Áine Hensey

Áine Hensey is a radio broadcaster and producer of Irish music programmes as well as an Irish historian.

Áine Hensey
Born
Dublin
NationalityIrish
EducationPhD
Known forTraditional Irish music

Biography

Áine Hensey was born in Blackrock, Dublin to Brenden Hensey and Maura Hickey. She was one of five children.[1][2] Hensey worked in public relations for many years as well as arts administration. She worked for festivals including Slógadh, Éigse Mrs Crotty, Oidhreacht an Chláir, and Consairtín. She is on the selection panel for the Gradam Ceoil TG4 awards. She is the chairman of Gael-Linn.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

From the 70s Hensey worked in broadcasting. She started with the national broadcaster RTÉ. She started with Radio 2 and also worked with Radio 1 and Clare FM. In 1995 Hensey moved to Raidió na Gaeltachta. Hensey is the producer of Heather Breeze, the Mist-Covered Mountain, Béal Maidine, An Ghaoth Aniar, the Late Session, and An Ghealach Ghorm as well as sports programmes, current affairs, and history shows. Hensey studied early modern history with Maynooth University and got a PhD in 2012.[3][4][5][9][10][11][12][13][8]

References and sources
  1. "Irish speakers gain powerful medium to spread the word". The Irish Times. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  2. cbyrne (2020-05-15). "Death of Maura Hensey mother of Áine Hensey ( Raidió Na Gaeltactha)". Home. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  3. "Áine Hensey". ITMA. 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  4. "Appointment of Áine Hensey". Oidhreacht an Chlair. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  5. "Bilingual Interview". Blas – International Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance – June 21st – July 2nd. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  6. Tubridy, Elaine; McMahon, Páraic. "Áine Hensey – The Clare Echo News". The Clare Echo News. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  7. "Aine Hensey Archives". The Clare Champion. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  8. "Grammar School group in final". independent. 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  9. "Items where Author is "Hensey, Áine" - MURAL - Maynooth University Research Archive Library". mural.maynoothuniversity.ie.
  10. Webmaster (2020-05-16). "Plenty to do on day two of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann". The Clare Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  11. McCaughan, M. (2017). Coming Home: One man's return to the Irish Language. Gill Books. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7171-7157-6. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  12. hAllmhuráin, G.Ó. (2016). Flowing Tides: History and Memory in an Irish Soundscape. Oxford University Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-19-938008-4. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  13. "Irish Studies Seminar Series 2012/13, Semester 2" (PDF).
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