Traveller, singer and storyteller, Thomas McCarthy, comes from Birr in Co. Offaly. His family settled there three generations ago. Thomas comes from a long line of traditional singers and musicians and will sing wherever he is invited – at clubs, festivals, private houses, weddings, funerals, christenings, down the road and over the sea. The old stories he tells have a universal resonance. Thomas was named Traditional Singer of the Year in the TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards for 2019