Story
<p>Well, somehow we pulled it off: 100 comedians in 12 hours in aid of <a title="Mencap Northern Ireland" href="http://www.mencap.org.uk/northern-ireland/about-mencap-northern-ireland">Mencap Northern Ireland</a>! You can read my write-up of the event on <a title="here" href="http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/4846/comedy-review-mirthathon-2012">Culture Northern Ireland</a>, and here's a list of the acts who performed (#s 86-100 were members of the audience dragged up to tell a gag each):<br><br><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;">#1 Garry Elliot</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><br><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;">#2 Aedin Darmody<br>#3 Terry McHugh<br></span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span class="textexposedshow">#4 Niall Collins<br></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;">#5 Ciarán Bartlett<br>#6 Micky Bartlett</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><br><span class="textexposedshow">#7 Luke McGibbon<br></span><span class="textexposedshow">#8 Paul Crowley<br></span><span class="textexposedshow">#9 Peter E Davidson</span><br><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;">#10 Bobby Best<br>#11 Ryan O Donnell<br>#12 Conor Tolan<br>#13 Michael Kennedy<br>#14 Liam Norris</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><br><span class="textexposedshow">#15 Walter Rocher</span><br><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;">#16 Hotrod McCaughan<br>#17 Danny O'Hanlon</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><br><span class="textexposedshow">#18 Kenny Gaughan</span><br><span class="textexposedshow">#19 John O' Hare</span><br><span class="textexposedshow">#20 Johnny Graham</span><br><span class="textexposedshow">#21 Connor McDonough-Flynn</span><br><span class="textexposedshow">#22 Ruaidhrí Ward</span><br><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;">#23 Victoria E Armstrong<br>#24 Neil Woodside<br>#25 Harry Stilton<br>#26 Colin Geddis<br>#27 JD Duddy<br>#28 Leigh Stirrup<br>#29 Séamus Fox<br>#30 Fintan Harvey</span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><br><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial;">#31 Graeme Watson<br>#32 Gary Croft<br>#33 George Quinn<br>#34 Adam Cullen<br>#35 Sean Sheridan<br>#36 James Curran<br>#37 Bekka McCloskey<br>#38 Paul McCarron<br>#39 Finbar Magee<br>#40 Anto Barrett<br>#41 Adam Laughlin<br>#42 Morgan Hearst<br>#43 Lauren Kerr<br>#44 Maria Boyle<br>#45 Barry Mack<br>#46 Kevin Goldsmith<br>#47 Matthew Collins<br>#48 Frank Rafferty<br>#49 Rory McSwiggan<br>#50 Shane Todd<br>#51 Paddy Mc Gaughey<br>#52 Geo Show<br>#53 Kieran Mena<br>#54 Ryan Hand<br>#55 Michael McConkey<br>#56 Alan Burns<br>#57 Jason O’Neill<br>#58 Linda Meehan<br>#59 Christian Talbot<br>#60 Rhaps Tea<br>#61 Evan Morrow<br>#62 Colm Tyrrell<br>#63 Gary White<br>#64 Gary Lynch<br>#65 Mark Cahill<br>#66 Michael Porter<br>#67 Andy Hamilton<br>#68 Brian Muir<br>#69 Scott Ferguson<br>#70 Shane Horan<br>#71 Kevin Doyle<br>#72 Tina Kelly<br>#73 David Maguire<br>#74 Su Jo<br>#75 Marc McElroy<br>#76 Dave Elliott<br>#77 Johnny McCarthy</span><br>#78 Alan Irwin<br>#79 Ronan Linskey<br>#80 Darren Matthews<br>#81 Anne-Marie Mullan<br>#82 Ruairi Woods<br>#83 Terri Rust<br>#84 Andrew Johnston<br>#85 Paddy McDonnell<br><br></span>We raised £688.50 on the day, but I'm hoping to bump that up to a grand through this page. So, make with the moolah!</p>