Tommy Tiernan on being racist with the Travellers

Part of the 'Out Of The WhirlWind' tour 2016. Recorded at 'The Gilded Balloon' in Edinburgh.

[@GaunterODimm2]

I'm a funny and I found this traveller.

[@rphanmurphy8385]

Hahaha!!!

[@firebolt100]

Funny, I'm a found traveller and I this!

[@stephenfarrelly1602]

Hahaha

[@aaluak4746]

I thought I was seeing things😂😂

[@orls9068]

Hahaha

[@williestokes1421]

Listen up every one im a traveller and i found this funny thats the meaning of stand up comedy you have to not care what you say once it has a punch line and its pointless watching comedy if your easily offended

[@jamefox2898]

Willie Stokes an you are not a traveler

[@kookiesjams1354]

Jame Fox sure he's a stokes

[@seanburns4205]

Willie Stokes well said mate!!!

[@timothygraham4304]

@@jamefox2898 Who is a traveller these days? They are either in houses or in a site that they have no intention of leaving.

[@martinmcd9162]

Shows what's wrong with ireland. Tommy tiernan is a racist typical irish man.

[@ianinvan]

Irish comedians ... 'amongst the best. 'But prepare yourself for understanding every 15th word. Love, Tommy, love.

[@Convolutedtubules]

That's what makes them the best.

[@greatunwashed1856]

Thirty years ago travellers tarmacked my drive, they nicked my watering can, I’ve never got over it. I didn’t get any white bits either.

[@xincz_spl1tzz780]

Fucking scums

[@nomaidens5734]

How could they steal your precious water can...

[@rudmanpaul2812]

Has yr drive peeled up yet?🤗

[@greatunwashed1856]

das uberkät , I moved before it did.😱

[@VelvetMetrolink]

Should have worn a bikini. That'll give you white bits.

[@Fingerpopper]

Damn I wish the rest of his performance was here. That was great.

[@williefinn4932]

tommy sails close to the wind with his humour...slightly mad...very irish..always on the edge....that`s part of his charm....good and bad moments.

[@Michael-mh2tw]

No bad moments at all

[@roryenright1768]

This is my favourite bit of stand up ever - it’s perfectly crafted!!

[@emmcatherine1460]

No harm intended to anyone by this fella. It is comedy and every one should lighten up. Real life is so so very horrible at times, and laughter is the best medicine for all. That is fact not fiction.

[@lmpoar]

Did you hear about the traveller wedding? The groom runs to his father and says, "Dad, my bride to be has just confessed to me she's still a virgin. What shall I do?" The father says, "Don't touch her, son. If she's not good enough for her own family, she's not good enough for ours."

[@patrickcarr8811]

Nan thats fucking disgusting

[@jh8353]

fucking brilliant

[@mattevans923]

Nan It might surprise your ignorant brain, but Travelling and Gypsy folk have better morals than many another people when it comes to monogamous relationships between a husband and a wife, take your ignorance and arrogance elsewhere !

[@brianc4594]

The jokes on you and your soiled soul. A traveler is one of the last people to commit sexual sin. Adultery is very rare among them, and homosexuality also almost unheard of. By and large they are morally healthier than many other communities.

[@dunruden9720]

My grandfather fell out of his cradle laughing at that one.

[@seanspawn7805]

Brilliant Tommy. l heard this sketch years ago and hearing it again l laughed my arse off again.

[@roadwarrior4376]

im a traveller and this is gas. good man tommy

[@sugarsean5866]

Roadwarrior 43 Hes about as funny as an abortion

[@jungleninja8415]

@Roland Deschain are you raised in Ireland ? I mean he's pretty funny to me

[@bothi00]

@@sugarsean5866 so pretty hilarious?

[@adamwolf2376]

all travelers look the same

[@Spoofkill]

You're not a "Traveller" look at that spelling! You even used a full stop! Liar I say!

[@GENFX303]

When you're Irish, you don't find ANY joke offensive.... even when it's about your own mother. (I hope me Ma is not Subbed.... 🙏)

[@ianest]

That's not true I've seen many people on Facebook take real offence at famine jokes or Bobby Sands joke. I'm not saying those jokes are funny just saying that lots of Irish people find them very offensive

[@GENFX303]

@@ianest Well, you said it yourself, you read it on Facebook, so it doesn't count.

[@ianest]

@@GENFX303 yeah people on my friend list that I know from school etc

[@dublindave78]

@Billy McCarthy ... You're right. The only people that should be allowed to make jokes about genocide, are those that have suffered loss from it. For example, i am allowed to make jokes about the holocaust, because my Grandad died in a concentration camp in 1944. He fell out of a guard tower.

[@GENFX303]

@Billy McCarthy Calm TF Down now, Holy Lampin Jayzus...

[@Sameoldfitup]

“I don't know what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be,and feel alone.” Daniel Keyes.

[@edbredin6406]

I saw this gig in Christmas 2018 onTV. Never thought of Tommy but this was so funny. The rest of the joke was belly laugh. Pity the whole gig wasn't on KZbin

[@highfunctioningsociopath4761]

I thought this was hilarious, and I'm a pretend traveller too.

[@franciestokes3195]

I'm a traveller I was in stitches when I watched this 😂😂🇮🇪☘️

[@patricklawrence3282]

Anthony mitchell eat my shite

[@jessicasarahliddell8883]

@Anthony Mitchell maybe they got mobile data package 🤷‍♀️

[@edbredin6406]

@Anthony Mitchell that's even funnier 🤣 than Tommy

[@deadkemper]

"ahhh are you a racist now Ted ?"

[@monicamann4438]

Good for you tommy, cause ur right still love you dub fan xxx

[@drewpeacock8709]

I slept in a tent once for a few days, it's tough the traveller lifestyle! I did get my fire lighting badge though.

[@loudloveen]

1:42 is exactly how they sound to me. I find they're not big fans of foreigners. I say this based on my interactions with traveller children at playgrounds. There wasn't much respect coming my way.

[@terenceholt49]

If u mean by not fans of foriegners they dont socialise with non travellers very often ... why would they ? As you no doubt have read on these posts they are subjected to vile abuse and bigotry by all these keyboard warriors . Your comment is akin to saying these black people dont seem to want to intergrate with the KKK .

[@halinabonbon9936]

I agree totally. The joke may be funny, but dealing with travellers is not funny at all!

[@benharnett8432]

Halina Bonbon yeah they’re cunts

[@greywolf187]

Since when were travellers a race?

[@kookiesjams1354]

greywolf 18 since a long time

[@unmea69l8er]

greywolf 18 the only race they are is white European.

[@unmea69l8er]

Yawns, yes I know that but it still doesn't make them a race of their own and btw, the current UK govt plan to strip them of their minority status which the stupid Labour govt gave them and I can't wait for the day.

[@regankelly7903]

@2manynegativewaves being Irish is an ethnicity tho

[@adammcilwaine2870]

@2manynegativewaves half isnt irish ya dope

[@petitmu7702]

he's spot on and hilarious to me

[@eme1468]

How is he spot on?

[@eme1468]

ed china are you serious? What facts do you base this on

[@eme1468]

ed china bullshit you are. What's your surname

[@greenlantern6603]

@ed china im not a fuckin racist my family isnt

[@marcrich176]

Tommy tiernan hasn't a racist hair on his head

[@swanningabout]

@crankylifter That's the joke

[@RexTheDinosaur1]

@@user-qc7ed4fx9l ethnic group isn't a race they're white.

[@Michael-mh2tw]

@@user-qc7ed4fx9l Not a race though - why can't we all treat eachother the same, make fun of eachother the same, joke about eachother the same, get along with eachother the same.

[@Michael-mh2tw]

@@user-qc7ed4fx9l People like yourself are the problem, always trying to find justifications to divide people on ethnicity or race or whatever it may be. They're Irish and that's that.

[@COV61]

Or a funny bone in his body!!!

[@karensotherdimwits4939]

Fair play to you Tommy for saying sorry. All travellers watching this will forgive you. Travellers have a sense of humour like everyone. But we just don't like racism and prejudice. I dont tell people I'm a traveller straightaway when I meet them. This is out of a fear of discrimination. If there were more people (especially in Ireland) who were willing to at least hear travellers out and give them a chance, we would all feel better. There are good travellers out there. I do recognise that there are groups of travellers who commit crime for a living though. These travellers give the rest of us a bad name. All I would ask is that people recognise that there is a majority of good travellers out there. Those who commit crime for a living should be put where they belong-prison. They should not be put with the rest of us.

[@COOLMCDEN]

Edward Lawrence exactly we can recognize not all settled Irish are racist or hate us why can’t they realize we’re not all criminals. If there is definitely one thing they’re right about is the homophobia I only really know 2 or 3 travelers who aren’t homophobic.

[@Bran_Redmaw]

It's because to the settled population the Travellers that they most often come into contact with are the ones who are robbing and thieving and who see scamming old people out of their savings as a way of life. I know some lovely Travellers who live on sites but they go out and work hard and don't let people know they're Travellers for the reasons you've just stated so all people see is the bad. I once tried to challenge my prejudice and bought a car from a traveller run 2nd hand car place. The car was broken within a week no refund available. I respect you for the comments you've made it's time the good decent travellers stood up and showed people not all are bad.

[@Bran_Redmaw]

@Anthony Mitchell I'm not entirely sure it is a race. Romany Gypsy is but as far as I'm aware Irish Traveller is just living in a caravan off grid. Although telling people they're racist when they catch you on the rob is a great way of distracting people.

[@RexTheDinosaur1]

@@Bran_Redmaw Roma is race and travelers are White people that choose to live how they do. My ancestors did not, if they did not keep moving they were killed because they looked different. However Travelers they could go out there and not tell people that they are and nobody would freaking know because they're white. They look like any other Irishmen.

[@RexTheDinosaur1]

Nobody can be a f****** racist against a traveler you're white. They can be prejudiced against you for not having a lot of money they can do that with any poor person. But you're not a freaking race. My people the Roma people are a fucken race. Your ancestors start being normatec because they wanted to. My ancestors had no choice. If they stayed in one place too long they were killed. We're constantly being denied work in other countries and housing. Where is you not tell anybody that you're descended of an Irish traveler and nobody would freaking no because you don't have to worry about it.

[@Warrior6504]

I can’t believe how brave travellers are when 3 of them that where camped on the local football field/ kids play area with multiple other travellers and decided to tear up the field in a van and when my 73 year old farther asked them to stop they threatened him and told him to mind his own business. Well it was his business he and many other people pay taxes for parks and other nice places for them to camp and crap up the place. Before this I didn’t mind travellers but now I see them for what they are. Three men against one 73 year old wow you are really brave o and it cost the tax payer 45k to clean up after you all and the council workers had to clean up human crap from the tree line because you won’t use a toilet.

[@VelvetMetrolink]

So.... you used to like travellers, but now you don't like travellers (any of them, and there are millions) because of three of them. Surely you must hate everyone? You can't have gone through life without meeting 3 white cunts? We are ruled by hundreds of them? I've easily met three black guys who were cunts. And three brown people...

[@NegativeAccelerate]

Sun Wukong it sounds like you haven’t met any travelers. I’m sure there do exist some travelers that go to college, but every traveler I’ve ever known has been kinda dumb, dropped out of school, no job, stole something from me, extremely rude and very uncaring about the well-being of others. Every single one. I have met intelligent respectable black/white/brown people but not a single traveler. I went to primary school with travelers. The only traveler that wasn’t in the special class was someone I tried to be friends with. I found her funny and she was below average in school but not as bad as an average traveler. Anyways, long story short, she kept stealing from me. Even the most respectable traveler I knew stole from me and lied about it when questioned by a teacher with proof. I do judge people by their personality and if there was a traveler who made it to uni I’d 100% like to be friends with them. However, I’d never respect anyone who was that rude or that uneducated no matter what race they are.

[@Warrior6504]

Sun Wukong if you read what I put it says I didn’t mind them not that I liked them. The thing is if I stole a caravan I would get fined and most probably prison but if a traveler stole one then there’s nothing the police can do because they are living in it and they can’t remove them. Plus stealing pet dogs so they can get some quick cash because they’ve entered it into a dog fight. I’m sorry but I’m tarring them all with the same brush. And while I’m on the subject two of them in a tipper truck cut me up in traffic yesterday and all I got from them is a fuck off so yes I hate them all with a passion. They are a waste of heart and lungs.

[@openheimervonbismark9857]

@@NegativeAccelerate thanks for the laugh😂

[@openheimervonbismark9857]

@Willem Chastity its all this minority pity shit that and racism bull crap that they are taking advantage of we all need to treat each other the same no special treatment then you won't get criminals

[@coletteconroy]

not a huge fan by any means but when I watched this on TV , I was in tears laughing !

[@Nautilus1972]

I think he does the traveller very well.

[@evanenglish9551]

Nautilus1972 I thought your profile pic was jesus

[@kookiesjams1354]

No he doesn't, he trying to Make a laugh of travellers, we aren't all the same

[@barrynbreen]

@@kookiesjams1354 as someone who lived beside them all my life and different families, he has it bang on accurate

[@denmac19]

Wait! That's the Derry Girls father! I didn't know he was a standup. Is he big in Ireland? Being American, I don't know much about him.

[@torylanez5809]

Yuppa he is 😂

[@samantharennison6381]

Irelands best comedian. Try Dylan Moran too. You'll love them.

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Look up his cameo in a Father Ted episode. I think he's the priest that Ted coaxes down from a window ledge, only for the guy's depression to re-emerge from listening to the latest song by Radiohead on a coach journey

[@jamescleary4728]

Being American, I don’t know much.*^

[@liammeaney4227]

Despite my Irish father my american mother said the same thing to me and dad watching one of his sets

[@jameshall7218]

im a traveller and I found this funny

[@graham2458]

😂😂no your not. Travellers cant spell

[@pekerdalton]

I never heard of any travelers called ,hall or carr

[@patrickcarr8811]

pekerdalton if u go to galway or ennis then u will

[@mattevans923]

pekerdalton There are many Traveller names you would never have guessed where Traveller names....Simply because they have the same names as the people in Ireland and England.

[@alexflavin4201]

ur dead right

[@raleighburner1589]

I was in a Chinese takeaway and three travellers were ordering food talking in that fast accent and afterwards when the travellers left the Chinese person behind the counter looked at me and with a look of awful depression said uhh horrible people horrible people

[@localboys7449]

i work at one, and one of the women demanded a "spoice bahg" and my boss was so confused XD she explained what it was and he just said we dont serve that here!

[@debramoss2267]

I hope he meant the individuals. 🧐

[@fairplay914]

'Travellers' are Irish people who once travelled around Ireland. Recent DNA studies report they are no different to the 'settled population' of Irish people and they are NOT related to Romanian gypsy's etc. It was just once a way of life for Irish people who preferred to travel around Ireland looking for work etc. However they soon became a clan of people with their own quirks and in which the settled population took a dislike too, because of their apparent lose morals in regards to stealing and drunk-ness and parking up on private land etc. All the same what the settled population often forgot and still forget is that amongst them they've their own fair share of robbers and drunks by a country mile in comparison !!!! Irish 'travellers' are wholly Irish and should be embraced as such.

[@martinmcd9162]

Fair play: that's bullshit we've been around for almost 1000 years its been scientifically proven in 2016 look it up.

[@fairplay914]

@@martinmcd9162 It's bullshit? Mm! Recent DNA studies proved that Irish travellers are NOT immigrants to Ireland they are related to the settled native ingenious people and have been around 10,000 years. I assume your name is McDonough? or thereabouts? This is a variation of Donaghy, Donaghey, O'Donuhue earliest recordings have been in the 3rd century which makes 'travellers' being present in Ireland for at least 2 thousand years. I suggest that you check it up Martin. If the travellers are related to the Roma gypsy's then why is it that they all have IRISH/GAELIC forenames and surnames. They would have held onto their cultural Roma names as all emigrant disporia will and have done.

[@davecom3]

@@fairplay914 they also make up 0.6% of Ireland's population yet account for 15% of the prison population. Their way of life is circumventing the laws of the land.

[@RexTheDinosaur1]

@@fairplay914 you big eejit Travelers are not Roma. We're not related in any way. Your descendant of white people. I am not. We have nothing in common. You are not Roma. You're an Irish traveler which is completely f****** different. An Irish traveler can go out and pass like any other freaking white person in Ireland where is a true Roma who is not white cannot even half Roma's cannot pass necessarily all the time.

[@joshuataylor3550]

@@davecom3 or are they locked up for minor offences that others are given a slap on the wrist for?

[@madwilliamflint]

Dammit. Where's the rest. This goes on another few minutes.

[@thomasbroking7943]

It's a fine wide line between madness and insanity.

[@lindapersse89]

This is one of my favourite ever

[@mogheen]

Don’t think the travelers would get in an argument

[@irishcowboy42]

Fcukin fab, Tommy at his best..

[@madino]

Rubbish

[@kindnessfirst9670]

Here in America we can't figure out what the difference is between Traveller Irish and non Traveller Irish. Sort of like what I imagine a person in China would think about blacks and whites in the U.S.- "you're all just Americans to us"!

[@TheAyla2004]

They have an unique accent and limited surnames

[@kindnessfirst9670]

@@TheAyla2004 And how does that differ from the Travelers?

[@caitlynoreilly8631]

I'm a traveller and I find this funny😂😂

[@mikeymc3094]

Caitlyn O'Reilly Go Catty O. Am Scouse an I can’t open my mouth outside Liverpool without some clown wantin to tell me a Scouse joke an to be honest some are funny but u can bet iv already heard them THATS BECAUSE SCOUSERS ARE FAMOUS

[@samwalsh8299]

Caitlyn O'Reilly well, why don’t you do yourself a favour and get a job and settle.

[@ldvconvoy4063]

@@samwalsh8299 You sound like such a prick.How do you know she ain't got a job? Jealousy seams a big problem here

[@craigmcewan2762]

He’s morphing into bill murry😂

[@thenewlc]

I'd seen him on Derry Girls but didn't know his name. Now KZbin has led me here after I watched all 9 "Feckin Eejit" videos and let me tell you- I will put RESPECT on Tommy Tiernan's name from here on out. This was feckin hilarious.

[@MrRoz121]

Travellers aren’t a race they’re a community. So not racist.

[@MrRoz121]

Gypsy Rose Wallflower are the still not Caucasian from Ireland? They’re not a different race than settled Irish. They’re not their own race of people they still for the most part 100% Caucasian.

[@MrRoz121]

Gypsy Rose Wallflower regardless. They’re still white Caucasian Irish like the rest of us. They just have different cultures/traditions and choose to live on the road or sometimes settle. They’re not separate they’re still Caucasian Irish for the most part.

[@scotchbeef6078]

Was never a fan of tommy back in the day but his talent is abundent and obvious to me now. Funny guy.

[@wulfocrow5549]

I was racist against travelers until last week's fight.

[@samwalsh8299]

Gavin James Oh ffs, travellers are not a race! And also I’m from Ireland and travellers are the most ignorant violent people in Ireland. Obviously coming from themselves, they’ll say they’re not, but they set houses on fire, are nuisance to all decent people in Ireland, are a nuisance financially, taking social houses, social welfare, doing nothing except fighting, they’re not true Irish people, trust me 💚

[@samwalsh8299]

Cathal Ó Braonáin I’m from Ireland, and that comment is really racist. And no, i’m not a Protestant or a unionist... I’m just not racist. And yes, maybe when it comes to history, England did take over Ireland. But this is the present. And there has been much violence on both sides, English and Irish, Irish and English. Most of it is sectarianism though, but please don’t make statements like that, so untrue and racist.

[@scarlao]

@Gavin James: hilarious😐

[@torylanez5809]

@@samwalsh8299 my guy calm down that's some BS certain man r dickheads but like most of them are cool

[@torylanez5809]

@Cathal Ó Braonáin nah man we gotta let tha go the British are nice ppl on general besides it was only the royals and certain man who benefited from tha not the average British person we gotta give the British a break I love them

[@matthewdevitt6726]

I saw there house speeding down the m50

[@charleskidney4279]

It's tough being a comedian these days. He got in trouble for some Jew jokes a few years ago as well. I think it completely derailed his American career.

[@Brynwyn123]

It's not hard to just not be racist, though. Just don't say racist things.

[@duncefunce1513]

@@Brynwyn123 If only it were that simple

[@SynthApprentice]

@@duncefunce1513 It is that simple, though. Lots of people manage to do just fine.

[@duncefunce1513]

@@SynthApprentice yeah, OK. Whatever he said was a joke, though

[@fuhrersavior9575]

@@Brynwyn123 berlin uber alles

[@dg-hughes]

CC subtitles gave up soon after I clicked it.

[@samwalsh8299]

Travellers are not a race, they’re just some people who don’t settle and have no permanent house. When they have sons and daughters they never settle either.

[@ironfront9573]

I obviously understand your point and broadly agree but it's important to consider that no people are a "race". The idea of race is a fiction, one that could be argued (but still not correct) in an era before sea faring boats were invented. In the animal kingdom if a population of animals is isolated for long enough an evolves enough unique characteristics, eventually they have problems interbreeding. At that point they are considered distinct species. Every human in the world can interbreed with another from any part of the world no matter the colour of their skin, height or size of their nose. Meaning we are the same species. Our ancestors apparently even ocassionally sucessfully interbred with Neanderthals which were a separate species. In the animal kingdom we never ever apply the term "race" to animals, not to subdivide a species. And species is the very smallest subdivision, of eight. A black, ginger and white cat are all the same species. There really really isn't any such thing as race and that isn't an idealistic platitude. What differentiates people is ethnicity. And ethnicity is a composite where physical traits / "genes" form only a portion. Ethnicity is also made up of cultural identity, regional customs, diet, clothing, religion, language, and even nationality and political affiliations. The travellers of the British/Irish isles can be correctly labelled as an ethnic group. They have no physical traits to distinguish them from rest of the population but they have a long established and strict lineage of behaviour, customs and group identity. Things which radically differ from the rest of the population. There is more similarity culturally between British Muslims with a South Asian heritage or British Christians with a Nigerian heritage and the broad white native population than there is between travellers and the broad population. Tell me who fits in more as a "normal" and accepted British person out of Anthony Joshua or one of the 12 year old traveller driveway/generator/sofa salesmen who left school at 10 and will be married in a couple years? As an ethnic group they definitely can and do face discrimination. In Nazi Germany half a million Romani Gypsies were exterminated. Even in the UK racism against the Irish was as extreme as racism against black people up until 1980s. And travellers fall "below" Irish in the eyes of the broad population still, because they keep separate and mostly only known for negative reasons.

[@sammatthews8779]

And Dodge taxes

[@Sonicozz]

Sam Walsh1 Travellers have been recognised as a race of people in law, so yes one can be racist against them.

[@samwalsh8299]

@kenny chamnan in 2016, yes. They were considered a “minority group” because that’s what the travellers wanted But still, that’s no excuse for all the things they do eg: don’t give their daughters a proper education, some set houses on fire, fighting and disrupting the peace. That’s not being racist, they’re facts. I saw a video in my own town where these two traveller gangs came up to each other with crossbars, bats and knives. I saw that on WhatsApp, and it was on the Main Street with tons of onlookers!

[@Sonicozz]

Sam Walsh1 agree 100%

[@johngumble7427]

Im a traveller... & this is funny, he's having a laugh 😂.. Its not 1 bit racist....

[@NegativeAccelerate]

Would you say you ever experience actual racism?

[@connoremery9521]

@@NegativeAccelerate Wait are you for real? Chances are if you pick a random Irish person out of a crowd and asked them what they think of Travellers, you'll think you stumbled into a KKK rally. Same goes for asking basically any European what they think of Romani, which is ironic since Europeans tend to pride themselves on being so much more tolerant and accepting of other cultures than Americans.

[@stephenryan7855]

What did he say on the Late Late Show about Travellers?

[@moiracorrigan9922]

They smell 😂

[@stucrossland3719]

I was listening to Absolute radio this morning with this comedian on,later he is on a suggested youtube video. They are listening through your mobile phones.

[@stucrossland3719]

@@nevillebloodybartos,I heard Eammon Holmes mention this at the start of his radio interview with David Icke which is on youtube.

[@JamieR1988]

This is honestly fucking gold!! I'm a traveler and I speak like that to people whom offend me 🤣

[@Convolutedtubules]

A traveler with correct grammar!

[@humblemarty]

I can relate to this. 🤣 I've done that kind of mistake. The finding up I crossed a line after I crossed a line 🤤. . . . . . And making things worse while cringing at myself. 😓 It's funny cause it's true. This joke can relate to the Clark Kent in all of us when you think about it.

[@natalieharvey2590]

That's actually what an angry traveller sounds like.

[@charlieward6725]

Inicint fool

[@paobrien9212]

Gobshite

[@patrickofearth]

Amid cancel culture, this feels like a breath of fresh air

[@Pauly421]

The travellers I went to primary school with were fairly racist themselves so I think a bit of slagging is okay :P

[@WillBinge]

Jacksepticeye mentioned him. I’m glad. I’m glad I found him.

[@BLane-xr1ic]

This was bloody hilarious, not offended at all. Go free speech!!!!! This is why we have so many fights..... Even we aren't quite sure what our friends and family are actually saying.

[@debramoss2267]

🤣 Priceless 🤣

[@BLane-xr1ic]

@@debramoss2267 😂🇬🇧

[@debramoss2267]

@@BLane-xr1ic 🙄 and your point is...

[@BLane-xr1ic]

@@debramoss2267 Sorry Debra, I dont understand?

[@debramoss2267]

@@BLane-xr1icAhhh, that makes two of us. I don't understand what you meant by your response.

[@theladfromireland.]

What a fucking legend 😂😂😂😂😂

[@eme1468]

His comedy isn't offensive but half the comments on here are.

[@artwelve22]

I feel like I’ve seen this as a scene in Derry Girls. Edit. Spelling.

[@amandamargaretbaker2023]

that was really funny , Although in fairness when Tommy was chatting to John Connors on his show they had a laugh about it. Its only a laugh and Connors took it as so.

[@joshjohnson5395]

"Hopital" 🤣😂

[@oran9519]

Hey that's Gerry from Derry girls

[@lughildana]

Sure is

[@GULLYMAN92]

He was also in Father Ted

[@johnmc3862]

What speed were they travelling at?

[@rephill54]

A joke about Travellers cannot be racist because Travellers is not a race of people, even in our loose interpretation of the word. We all need to get over ourselves and stop being so thin-skinned.

[@poshdosh7697]

rephill54 travelers have their own ethnicity. Even on form it has a box to tic "Irish traveller"

[@reindeerjones8001]

can you be racist to a welsh, a scot, an irish or an english man ? you can. you know the indians are consider the same race as europeans as well as the middle easterners. hell you can be racist againt you own people if its about there ethnicity its racist. saying that people are thin-skinned and there really is nothing wrong in my eyes in being racist to a degree

[@chrismanley1937]

Can you also be a traveller who doesn't travel anywhere

[@PhilHoy97]

Reindeer Jones there is no such thing as race, only ethnicity. There is such a thing as racism however, which was invented in the 1800s to oppress people of the human race with different skin colours and ethnicities

[@johnathonsullivan8769]

Hmm we were taught in the 70s that the travellers were the O'Neill clan dispossed of their lands by the english in the 1600s. 100% Irish and talented in singing, dancing, seeing the future, repairing tin items for the kitchen, tools for the farm, horse trading and racing, old ways of large families, very religious, they'd ask you kindly for help with food. If they couldn't get work or food they'd help themselves. Steal ie. It all belongs to God so?! They moved onto the building sites and repairing roads. Good at bare knuckle boxing. Tough survivors.not as dense or uneducated as people would lead you to believe, plenty street smarts. Gamble and drink. Yup.

[@johnbrendanoneill1029]

Interesting.

[@ConanCnutKicker]

Irish and Irish travellers are the same race ffs, how can it be racist?

[@finneire2081]

I live in West Dublin one of my Best friends is a traveler his family are great people always good to me let me tell you there is settled people on the housing estate would put any of us to shame with their behaviour and as for foreigners there's yet one to have done anything on me any shit I've ever encountered has came from my own country men

[@seamusgallagher9872]

I have a Dream35 84 where have you been all your life come to London you won t have to wait too long for eastern European behaviour

[@bobbobby9803]

Dog stealing animials. Every single one

[@dyland16]

West side who the Fuck says West side and east side it's northside or the shitside no in between no left or right

[@lindapersse89]

Theres a second half

[@LizMcNamara47]

I think tommy should get his hearing tested.....there has to be some reason he keeps ROARING ALL THE TIME!

[@manchester01613]

🤣 great suggestion 😂 👍 FcUkIn creased 🍻

[@seanjosephhayes]

It can’t be racist. They aren’t their own race. Discriminatory maybe. Travelerist? Indigenist? Can’t think of a suitable word. Definitely not racist or xenophobic though.

[@joannem8238]

In the Republic of Ireland, travellers are a recognised ethnic minority.

[@Lala-kc2fw]

​@joannem8238 no. They're recognised Irish.

[@joannem8238]

@@Lala-kc2fwyou can just Google this, but Irish travellers *are* a recognised minority ethnic group in Ireland.

[@Lala-kc2fw]

@@joannem8238 nah pal. I live here, you can't be racist towards them. Discriminating, yes. But they're not a different race. We are Irish. Enough said. It was only recently the government forced in into us. Example saying you can be racist towards them and even making them feel less comfortable in the nation. Even many many travellers don't few themselves as a different race. But in fact "Irish" under the tri colour

[@joannem8238]

@@Lala-kc2fwthis is fucking painful. I never said they’re “another race” or that they’re not Irish. But they ARE protected in law as an ethnic minority. The Irish Traveller community is categorised as an ethnic minority group under the Race Relations Act, 1976 (amended 2000); the Human Rights Act 1998; and the Equality Act 2010.

[@owenjosephking7396]

Isn't it strange that the "ONLY" type of racism that is still socially acceptable is directed towards travellers !

[@vegalacerda6097]

And midgets.

[@spudhead1161]

Not a race

[@RexTheDinosaur1]

Y'all are white. Quit claiming history that ain't yours. My ancestors were treated like shit for being darker skinned and for the way we dressed and were forced to travel or be killed.

[@jaksida300]

Richard So are you saying travellers and Romani have not been historically discriminated against in Europe because of their ethnic background or just being pedantic for no reason?

[@jaksida300]

It’s absurd how Irish people in general can talk about how great and accepting we are and then go on a 5 hour rant about how all the travellers in the country should be rounded up and killed.

[@rudmanpaul2812]

Fuck, my dad used to work with a guy called mcgilligan who spoke like that

[@bodonoghue3820]

I was told Tommy has converted to Islam.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Are travellers a race? I'm American. I was reading tarot cards in London and was approached by two different traveller women at different times and they looked white but they were also pretty intimadating. Wanted me to read their cards. I knew I better be on my toes. Then a man who told me If you can see them, they can see you. Meaning spirits. Then a boy who wanted to run away from the travellers and asked me to read his cards and he had no.money. I did because he had a kind attitude. But they just looked Irish to me.

[@irisachternaam]

Ethnic groups in Europe. We've had the distinction between settled people and those that traveled between cities since the Middle Ages. The cultural differences between the settled peoples and nomadic peoples is even more ancient.

[@jobzagudn]

Haha love the Irish traveller accent it's funny as fuck and class

[@debramoss2267]

Granny? Is that you? 🤣

[@scarlao]

Did this just pop up in my recommended because of my name? Anyway I'm not complaining, absolutely hilarious🤣🤣🤣

[@oscarhaydenperditionbound1195]

I’m funny and I found this gypsy

[@pen2199]

the alwee down near the ivy cottage

[@lindaf426]

YOU are the very best comedy Tommy😊

[@carolmurray1927]

Just gets better and better.

[@stum8551]

Just out of interest, how are Irish travellers viewed in Ireland? Obviously in Britain, there is a lot of dismal views on them, just interested if it’s similar in Ireland to

[@andrewlyng4855]

Unfortunately yes they are treated badly here too...

[@BIG-BOWSER]

can he not tell a story without screaming.

[@Paulo660]

No.

[@mediaproductions6679]

Yes.

[@tomasredmond6183]

your point being...

[@dagnut]

That's his entire act.

[@fergalteague4912]

james mc namara no.

[@patmcdonagh54]

great voice

[@2pacula780]

I like them and I'm afraid of them

[@soibhanorourke7384]

It's not for me to say if this joke is offensive but I do find it slightly funny. Travellers are a distinct ethnic group and as such experience huge levels of prejudice and discrimination. There is criminality in all ethnic groups but people should be seen as individuals and not judged on the behavior of other members of their ethnic group. To judge people by virtue of their ethnicity is racial prejudice. I don't think Tommy Tiernan is a person who is prejudiced. He takes risks with his humour and is indiscriminate about who he offends. He seems to be in favour of equal opportunities offensivess! I love his humour and his humanity. I don't appreciate entire groups being characteristised by the behaviour of some of their members. There is no way for individuals to access education, health care, employment etc and to better themselves if they face hatred and prejudice every where they turn. If these remarks referred to other ethnic groups such as black people there would be outrage. Traveller racism is absolutely tolerated and accepted and that is totally unacceptable in liberal country.

[@fuhrersavior9575]

what is there distinct ethnic group?

[@RexTheDinosaur1]

@@fuhrersavior9575 an ethnic group is a group of people that only breed within themselves so they become a distinct group of people. The race is not changed but their business what he does. And ethnicity is a sort of culture. That is not to be confused with the role of people with are a race. Basically Look up the definition of necessity and that's what an ethnic group is. So someone that's French or someone that's Spanish or someone that is an Irish Traveler they all have their own distinct cultures languages etcetera however they're all white they all have the same race.

[@Tsumami__]

Travelers aren’t gypsies. They’re a separate genetic group.

[@michaeld2473]

Travelers are gypsys Im a traveler

[@LG-cz6ls]

@@michaeld2473 Romani gypsies are (historically) travellers. "Irish" travellers have a completely different heritage, they are not Romani, who are of Indo-Aryan heritage. Which is one of the reasons S Asian people understand some of their language.

[@RexTheDinosaur1]

@@michaeld2473 oh sweetie you're white baby boo. Your ancestors are white. Gypsies or not sorry. We didn't have a choice y'all do you literally look like any other Irish person.

[@ZombieDragQueen]

Well, funny or not, you are the racist, Tommy. Unless the video cut before the punchline was delivered. Now, if I as a Swede dress up in green and wear a necklace made of small bottles of whisky, Guinness and Kilkenny at the pub -- there is one called "O'Leary's" but I can't attest to its Irish authenticity or clientele so this is more of a thought experiment -- and whenever I see Irishmen enter the pub I shout "Oh no! They're after me lucky charms!" then yes, I am a racist. Did the video cut before the punchline or was the punchline "Well who's the racist now!?"

[@conlaiarla]

Go ahead and do it .if you are funny great if not ...who cares ?

[@conlaiarla]

Your grandchildren if you ever get to breed will be speaking Arabic so good luck Sweden. .it was nice knowing you ..Allah be praised!

[@bigboyyesyes184]

best comedian of all time

[@shaunadillon2626]

Swear I've watched this 50 times

[@AB-vi3rt]

It's a lifestyle choice not racism...they're both the same race!!!

[@shaneoleary775]

Not true

[@paulbromley6687]

Ah you’re grand, keep goin with the old racism Tommy . I have a traveller curse still hanging over me this fifty five years now.

[@billparrish6113]

His real accent isn't that different to a tinker one.

[@joesoap393]

Tommy would not dare say these things about the new non nationals he seems to like so much

[@Zezezeze69]

He made a joke about asking a Muslim guy not to blow up before the guy sang a song on Tommy's telly show. He's not afraid to make fun of anyone. I'm sure he'd have a field day with you, ya dummy.

[@joesoap393]

@@Zezezeze69 that was so brave of him go education yourself you simple Simon fuckstick wanker

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

Racism against travellers is perfectly fine. From my experience with them, they’re horrible people.

[@martinod577]

How many travellers did you meet in your time

[@jeffprice4860]

They cut the joke early 😟

[@hughjass2745]

Someone explain how a white Irishman can be racist to white Irishmen? How does that work then...

[@gibby8540]

Its a White irish man being racist to a irish traveller big difference

[@patmcdonagh4391]

Traveler/gypsy

[@pepesilvia1924]

INSANE BASTARD nobody says that though haha

[@onthetoilet8397]

Because it has been proven that racism is not about skin colour, it is about culture and since the traveller community is an Ethnic Minority then you will get racist people hating on the traveller community because of our difference in culture and life style.

[@asarta703]

@@onthetoilet8397 true, but at the same time, there are absolutely things about other cultures that violate human rights, e.g Saudi Arabia, to disapprove of such a culture because of cultural 'differences' would surely not be racist then

[@stevenbieler]

Traveller isn’t a race, it is a chosen lifestyle

[@greenlantern6603]

It isnt dummo