Background
Seán Moncrieff was born in London to a mother from County Mayo, Ireland, and a father from Edinburgh, Scotland.
Seán Moncrieff was born in London to a mother from County Mayo, Ireland, and a father from Edinburgh, Scotland.
When he was twelve, his family moved to Ballinasloe, County Galway, where he attended Garbally College. After school he studied journalism in Dublin and, later on, did a degree in English and Philosophy in University College Dublin (University College Dublin).
He currently presents the weekday afternoon radio show Moncrieff on Newstalk. His television credits include his own Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) chat show Good Grief Moncrieff!, comedy panel show Don"t Feed the Gondolas, and The Restaurant of which he is the voice. Moncrieff has also written novels and non-fiction.
Moncrieff initially worked as a freelance journalist in Dublin, writing on everything from flower shows to the conflict in the Middle East.
He then moved to London, where he worked for the television trade magazine Broadcast, and then as a researcher for Channel 4. Upon returning to Ireland, he resumed his career as a freelance journalist, but also began working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).
He started on radio with the daily lieutenant Says In the Papers, and followed this up on television by presenting The End, Good Grief Moncrieff!, Black Box and Don"t Feed the Gondolas. On RTÉ Radio he presented the Saturday morning show The Right Side, and was a regular contributor to The Arts Show, The Marian Finucane Show and A Living Word.
In the United Kingdom he has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 4 and Channel 5, both as a scriptwriter and presenter.
Also on RTÉ, Moncrieff has presented The Big 40, a celebration of forty years of Irish television, Ireland Undercover, Headquarters, The Holiday Quiz, and he is the voice of The Restaurant. In 2014 he presented the TV3 quiz show "Crossfire". Moncrieff currently presents The Moncrieff Show each weekday afternoon, between 1.30pm and 4:30pm on the Irish independent radio station Newstalk.