The Tommy Tiernan Show Thread - Mod warning, see OP

Very nice song

The producers of the TTS have selected some excellent folk-tinged acts over the run of the show. For my own part I can certainly say that the show put The Mary Wallopers, Lankum and Daoiri Farrell on my radar. Farrell's rendition of Creggan White Hare - it's one of those times where a performer just completely owns a song, a bit like Paul Brady's treatment of Arthur McBride.

Also heard of Jinx Lennon from the show. That particular performance probably divided opinion a bit more, but I found him different in a good way. Kind of an Irish Billy Bragg.

Ye Vagabonds

Is it just me or is this just pretentious bullshit waffle..

He is not looking too bad for 71

Must be the young wife keeping him healthy

He had a child at 67 ! Or 66?

I have a close friend and we discuss our emotions if there is something bothering us.

Maybe Gabriel lacks a close friend.

I don't like talking about people's appearences, but since I'm not saying negative...first thing I thought is that he looks younger than I remember seeing lately - I wonder if very subtle 'work' was done...but if not, all the better

This is a great interview with Gabriel Byrne. The quality of this compared to the Late Late Show is worlds apart.

That'd be a Tubridy question. If you've seen a good selection of his film's, that's his film career. He's asking about performance and motivations, that's more interesting by far.

Byrne definitely has that deep thinking actor vibe about him but one thing Ive always liked about him is his career, he was a secondary school teacher in Crumlin and didnt take up acting until the age of 30. Within 3 years of beginning acting he was working with Laurence Olivier and Richard Burton which is quite impressive for such a late starter.