''The Twelve Days of Christmas'' is a comedy album written by Paul Howard as part of the

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is a satirical fictional Irish character, a wealthy South County Dublin rugby union jock created by journalist Paul Howard. The character first appeared in a January 1998 column in the ''Sunday Tribune'' newspaper and late ...

series. The title is a reference to a Christmas song of the same name. The project was the idea of Richard Cook. The CD tells the story of the run-up to Ross's Christmas. It stars

Risteárd Cooper Risteárd Cooper (; born February 1969) is an Irish actor, comedian, singer and writer and is one third of comedy trio '' Après Match''. Cooper attended St Michael's College, Ballsbridge. He joined the National Youth Theatre aged 16. On leavin ...

(as Ross),

Lisa Lambe Lisa Lambe is an Irish singer, actress,songwriter and folklorist. Acting career Lisa graduated with a degree in acting from Trinity College Dublin. She was nominated for a Best Actress Award at the Irish Times Theatre Awards for her performan ...

(as Sorcha), Mark Lambert, Helen Norton,

Tara Flynn Tara Flynn is an Irish actress and writer. Career Flynn has written three satirical books: ''You're Grand: The Irishwoman's Secret Guide to Life'', ''Giving Out Yards: The Art of Complaint, Irish Style'' and ''Rage-In: Trolls and Tribulations of ...

, Rory Keenan, Karen Ardiff and Paul Howard. Lambe would later play Sorcha in the stage versions of ''RO'CK'': Howard said "Everyone on the CD was great but she was the stand-out. She completely got who Sorcha was."

Track listing

References

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly 2005 albums 2000s comedy albums {{comedy-album-stub