Tommy Tiernan (born 16 June 1969) is an Irish comedian, actor and writer. He and Hector Ó hEochagáin presented The Tommy and Hector Show on i102-104FM. Tiernan also featured in Father Ted as Fr. Kevin.
[on his 'Stray Sod' tour] There's stuff about family and religion and all that, but a lot of the curiosities in the show are about being Irish, and what it means to be Irish. I guess maybe I'm turning into a folk act. If Buffy Sainte-Marie can come to small-town Ireland and sing songs on the Native-American modern Canadian experience, then there's hope for me.
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I've noticed there's an obedience with a theatre crowd. It's a formal event, practically. [But on hotel gigs] people feel more confident and they're more boisterous. There's just better energy in them. You're there to make them laugh. You can talk about whatever you want, as long as it's funny. It's more of a marketplace kind of standup. More like standing on a few fruit crates and trying to get the attention of passersby in downtown Marrakesh. I prefer that.
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As of 2005 he and fellow Navan man Dylan Moran are the only So you Think Your Funny Winners to go on to win The Perrier award during its entire 25 year run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. As of 2006 they will be the only ones to do so under the name of the Perrier. It will now become known as the If.Comeddie Awards.
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Both his live DVDs Tommy Tiernan Live, and Tommy Tiernan Cracked have gone double platinum in Ireland
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Jazz fan who bought a saxophone but had to give up lessons because of his touring
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When he won the 1998 Perrier Award he beat out stiff competition from two other highly successful comedians. They were Peter Kay & Ed Byrne.
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He was the winner of the 1996 So you think you are funny.
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In 1998 he made his first appearence on The Late Late Show in Ireland. He caused such outrage with his sketch on the Crucifixion that many angry protesters arrived at R.T.E Studios to protest, before the show had finished. Tiernan was told not to go outside for his own saftey and was stuck inside the studios for a couple of hours.
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He started doing stand up comedy at the G.P.O club in Galway City, Ireland. He still does gigs there on occasions as a compere.
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He resides in Galway City, Co. Galway, Ireland. [2005]
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In a 10 minute documentary called the London Interview, he revealed that the only extravagant thing he has purchased with his wealth was a Pool table.
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When growing up in Navan, Co. Meath he used to spend his free time playing pool. He still plays today because it is a form of relaxation because he does not have to think while playing.
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Attended the same high school as fellow Irish comedian Dylan Moran.
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He has three children, Dylan, Jacob and Eve, by three different women.
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He won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 1998 and the British Comedy Award for `Best Stand Up' in the same year.