Kevin McAleer

Kevin McAleer (born 1956) is an Irish professional stand-up comedian. He came to prominence on the RTÉ television show Nighthawks which began broadcasting in the late 1980s. McAleer became known for his three minute sketches of surreal rustic tales told in his slow County Tyrone drawl. One critic said that McAleer "put the dead back into deadpan". McAleer's most recent show is entitled "Chalk and Cheese". Kevin McAleer lives in the countryside of County Tyrone, five miles from Omagh, alongside his wife Valerie Whitworth and their three children, daughter Florence Whitworth and twins Louis and Josiah Whitworth. He believes his comic talents blossomed in the classroom and he lived in Barcelona, Spain for a period. In July 2009, McAleer...