Fiddle Player • Singer • Broadcaster • Educator
Veidhleadóir • Fonnadóir • Craoltóir • Oide
Presenter on Clare FM • Touring with the Kilfenora Céilí Band • Irish Music & Language Educator
Therese McInerney is a fiddle player, singer, broadcaster, and educator from the coastal town of Miltown Malbay, now based in Ennis, Co. Clare. Immersed in Irish culture from an early age, she grew up surrounded by traditional music, song, dance, and the Irish language—roots that continue to shape her artistic and professional life.
A First Class Honours graduate of the MA in Traditional Irish Music Performance at the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick, Therese studied under many of Ireland’s leading musicians and singers. She also holds a First Class Honours Professional Master of Education and is a qualified secondary school teacher of Music and Irish. Alongside her school teaching, she is a sought‑after tutor at traditional music festivals and workshops across Ireland and abroad.
Therese presents a weekly traditional music programme on Clare FM every Tuesday night and is currently touring nationwide with the world‑renowned Kilfenora Céilí Band. She has performed with many of Clare’s celebrated ensembles over the years and has toured internationally, most recently with the Clare‑based group Dúchas is Dóchas (2024–2025).
Her debut album Down the Strand (2017) showcased her dual artistry as a fiddle player and singer, followed by a duet album with Marian Curtin, The Youth That Belonged to Miltown, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. She also created and produced Tradcast with Therese, a podcast exploring the traditional arts industry.
Beyond performance, Therese has an extensive background in traditional music broadcasting and production. She has worked as a music producer on major Irish television programmes including RTÉ’s Fleadh Cheoil and TG4’s Gradam Ceoil, as well as other traditional arts productions with Red Shoe Productions.
Whether on stage, on air, or in the classroom, Therese brings a deep love of Irish culture, a commitment to authenticity, and a passion for sharing music and language with audiences and students around the world.
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Is fidléir, amhránaí, craoltóir agus oide í Therese McInerney, ó Sráid na Cathrach agus ina cónaí anois in Inis, Co. an Chláir. Tógadh í i measc an cheoil, an rince agus na Gaeilge, agus tá an cultúr sin le brath ina cuid oibre ar fad.
Tá Céad Onóracha aici sa Cheol Traidisiúnta agus sa Mhúinteoireacht, agus múineann sí ceol agus Gaeilge i scoileanna agus i bhféilte ar fud na tíre. Cuireann sí clár ceoil traidisiúnta i láthair ar Clare FM gach Máirt, agus tá sí ag taisteal ar fud na tíre leis an mBánna Ceoil Céilí Cill Fhionnúrach fé láthair.
Tá taithí aici ar stáitse, agus tá sí tar éis obair a dhéanamh mar léiritheoir ceoil ar chláir mhóra teilifíse in Éirinn. Cibé áit a mbíonn sí, roinneann sí a grá don cheol agus don teanga le muintir na háite agus le lucht éisteachta i bhfad i gcéin.
Veidhleadóir • Fonnadóir • Craoltóir • Oide
Presenter on Clare FM • Touring with the Kilfenora Céilí Band • Irish Music & Language Educator
Therese McInerney is a fiddle player, singer, broadcaster, and educator from the coastal town of Miltown Malbay, now based in Ennis, Co. Clare. Immersed in Irish culture from an early age, she grew up surrounded by traditional music, song, dance, and the Irish language—roots that continue to shape her artistic and professional life.
A First Class Honours graduate of the MA in Traditional Irish Music Performance at the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick, Therese studied under many of Ireland’s leading musicians and singers. She also holds a First Class Honours Professional Master of Education and is a qualified secondary school teacher of Music and Irish. Alongside her school teaching, she is a sought‑after tutor at traditional music festivals and workshops across Ireland and abroad.
Therese presents a weekly traditional music programme on Clare FM every Tuesday night and is currently touring nationwide with the world‑renowned Kilfenora Céilí Band. She has performed with many of Clare’s celebrated ensembles over the years and has toured internationally, most recently with the Clare‑based group Dúchas is Dóchas (2024–2025).
Her debut album Down the Strand (2017) showcased her dual artistry as a fiddle player and singer, followed by a duet album with Marian Curtin, The Youth That Belonged to Miltown, supported by the Arts Council of Ireland. She also created and produced Tradcast with Therese, a podcast exploring the traditional arts industry.
Beyond performance, Therese has an extensive background in traditional music broadcasting and production. She has worked as a music producer on major Irish television programmes including RTÉ’s Fleadh Cheoil and TG4’s Gradam Ceoil, as well as other traditional arts productions with Red Shoe Productions.
Whether on stage, on air, or in the classroom, Therese brings a deep love of Irish culture, a commitment to authenticity, and a passion for sharing music and language with audiences and students around the world.
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Is fidléir, amhránaí, craoltóir agus oide í Therese McInerney, ó Sráid na Cathrach agus ina cónaí anois in Inis, Co. an Chláir. Tógadh í i measc an cheoil, an rince agus na Gaeilge, agus tá an cultúr sin le brath ina cuid oibre ar fad.
Tá Céad Onóracha aici sa Cheol Traidisiúnta agus sa Mhúinteoireacht, agus múineann sí ceol agus Gaeilge i scoileanna agus i bhféilte ar fud na tíre. Cuireann sí clár ceoil traidisiúnta i láthair ar Clare FM gach Máirt, agus tá sí ag taisteal ar fud na tíre leis an mBánna Ceoil Céilí Cill Fhionnúrach fé láthair.
Tá taithí aici ar stáitse, agus tá sí tar éis obair a dhéanamh mar léiritheoir ceoil ar chláir mhóra teilifíse in Éirinn. Cibé áit a mbíonn sí, roinneann sí a grá don cheol agus don teanga le muintir na háite agus le lucht éisteachta i bhfad i gcéin.
