Kieran Hanrahan ^[1](born 1957) is an Irish radio host and musician.^[2][3] 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 Temple-house Ceili Band.^[4]

Hanrahan has hosted radio programs for the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ since 1991.^[5] Hanrahan is an assistant lecturer at the Conservatory of Music and Drama at Dublin Institute of Technology where he works in the Traditional Music program.^[6] He achieved a 1st Class Honors master's degree (MMus Hons)^[7] and was also awarded the DIT Gold medal for Academic Achievement in 2012.^[8] Currently he hosts Céilí House, a radio program on traditional Irish music aired weekly in Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1.^[9] For the last five years Kieran Hanrahan has been the artistic director of the Temple Bar TradFest in Dublin, Ireland.^[10]

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)