Comic keeps his beard trimmings

Ardal O’Hanlon has confessed to keeping his beard trimming.

The comic was branded a ‘psychopath’ by presenter Tim Lovejoy after making the confession on Sunday Brunch.

‘I don't know if other people do this,’ he confessed. ‘I possibly have the biggest collection of beard trimmings in the world

O’Hanlon said he started his unusual collection the he was ‘doing a play a number of years ago and I had this huge bushy beard’.

‘I'm not that manly, it took me a long time to grow it, and I felt it would be an awful waste when I finished the play to just discard the filings. 

‘So I kept it in a little vial and I labelled it, this reminded me of my character in the play.

‘And since then, when I have a decent beard ... it seems like such a waste!"

Fellow guest Seann Walsh suggested: ‘You should use it to stuff pillows!’

Published: 2 Feb 2026