Dave Callan Dave Callan David Gerard Callan (born 20 September 1975 in Dundalk, Ireland) is a comedian based in Melbourne, Australia. Up until 2010 he worked as a Triple J disc jockey. Callan was born in Dundalk, Ireland, and arrived in Australia in 1990, aged 15. He spent part of his teenage years in Perth where he attended Chisholm Catholic College. Callan hosted the mid-dawn shift at Triple J on Sundays from 1am to 6am for most of 2005, until it was discontinued. He continued to host the Triple J show "Pirate Radio" from 6pm until 9pm on Saturday evenings. The show
Michael Feeney Callan collection, "Fifty Fingers" (which includes his first poem, "Barbara"), was published in 2003. His second volume of poetry, "An Argument for Sin", was published in 2013. Callan describes the work as "a memoir in poetry, much influenced by Yeats' "A Vision" and Poe's ""." The book comprises poems written between 2003 and 2013. Callan won the Hennessy Literary Award for his short story, "Baccy", and was anthologised in "Best Irish Short Stories" (Elek, London, 1978). Thereafter he diversified widely, publishing fiction and non-fiction. Callan wrote a series of British television adaptation novels of differing genres, including "Capital City" (ITV), "Target: