Jim Carney is an Irish poet, journalist and former presenter, best known for The Sunday Game. A native of Parkroe, Milltown, Tuam, and a son of Thomas Carney, he was educated at Milltown National School and Tuam CBS. A member of the Tuam Theatre Guild and a journalist with The Tuam Herald - where he worked alongside subsequent RTÉ western editor Jim Fahy. He was later appointed as a journalist and broadcaster with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), becoming the first presenter of the now landmark Gaelic games show, The Sunday Game in 1979.