Damo and Ivor

Damo Whelan and Ivor Itchdaddy are caricatures played by Andrew 'Andy' Quirke who takes on the twin personas of skanger Damo and D4 Ivor. The characters represent the northside-southside Dublin divide.{{cite news|url=http://www.broadsheet.ie/2011/04/27/damo-ivor-number-1-on-the-itune-charts/|title=Damo & Ivor: Number 1 On The iTune Charts|work=Broadsheet.ie|date=27 April 2011|accessdate=27 May 2011|archive-date=2 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502022832/http://www.broadsheet.ie/2011/04/27/damo-ivor-number-1-on-the-itune-charts/|url-status=live}} The character of Damo, a colloquialism of the names Damon, Damian, or Damien originated in a Bebo video called Skanger me Banger, a satire of the MTV show Pimp My Ride, set in inner city Dublin.{{cite web|url=http://gombeennation.blogspot.com/2011/04/everybodys-drinkin-by-damo-and-ivor-and.html|title=Everybody's drinkin by Damo and Ivor|website=Gombeen Nation|date=29 April 2011|accessdate=27 May 2011|archive-date=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817092522/http://gombeennation.blogspot.com/2011/04/everybodys-drinkin-by-damo-and-ivor-and.html|url-status=live}}

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• Andy Quirke as Damo Whelan, Ivor Itchdaddy
• Ruth McCabe as Grano
• Lewis Magee as Spuddy
• Alan Ford as Edward Itchdaddy
• Norma Sheahan as Victoria Itchdaddy
• Rik Mayall as Alister Itchdaddy
• Eimear Morrissey as Tracey Rooney
• Hannah Crowley as Sarah-Jane
• Paul Roe as Flemo
• Enda Oates as Garda PJ
• Rory Fleck Byrne as Liam Delaney
• Francis Magee as Bricko
• Jules Coll as DJ Deirdre
• Graeme Singleton as Lockjaw Jason
• Tom O'Mahony as Tarquin
• David Crowley as Oisin
• Damien Kearney as Garda Fergal

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The song and video, "Everybody's Drinkin'" debuted on Republic of Telly, a TV review and magazine programme on Irish public broadcaster, RTÉ Two. This was aided by the video, which cost €2,470 to make, going viral on YouTube and gaining over 70,000 hits in under a week. The song which is a double-pronged attack on Dublin drinking culture{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/7775890.html|magazine=Hot Press|title=Is Damo and Ivor's viral hit on its way to the top of the Irish charts?|date=27 April 2011|accessdate=27 May 2011|archive-date=4 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604183416/http://www.hotpress.com/news/7775890.html|url-status=live}} resembles David Guetta's "Sexy Chick" and tells the story of a raucous night out from characters on both sides of the social divide. It features two contrasting Dublin stereotypes, which ends in each "getting shitfaced". It debuted at number six in the Irish Charts in April 2011 and has been compared to The Rubberbandits' "Horse Outside" which was also featured on Republic of Telly.{{cite web|url=http://www.joe.ie/entertainment/entertainment-news/video-is-damo-and-ivors-everybodys-drinkin-the-new-horse-outside-0011754-1|website=Joe.ie|title=Is Damo and Ivor's Everybody's Drinkin' the new Horse Outside|date=27 April 2011|accessdate=27 May 2011|archive-date=13 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313001200/http://www.joe.ie/entertainment/entertainment-news/video-is-damo-and-ivors-everybodys-drinkin-the-new-horse-outside-0011754-1|url-status=live}}

"Big Box Little Box" is the second single released by Damo and Ivor, released on 24 October 2011.{{Cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/big-box-little-box-single/id474554647 |title=Big Box Little Box - Single |author=Damo & Ivor |website=iTunes |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402213029/https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/big-box-little-box-single/id474554647 |url-status=dead }} It's the second released by the duo, from their album Epic Choons. A music video for the song was released on 23 October 2011, gaining over 1.7 million views.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211208/AaHXhKaM2kA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20111107054153/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaHXhKaM2kA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaHXhKaM2kA| title = Big Box Little Box by Damo & Ivor (Official Video) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

After the positive reception of Damo and Ivor on Republic of Telly, RTÉ Two commissioned a television show based on the duo. It follows the story of the identical twin brothers who were separated after birth. Their mother, unable to look after both of them, sells Ivor to a wealthy family in Foxrock, Dublin, while Damo is raised by his grandmother. Damo and Ivor began airing 16 September 2013 on RTÉ Two.{{cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/damoandivor/ |title=RTÉ television Damo and Ivor |accessdate=19 September 2013 |work=RTÉ News |date=5 September 2013 |archive-date=14 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914170738/http://www.rte.ie/tv/damoandivor/ |url-status=live }}

Irish singer-songwriter Damien O'Regan tried to sue the national broadcaster and Andrew Quirke for alleged copyright infringement over their use of the name "Damo" in the television show Damo and Ivor several days before it was set to air. He claimed he registered the name "Damo" with the Irish Patent Office several years beforehand and believed the infringement would damage the goodwill he had spent years building. He brought his case to the Irish High Court and requested an injunction. The show aired as planned and the case was dropped with O'Regan agreeing to waive any entitlements or rights to the name "Damo" as part of the Damo and Ivor concept.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/damo-ivor-high-court-challenge-resolved-29577625.html |title=Damo and Ivor High Court challenge resolved |accessdate=19 September 2013 |work=Irish Independent |date=13 September 2013 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921073508/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/damo-ivor-high-court-challenge-resolved-29577625.html |url-status=live }}

"Everybody's Drinkin'" has attracted some criticism with Michael O'Doherty of the Evening Herald calling it an "expensively produced, booze-sodden, bikini model-infested video homage to binge-drinking."{{cite news|url=http://www.herald.ie/opinion/michael-odoherty-dr-quirkey-heir-andy-seems-to-think-binge-drinking-is-a-subject-for-mirth-wrong-2632017.html|title=Dr Quirkey heir Andy seems to think binge drinking is a subject for mirth. Wrong|newspaper=Evening Herald|author=Michael O'Doherty|date=28 April 2011|accessdate=27 May 2011|archive-date=30 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430165821/http://www.herald.ie/opinion/michael-odoherty-dr-quirkey-heir-andy-seems-to-think-binge-drinking-is-a-subject-for-mirth-wrong-2632017.html|url-status=live}} The Irish National Parents Council Post Primary said: "The implication of this behaviour is being trivialised and glamorised without any cognisance of the danger to the lives of our young people" while Fionnuala Sheehan, chief executive of Drink Aware is quoted as saying "We are concerned about trends such as these because, the more people are exposed to images of excessive drinking, the more they normalise such behaviour."

• The Rubberbandits
• Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

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• [https://www.facebook.com/damoandivor Damo & Ivor on Facebook]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZJwC_vp-_Q "Everybody's Drinkin'"]

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