Kieran Hanrahan (born 1957) is an Irish radio host and musician. Born in

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, 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 Temple-house Ceili Band. Hanrahan has hosted radio programs for the Irish national broadcaster

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since 1991. Hanrahan is an assistant lecturer at the Conservatory of Music and Drama at

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where he works in the Traditional Music program. He achieved a 1st Class Honors 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

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. 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) *

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: '' 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)

References

External links

Céilí House Official Webpage

of Hanrahan formerly at the Dublin Institute of Technology
Kieran Hanrahan Official Webpage

Kieran Hanrahan Webpage
1957 births Living people Irish male banjoists People from Ennis RTÉ Radio 1 presenters Stockton's Wing members Broadcasters from County Clare Musicians from County Clare Academics of Dublin Institute of Technology 20th-century Irish banjoists 21st-century Irish banjoists 20th-century Irish male musicians 21st-century Irish male musicians {{radio-bio-stub