Irish comedian Ed Byrne's joke about his kids voted among best at the Edinburgh Fringe

IRISH funnyman Ed Byrne is going down a storm at Edinburgh Fringe with his new show 'Spoiler Alert'.

As an observational stand-up, the Dublin native regularly draws upon his own experiences as a husband and dad for his gags – and now a joke about his kids has been voted one of the Fringe's best for 2017.

Now in its 10th year, 'Dave's Joke of the Fringe' scours the Scottish festival every year to reward the best punchline.

This year's funniest was from Ken Cheng, who poked fun at the new £1 coin:

...and here's the man himself Mr Ken Cheng (@supermarkliu) with his winning joke. #JokeOfTheFringe pic.twitter.com/f16UaJbEaZ

— Dave (@davechannel) August 22, 2017

Here are the 15 funniest jokes from Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017...

1. "I'm not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change." - Ken Cheng

2. "Trump's nothing like Hitler. There's no way he could write a book." - Frankie Boyle

3. "I've given up asking rhetorical questions. What's the point?" - Alexei Sayle

4. "I'm looking for the girl next door type. I'm just gonna keep moving house till I find her." - Lew Fitz

5. "I like to imagine the guy who invented the umbrella was going to call it the 'brella'. But he hesitated." - Andy Field

6. "Combine Harvesters. And you'll have a really big restaurant." - Mark Simmons

7. "I'm rubbish with names. It's not my fault, it's a condition. There's a name for it..." - Jimeoin

 

The countdown to Dave's #JokeOfTheFringe has begun here's @MrEdByrne at 8. pic.twitter.com/o5l4iyvUaZ

— Dave (@davechannel) August 22, 2017

8. "I have two boys, 5 and 6. We're no good at naming things in our house." - Ed Byrne

9. "I wasn't particularly close to my dad before he died... which was lucky, because he trod on a land mine." - Olaf Falafel

10. "Whenever someone says, 'I don't believe in coincidences.' I say, 'Oh my God, me neither!"' - Alasdair Beckett-King

11. "A friend tricked me into going to Wimbledon by telling me it was a men's singles event." - Angela Barnes

12. "As a vegan, I think people who sell meat are disgusting; but apparently people who sell fruit and veg are grocer." - Adele Cliff

13. "For me dying is a lot like going camping. I don't want to do it." - Phil Wang

14. "I wonder how many chameleons snuck onto the Ark." - Adam Hess

15. "I went to a Pretenders gig. It was a tribute act." - Tim Vine