Years active 1999–present Nationality Irish Children Micheal Og Spouse Rita Talty (m. 2012) | Name Daithi Se Role Television presenter | |
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Occupation Weatherman, TV presenter Parents Maidhc Dainin O Se, Kathleen O Se Similar People Maura Derrane, Seamus Begley, Paddy Moloney | ||
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Dáithí Ó Sé (born 2 June 1976) is an Irish television presenter. In 2010, he succeeded Ray D'Arcy as host of the Rose of Tralee, and married one of the Roses in 2012. Having risen to national fame as a continuity announcer and weather presenter with TG4, he most recently co-hosted RTÉ One's The Daily Show.
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- What do you love about your life Dith S
- Early life
- Media career
- Personal life
- Television credits
- References
His career has included stints as a teacher, butcher, bouncer, ferry driver around the Blasket Islands, ringmaster with Duffy's Circus, singing on Charity You're a Star, surviving in remotest Connemara for Celebrities Go Wild, Livin' with Lucy, judging on The All Ireland Talent Show, and one-off presenting gigs on the likes of The Panel and Winning Streak.
What do you love about your life, Dáithí Ó Sé?
Early life
Born in Feothanach in West Kerry, Ó Sé is the second youngest of five children born to musician and author Maidhc Dainín Ó Sé and his wife Kathleen. He was educated at the local national school before later attending Dingle CBS. He subsequently completed a Bachelor of Arts in Irish and History at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick and qualified as a secondary school teacher. He is a native Irish speaker.
After leaving university Ó Sé worked as a teacher, a butcher, a bouncer, a ferry driver around the Blasket Islands and even a short stint as a ringmaster with Duffy's Circus.
Media career
Ó Sé had just completed his third level education and was working as a ferry driver in Kerry when he joined TG4 in 1999. He began his television career on a part-time basis as a continuity announcer and weather presenter with the Irish language station.
In 2001 Ó Sé started working full-time for TG4. While continuing as a continuity announcer, he quickly became one of the station's most recognisable presenters. In 2002 he presented Féilte, a ten-part summer festival programme which also featured two Christmas specials from Boston and New York City. A second series of Féilte was broadcast in 2003.
Ó Sé took over as host of Cleamhnas, a blind date-style programme in 2004. Later in the year he showed his versatility when presented Coinne Le, a live Saturday night chat show, while also fronting the stations live coverage of the Galway Races. He hosted TG4's coverage of the Galway Races again in 2005.
In 2006 Ó Sé began three seasons as host of Glór Tíre, a country music talent show and in 2007 he presented Dáithí ar Route 66 a travel programme about his journey on the famous U.S. highway.
He was a contestant on Charity You're a Star in 2006. In 2007, he appeared on Celebrities Go Wild, an RTÉ reality television show in which eight celebrities had to fend for themselves in the wilds of rural Connemara.
He was a guest presenter on The Panel in 2008. He was one of the judges on RTÉ programme The All Ireland Talent Show. He represented competitors from the West of Ireland and won the first series in 2009 with The Mulkerrin Brothers, a trad group from The Aran Islands.
On 17 May 2010, it was announced that he would host the Rose of Tralee contest for 2010. He became the 11th host of the contest and the first Kerryman to compère. He was afforded a homecoming fit for a Sam Maguire Cup winner. He succeeded radio broadcaster Ray D'Arcy, who presented the competition on RTÉ television for five years from 2004 to 2009.
On 28 August 2010, he started a new RTÉ 2fm radio show on Saturday mornings from 10am until midday. He co-presented The Daily Show with Claire Byrne on RTÉ One until the programme was axed in 2012. From November 2012 he has been one of the presenters of new RTÉ daytime show Today on RTÉ 1.
Personal life
On 12 July 2012, Ó Sé married the 2008 New Jersey Rose, Rita Talty. On 17 March 2014 his wife gave birth to a boy, Mícheál Óg.