Jim Carney (poet)
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Jim Carney | |
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Born | James Carney 21 February 1950 Milltown, County Galway, Ireland |
Education | Tuam CBS |
Occupation | Sports boadcaster, journalist |
Notable credit(s) | The Sunday Game |
Jim Carney is an Irish poet, journalist, and former presenter, best known for The Sunday Game.
A native of Parkroe, Milltown, Tuam, and a son of Thomas Carney, he was educated at Milltown National School and Tuam CBS.[citation needed] He is a member of the Tuam Theatre Guild and a journalist with The Tuam Herald, where he has worked alongside subsequent RTÉ western editor Jim Fahy.[1] Carney was later appointed as a journalist and broadcaster with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), becoming the first presenter of the now landmark Gaelic games show The Sunday Game in 1979.[citation needed]
Preferring to be behind the camera, Carney moved into commentary after two seasons and remained a commentator and reporter for The Sunday Game until 2010, also working on the channel's live All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals coverage as a reporter and interviewer, plus taking extra duties when regular-season live coverage was introduced in 1995.[2]
During this time, Carney also doubled as editor of The Tuam Herald for a period in the 1990s and served as sports editor from 1985 up to his retirement in 2015. Since then, he writes a weekly sports column for the same newspaper.[3]
In 1971, he published his first book, a collection of poems titled Echoes from a Darkened Alley.[citation needed] Carney played a key role in the management team for his club Milltown when they won their second and last Galway Senior Football Championship in 1981.[citation needed] He was also a selector of the Galway team that were beaten by Dublin in the 1983 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final by a scoreline of 1–10 to 1–8.[citation needed]
In 2020, Carney was presented with the Services to Sport Award by the Galway Sports Stars Awards.[citation needed]
Bibliography[]
- Echoes from a Darkened Alley, 1971 (poetry)
Sources[]
- Galway Authors, Helen Maher, 1976
References[]
- ^ Siggins, Lorna (31 December 2011). "Award-winning RTE western editor closes a 46-year career". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Glennon, Stephen (6 December 2013). "Radio man at heart looks back on long RTE career". Connacht Tribune. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Carney, Jim (21 December 2016). "Through the lens of a camera, the magic of sporting memories" (PDF). The Tuam Herald. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Gaelic football selectors
- Irish columnists
- Irish newspaper editors
- Irish poets
- Irish sports journalists
- People from Tuam
- RTÉ newsreaders and journalists
- The Tuam Herald people