Foil Arms and Hog
{{short description|Irish sketch comedy group}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| caption = Foil Arms and Hog in 2014 (from left):
Sean 'Foil' Finegan, Sean 'Hog' Flanagan and Conor 'Arms' McKenna
| nationality = Irish
| alma_mater = University College Dublin
| active = 2008—present
| genre = Sketch comedy
| current_members = {{ublist|Sean Finegan|Conor McKenna|Sean Flanagan}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.foilarmsandhog.ie}}
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| years_active = 2008–present
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Foil Arms and Hog are an Irish sketch comedy group comprising Sean 'Foil' Finegan, Conor 'Arms' McKenna and Sean 'Hog' Flanagan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.foilarmsandhog.ie/bio/|title=About|website=Foil Arms & Hog|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-21|archive-date=8 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208103833/http://www.foilarmsandhog.ie/bio/|url-status=dead}} The group has performed on TV, radio, the stage, and online. The trio write, shoot, and edit a new sketch every week in their office, releasing it on Thursdays for YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram on IGTV.{{Cite web|url=http://londoncalling.com/features/interview-with-conor-mckenna-from-foil-arms-hog|title=Interview with Conor McKenna from Foil, Arms & Hog — LondonCalling.com|website=londoncalling.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-21|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222112138/http://londoncalling.com/features/interview-with-conor-mckenna-from-foil-arms-hog|url-status=dead}} Foil Arms and Hog do not have a specific genre, and make sketches that are often observational and occasionally topical. 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', 'When Meetings are No Longer Online' and 'How to Speak Dublin'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/foilarmsandhog/videos?sort=p&view=0&flow=grid|title=Foil Arms and Hog|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2019-08-02}} 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.
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/foil-arms-and-hog-are-a-comedy-trio-perfect-for-each-other-387802.html|title=Foil, Arms and Hog are a comedy trio perfect for each other|date=17 March 2016|work=Irish Examiner|access-date=21 February 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/meet-comedys-three-headed-monster-foil-arms-hog-put-the-ho-ho-ho-in-christmas-35311419.html|title=Meet comedy's three-headed monster - Foil, Arms & Hog put the 'ho ho ho' in Christmas|last=Lynch|first=Andrew|date=25 December 2016|website=independent.ie|language=en|access-date=21 February 2017}}
The group formed in 2008, after the trio met in the drama society at University College Dublin,{{cite web|url=http://www.foilarmsandhog.ie/bio/|title=About - Bio|publisher=Foil Arms and Hog|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208103833/http://www.foilarmsandhog.ie/bio/|archivedate=8 December 2016}} 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 2008 financial crisis, 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."