 min
‘Dude, you’re not in Ballsbridge now,’ I tell the old man. ‘This is Las f**king Braygas!’
Chorles has shacked up with Bernie and it’s actually making me sick. He’s all gooey-eyed and she’s hanging off him like a fisherman’s jumper
May 1 · 6 min
I have zero interest in her in that way – is it weird that I want to spend time with this girl?
I’m there, ‘I hope this doesn’t come across as creepy –' She goes, ‘Uh-oh!’
April 24 · 6 min
‘There’s nothing wrong with Bray, Ross,’ the old man says. Literally. Word for word
‘That’s not what you said on September 4th, 2001,’ I remind him
April 17 · 6 min
‘Sorcha, I don’t need ChatGPT to tell me how to talk to my daughter and the girl she’s seeing’
We’re going on a double date with Honor and her new girlfriend, Nicola – and Sorcha is up to 90
April 10 · 7 min
‘Potatoes au gratin? My old dear used to say they’re for people with money but no class’
I make a big point of not touching it, mainly out of respect to my old dear’s memory, the drunken trout
April 3 · 5 min
We’re driving through Donnybrook and Sorcha shouts ‘Stop!’
Sorcha’s in tears and looking in the window – because the place is, I’m just going to come out and say it, gone
March 27 · 6 min
‘Ross,’ Sorcha goes, ‘we’re not going to Dubai. We cancelled because of the war.’ I’m there, ‘What war?’ and I genuinely mean it
Ross and Sorcha are off on holiday without the kids for a week
March 20 · 6 min
‘We’re losing, like, 32-0. The Blackrock first years are taking us aport’
My three sons, who I had to pay to play – a grand each, seeing as you’re asking – are the worst players on the pitch
March 13 · 6 min
‘I’m so full of myself this morning that I’m actually making myself sick’
I’ve never been more chillaxed approaching a big game

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