Dáithí Ó Sé
| Dáithí Ó Sé | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dáithí Ó Sé 1976 (age 35–36) Feothanach, Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Education | Mary Immaculate College |
| Occupation | Weatherman, presenter |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Notable credit(s) | TG4 Weather The Rose of Tralee The All Ireland Talent Show The Daily Show |
| Partner | Rita Talty (2009-present) |
Dáithí Ó Sé (born 1976) is an Irish television presenter. Best known as a continuity announcer and weather presenter with TG4, he currently co-hosts RTÉ One's The Daily Show.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Born in Feothanach in West Kerry, Ó Sé is the second youngest of five children born to musician and author Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé and his wife Kathleen.[2] He was educated at the local national school before later attending Dingle CBS. He subsequently completed a Bachelor of Arts in Irish and History at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick and qualified as a secondary school teacher.
After leaving university Ó Sé worked as a teacher, a butcher, a bouncer a ferry driver around the Blasket Islands and even a short stint as a ringmaster with Duffy's Circus.[3]
[edit] Presenting career
Ó Sé had just completed his university education and was working as a ferry driver in Kerry when he joined TG4 in 1999. He began his television career on a part-time basis as a continuity announcer and weather presenter with the Irish language station.[4]
In 2001 Ó Sé started working full-time for TG4. While continuing as a continuity announcer he quickly became one of the station's most recognisable presenters. In 2002 he presented Féilte, a ten-part summer festival programme which also featured two Christmas specials from Boston and New York. A second series of Féilte was broadcast in 2003.
Ó Sé took over as host of Clemahnas, a blind date-style programme in 2004.[5] Later year he showed his versatility when presented Coinne Le, a live Saturday night chat show, while also fronting the stations live coverage of the Galway Races. He hosted TG4's coverage of the Galway Races again in 2005.
In 2006 Ó Sé began three seasons as host of Glór Tíre, a country music talent show[6] and in 2007 he presented Dáithí ar Route 66 a travel programme about his journey on the famous U.S. highway.
He was a contestant on Charity You're a Star in 2006.
In 2007, he appeared on Celebrities Go Wild, an RTÉ reality television show in which eight celebrities had to fend for themselves in the wilds of rural Connemara.[7]
He was a guest presenter on The Panel in 2008.
He was one of the judges on RTÉ programme The All Ireland Talent Show.
On 17 May 2010, it was announced that he would host the Rose of Tralee contest for 2010.[8] He became the 11th host of the contest and the first Kerryman to compère. He was afforded a homecoming fit for a Sam Maguire Cup winner.[9] He succeeded radio broadcaster Ray D'Arcy, who presented the competition on RTÉ television for five years from 2004 to 2009.[10] Ó Sé is engaged to a former Rose, Rita Talty, with plans to marry in summer of 2012[11]
On 28 August 2010, he started a new RTÉ 2fm radio show on Saturday mornings from 10am until midday.
He is the co-presenter of The Daily Show with Claire Byrne on RTÉ One.
[edit] Credits
- 2010, 2011 Host of the Rose of Tralee on RTÉ
- 2009, 2010 Judge on The All Ireland Talent Show on RTÉ
- 2009 Guest on The Lucy Kennedy Show on RTÉ
- 2008 Guest presenter on The Panel on RTÉ
- 2008 Livin' with Lucy on RTÉ
- 2008 Full-time weather and continuity presenter on TG4
- 2007 Presenter on the Full Set traditional music series, on RTÉ
- 2007 Contestant on Celebrities Go Wild, a charity reality series, on RTÉ
- 2007 Presenter of Dáithí ar Route 66 (TG4, travel/road trip across US)
- 2007 – 2009 presenter of Glór Tíre
- 2006 Contestant on Charity You're a Star, reality singing contest, on RTÉ
- 2006 Glór Tíre
- 2004/2005 Galway Races – Anchor man for a 3 œ hour live broadcast over three days.
- 2004 Coinne le – Saturday night LIVE chat show 10 programmes
- 2003 Feilte – 10 Summer Festival programme plus one hour long special from N.Y. on TG4
- 2003 Cleamhnas – 13 part Blind date shows, on TG4
- 2003 Gradam Ceoil – TG4's traditional music awards from University of Limerick Concert Hall
- 2002 Feilte – 10 Summer festival programme plus two Christmas specials from N.Y and Boston, on TG4
- 2001 Gradam Ceoil – TG4 traditional music awards from the Cork opera House
- 1999–2001 Part-time weather-man and continuity announcer on TG4, Ireland's Irish-language station
[edit] References
- ^ The Daily Show: Dáithí Ó Sé RTÉ Television, 29 December 2011
- ^ "Dáithí crowned Person of the Year". The Kingdom. 18 March 2010. http://www.the-kingdom.ie/news/mhcwidaucw/. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ "Your Host - Dáithí Ó Sé". The Rose of Tralee. http://www.roseoftraleeirishregionalfinal.com/host-daithi-o-se.html. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ "Fear Aoine - Daithi O'Sé". RTÉ Television. 2 May 2008. http://www.rte.ie/tv/theafternoonshow/2008/0502/man586.html. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ "Gaeltacht man on the small screen". The Kingdom. 11 March 2004. http://www.the-kingdom.ie/news/kfcwqlgbkf/. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ "The Café: Dáithí, Monica and Luan". RTÉ Television. http://www.rte.ie/tv/ttv/thecafe/monicadaithi.html. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ "Celebrities". Celebrities Go Wild (Raidió Teilifís Éireann). http://www.rte.ie/tv/celebritiesgowild/celebrities.html.
- ^ "Ó Sé is new Rose of Tralee host". RTÉ Entertainment (Raidió Teilifís Éireann). 17 May 2010. http://www.rte.ie/arts/2010/0517/roseoftralee.html. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ Riegel, Ralph (21 August 2010). "Kingdom crowns local hero as Daithi's home to host Roses gig". Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). http://www.independent.ie/national-news/kingdom-crowns-local-hero-as-daithis-home-to-host-roses-gig-2306445.html. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ "Daithí Ó Sé to compère Rose of Tralee contest". The Irish Times (Irish Times Trust). 18 May 2010. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0518/1224270600015.html. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ "Daithi's smitten, says star pal Mary as rose Rita meets his mum". Evening Herald. 24 August 2010. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/daithis-smitten-says-star-pal-mary-as-rose-rita-meets-his-mum-2309241.html. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
[edit] External references
- TG4 Reference
- Profile on RTÉ website Archived at Wayback Machine
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| Preceded by Ray D'Arcy |
Host of The Rose of Tralee 2010 – present |
Succeeded by N/A |
