Tommy Tiernan announces comedy show in Roscommon

Comedian and chat show host Tommy Tiernan will perform a live comedy show in Roscommon next March.

The 'Work in Progress' Shows will be unrehearsed, unfinished and as always unpredictable. The show will take place in Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday, March 22.

Tickets for these show will cost €28 and will go on on sale next Tuesday, February 6 on Ticketmaster and from local venue box offices.

Tommy has previously performed sold-out shows in Athlone on numerous occasions and has strong family connections to the town.

Tommy's uncle is the former Roscommon County Council Manager, John Tiernan, whose daughter; Eleanor (Tommy's cousin) is a popular comedian on television in Ireland and the UK.

Tommy's great-grandfather was the late Frank Flanagan, who was postmaster at the old Athlone sub-post office on Mardyke Street.

Mr Flanagan's daughter, Mary, was Tommy’s grandmother. Tommy’s grandfather came from Mayo and worked in the Irish Land Commission and was based in Athlone.

Tommy spent some of his early life in Athlone and briefly went to school in the Marist.