Background
A native of Parkroe, Milltown, Tuam, and son of Thomas Carney.
A native of Parkroe, Milltown, Tuam, and son of Thomas Carney.
Educated at Milltown national school and Tuam Christian Brothers School.
A member of the Tuam Theatre Guild and a Jim Carney (poet) with the Tuam Herald, he was later appointed as a journalist and broadcaster with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).