Maybe I'm applying double standards here but I don't think there's much similarity between the Tommy Tiernan material and the Limerick 'Jokes'. The latter I would regard as mild slagging. I doubt if many people from Limerick would find them offensive, in fact my first inclination is to send the list to a friend of mine who comes from Limerick because he'd probably get a giggle out of them.

I don't think I'd be inclined to send the TT youtube video to any Jewish friends and expect he same reation.

I have been the butt of many Irish jokes over the years and have rarely taken offense, except on one or two occasions when I thought the 'joker' was using the jokes as a way at having a go at me, rather than sharing in a laugh. I think I've quoted Kieran Halpin's lyrics on a similar thread before - "I've suffered the jibe and the jester, and laughed at their jokr through it all".