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He is best known for his stand-up career, hosting The Tommy Tiernan Show —present and playing Gerry in the sitcom Derry Girls — Tiernan was born in Carndonagh , County Donegal in , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the son of a mother from County Limerick and a father from County Kerry. Tiernan has appeared several times on The Late Late Show. In " Going to America ", the final episode of the clerical sitcom Father Ted , Tiernan plays a young priest.

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In the Channel 4 sitcom Small Potatoes , Tiernan took the lead role of Ed Blewitt, an underachiever who works in an east London video rental shop. It ran for 13 episodes over 2 seasons, ending in Speaking about his role, Tiernan said, "I've always wanted to have loads of craic on the radio. What better way to have a mountain of devilment than to do a show with my best friend.

In , some families of people with Down syndrome complained about a routine in Tiernan's act about people with the condition. An appearance on The Late Late Show in led to complaints about Tiernan's jokes involving a methadone user, Eastern European immigrant accents, buying a motorbike from an injured biker, and a film idea about "gay Traveller spacemen" seeking a cure for gayness, eight of which were upheld by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission.

He responded by making remarks about the Holocaust and Jews and the death of Christ. Fucking Christ-killing bastards. Fucking six million? I would have got 10 or 12 million out of that. No fucking problem! Fuck them.