Tommy Tiernan to perform in Athlone later this year

Comedian Tommy Tiernan will be bringing his 'Tomfoolery' tour to Athlone later this year.

The Navan native's show at the Dean Crowe Theatre on Saturday, December 3, was announced this morning.

Tickets, priced €35, went on sale online at 10am and are available from the venue's box office from noon today.

The tour will feature another Westmeath show on September 29 in the Mullingar Park Hotel.

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

"As a tribe, the Tiernans of Athlone are very important to me," he said on RTÉ in 2020.

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.

Tickets for his show in the Dean Crowe Theatre are on sale here.