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Tommy Tiernan
Tommy Tiernan

Tommy Tiernan

  • 55 years old
  • Irish
  • Stand-up comedian

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Best comedy shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016

What to find the biggest laughs, from Daniel Kitson at The Stand to James Acaster at Pleasance Courtyard

Brian Donaldson, The List, 1st July 2016

Review: QI series M, episode 9: messing with your mind

Tommy Tiernan, was the stand-out guest of the three, providing some memorable moments such as the difference between fact and truth, as demonstrated by the time he clearly remembers of his father dangling him off the side of a boat, or when he tried to spend one summer teaching a cat to play snap.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 3rd January 2016

Radio Times review

"Isn't there a difference between fact and truth?" asks Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan, threatening to toplle 12 years of QI trivia quizzery in one fell swoop. "I would remember stuff from my childhood that my father says didn't happen - but there's truth in memory."

In other words, can a fake memory be "real" if we believe it to be true and it says something about our lives? Luckily, QI doesn't go too far down this rabbit hole, but it's one of many philosophical issues raised in this mind-themed episode. Though, be warned - if you believe in love at first sight, you might get a rude awakening...

Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 23rd December 2015

Comedian of the month #19: Eleanor Tiernan

This month's Comedian Of The Month is the ever articulate and artistically mature Eleanor Tiernan, a comic who is particularly recognisable on the stand up circuit as a result of her time spent supporting acts such as Tommy Tiernan, Stewart Lee, Reginald D Hunter, Ardal O'Hanlon and Jason Byrne.

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 2nd September 2015

Tommy Tiernan on taking on improv

'It was like being taken from the zoo and being abandoned in the Amazon'

Tommy Tiernan, The List, 10th August 2015

Review: Tommy Tiernan, Soho Theatre

Delightful devilment from the Irishman.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 15th June 2015

Tommy Tiernan review

The wild-eyed philosopher of love and life ruminates dangerously on everything from erectile dysfunction to the failings of capitalism.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 11th June 2015

Tommy Tiernan, Soho Theatre review

I'm not even sure if this grizzled Irishman counts as a stand-up any more, says Bruce Dessau.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 11th June 2015

Tommy Tiernan on fame, fortune, family and controversy

"Ireland is - and I mean this in the most positive sense - we're peasants," says Tommy Tiernan. "Even rich people in Ireland are peasants - rich peasants - and you can tell this from how they spend their money."

R. Garratt, The National (Scotland), 24th March 2015

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