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Tommy Tiernan is an Irish comedian, actor and writer, born 3 November 1970 in Carndonagh in County Donegal. Tiernan is well-known for his up-front take on the Catholic presence in Irish culture. His general style has been compared to that of the old style storytellers of Ireland, the Seanchai. Also reminiscent of this is his RTÉ TV programme, Supertramp, in which Tiernan walked across the length of Ireland, meeting people, shouting at them, collecting stories and performing shows along the way. Tommy Tiernan has broken all Irish box office records over and over again by selling out in venues across the country including a staggering current record of 150 dates in Dublin’s one thousand seat theatre, Vicar Street, received a jet-roar standing ovation from 4,500 people in The Marquee in Cork, and stormed The Letterman Show in New York. When
Tiernan left the stage of the 2004 Just For Laughs Gala, over 2,000
people were on their feet in a sustained ovation to acknowledge one of
the most extraordinary performances of stand-up in festival memory. So in time honored tradition, the festival organizers chose Tommy to return the following year for a solo run of his full one-man show Loose.
A real honor considering previous recipients include Bill Hicks and
Eddie Izzard. He performed seven shows, had seven sell-outs, and
received seven standing ovations. He was even asked to extend the run
an additional seven nights to try to meet the demand. This reaction not
only confirmed that his comedy travels well, but demonstrated why he is
now regarded as one of the top ten stand-up comedians in the English
speaking world.
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