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Kieran Hanrahan ^[1](born 1957) is an Irish radio host and musician^[2]. Born in Ennis, County Clare, he began playing traditional Irish music on the tenor banjo at the age of fourteen. Over the years, Hanrahan has helped to found a number of traditional bands, including Stockton's Wing, Inchiquin, and the Templehouse Ceili Band.

Hanrahan has hosted radio programs for the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ since 1991. Hanrahan is an assistant lecturer at the Conservatory of Music and Drama at Dublin Institute of Technology where he works in the Traditional Music programme. He achieved a 1st Class Honours master's degree (MMus Hons) and was also awarded the DIT Gold medal for Academic Achievement in 2012. Currently he hosts Céilí House, a radio program on traditional Irish music aired weekly in Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1. For the last five years Kieran Hanrahan has been the Artistic Director of the Temple Bar TradFest in Dublin, Ireland.

Discography

Various artists: The Field (Film soundtrack) (1990)
The Chieftains: The Long Black Veil (1995): Hanrahan appears as a guest musician.
Kieran Hanrahan plays the Irish Tenor Banjo (1998)
This Is My Father (Film soundtrack) (1998): In addition to performing on the soundtrack for this film, Hanrahan also appears onscreen as a band leader.
Various artists: Agnes Browne (Film soundtrack) (2000)

Reference

^ "Kieran Hanrahan". kieranhanrahan.yolasite.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^ "Kieran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo by Kieran Hanrahan - as analyzed at irishtune.info". www.irishtune.info. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

External links

Céilí House Official Webpage
Short 2006 biography of Hanrahan formerly at the Dublin Institute of Technology
Kieran Hanrahan Official Webpage
Kieran Hanrahan Webpage

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[1] "Kieran Hanrahan". kieranhanrahan.yolasite.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

[2] "Kieran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo by Kieran Hanrahan - as analyzed at irishtune.info". www.irishtune.info. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

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-'''Kieran Hanrahan''' <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kieranhanrahan.yolasite.com/|title=Kieran Hanrahan|website=kieranhanrahan.yolasite.com|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>(born 1957) is an [[Ireland|Irish]] radio host and musician. Born in [[Ennis]], [[County Clare]], he began playing traditional Irish music on the [[tenor banjo]] at the age of fourteen. Over the years, Hanrahan has helped to found a number of traditional bands, including [[Stockton's Wing]], Inchiquin, and the Templehouse Ceili Band.
+'''Kieran Hanrahan''' <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kieranhanrahan.yolasite.com/|title=Kieran Hanrahan|website=kieranhanrahan.yolasite.com|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>(born 1957) is an [[Ireland|Irish]] radio host and musician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtune.info/album/KH/|title=Kieran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo by Kieran Hanrahan - as analyzed at irishtune.info|website=www.irishtune.info|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>. Born in [[Ennis]], [[County Clare]], he began playing traditional Irish music on the [[tenor banjo]] at the age of fourteen. Over the years, Hanrahan has helped to found a number of traditional bands, including [[Stockton's Wing]], Inchiquin, and the Templehouse Ceili Band.
 Hanrahan has hosted radio programs for the Irish national broadcaster [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]] since 1991. Hanrahan is an assistant lecturer at the Conservatory of Music and Drama at Dublin Institute of Technology where he works in the Traditional Music programme. He achieved a 1st Class Honours master's degree (MMus Hons) and was also awarded the DIT Gold medal for Academic Achievement  in 2012. Currently he hosts [[Céilí House]], a radio program on traditional Irish music aired weekly in Ireland on [[RTÉ Radio 1]]. For the last five years Kieran Hanrahan has been the Artistic Director of the Temple Bar TradFest in Dublin, Ireland.