Jim Carney is an Irish poet, journalist, and former presenter, best known for ''

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''. A native of Parkroe, Milltown, Tuam, and a son of Thomas Carney, he was educated at Milltown National School and Tuam CBS. He is a member of the Tuam Theatre Guild and a journalist with ''

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'', where he has worked alongside subsequent RTÉ western editor

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. Carney was later appointed as a journalist and broadcaster with

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(RTÉ), becoming the first presenter of the now landmark Gaelic games show ''

'' in 1979. 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. 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. In 1971, he published his first book, a collection of poems titled ''Echoes from a Darkened Alley''. Carney played a key role in the management team for his club Milltown when they won their second and last

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in 1981. In 2020, Carney was presented with the Services to Sport Award by the Galway Sports Stars Awards.

Bibliography

* ''Echoes from a Darkened Alley'', 1971 (poetry)

Sources

* ''Galway Authors'', Helen Maher, 1976

References

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