Eleanor Tiernan: Being Tommy Tiernan's cousin is more help than hindrance, believe me

I'm supporting my first cousin on his UK comedy tour and I'm loving it

Eleanor Tiernan

“I have a few dates if you’re up for it?” says he. It was Tommy Tiernan calling to see if I’d be interested in supporting him on the remainder of his UK tour. The first part had been cut short by the pandemic in 2020 and he now had about 12 dates left to see out the rest of it. I’d be doing about 25 minutes on stage to get the audience warmed up before his show. I was more than up for it.

Tommy and I are first cousins so I won’t pretend there was any rigorous testing process in getting the gig. Despite having completely different styles, we are a good entertainment match though. He’s more of a loud howl at the moon while on stage I’m like a sneaky Russian spy slipping people laughs before they’ve even realised. I believe we have enough in common that people will enjoy a good night’s entertainment from us both.