Foil Arms and Hog in 2014 (from left): Sean Finegan, Sean Flanagan and Conor McKenna
Nationality
Irish
Alma mater
University College Dublin
Years active
2008—present
Genres
Sketch comedy
Members
Sean Finegan
Conor McKenna
Sean Flanagan
Website
www.foilarmsandhog.ie
YouTube information
Channel
Foil Arms and Hog
Years active
26 October 2008 – present
Genre
Comedy
Subscribers
931,000[1]
Total views
286 million[1]
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers
2017
Last updated: 15 November 2023
Foil Arms and Hog are an Irish sketch comedy group comprising Sean 'Foil' Finegan, Conor 'Arms' McKenna and Sean 'Hog' Flanagan.[2] The group performs on TV, radio, the stage, and online. The trio write, shoot, and edit a new sketch every week in their office, releasing it for YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram on IGTV.[3] Foil Arms and Hog do not have a specific genre, and make sketches that are often observational and occasionally topical.[4] Popular sketches released to YouTube include 'When Irish People Can't Speak Irish', 'An Englishman Plays Risk', 'WTF is Brexit', 'Countries Guess Who they Are' and 'How to Speak Dublin'.[5] Foil Arms and Hog also perform live shows, primarily in Ireland and the United Kingdom, but also in North America, Australia, and Europe. Since 2009 they have performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[4]
The group's name evolved from nicknames each of the members had for each other. Foil (Sean Finegan) is the comedy foil, Arms (Conor McKenna) is 'All arms and Legs' and Hog (Sean Flanagan) hogs the limelight.[6][4]
The group formed in 2008, after the trio met in the drama society at University College Dublin,[7] when they were studying architecture, genetics, and engineering, respectively. They were drawn together at first by a love of the TV show Father Ted and a common interest in comedy. This was at a time just after the financial crash, and the group say that it "was absolutely the best thing that could have happened. If the Celtic Tiger had still been going and all our mates were making shedloads of cash, we would have been under pressure to get proper jobs. But instead, we had the perfect excuse to play around for a while and see what happened."[4]
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^"Interview with Conor McKenna from Foil, Arms & Hog — LondonCalling.com". londoncalling.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ abcdLynch, Andrew (25 December 2016). "Meet comedy's three-headed monster - Foil, Arms & Hog put the 'ho ho ho' in Christmas". independent.ie. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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^"Foil, Arms and Hog are a comedy trio perfect for each other". Irish Examiner. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
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