Thomas McCarthy

Originally from Birr in Co Offaly, Thomas McCarthy is a well known singer and winner of the TG4 Gradam Award in 2019. He learnt many of his songs from his mother, Mary McCarthy. Thomas’ music career started at the folk song club at Cecil Sharp House in Camden Town, London, where his powerful style of singing and collection of rare songs captivated his audience. He has since been singing in clubs and at festivals throughout the UK and Ireland, as well as in Europe and the US. Thomas worked with documentary maker Pat Collins on two films Songs of the Open Road (2022) and Songlines (2024).  Songlines is based on a song collecting project with the Travelling community in conjunction with the Irish Traditional Music Archive.  Thomas now lives in Dublin and London. Photo Credit: Songs of the Open Road.