Deirdre O'Kane will be joined by Mario Rosenstock, the Gift Grub creator who last year became the first Irish comedian to sell out the 3Arena

A 70-strong lineup of comedians will perform in 16 venues across Galway city and county, but the centre of activity will be Pálás Cinema.

Russell Howard will headline on the Saturday, while Katherine Ryan will headline the Sunday night

‘I’m really interested to see how it will go down with people around the world,’ Aisling Bea said of the Last One Laughing Ireland series.