Anthony Kearns (born 17 August 1971, Kiltealy, County Wexford, Ireland) is a founding member of The Irish Tenors [1], along with Ronan Tynan and John McDermott.Anthony Kearns is one of six children in a musical family; as a result, his interest in music came at a very early age. Kearns began singing traditional Irish songs with his family and won many singing competitions in his youth, generally in the Sean-nós tradition. He spent much of his youth playing the button (double row black dot) accordion and various other instruments common in Traditional music.[2] He attended F.C.J. Secondary School Bunclody, singing at their masses and school shows.[3] After leaving school, Kearns studied catering and hotel management, while singing in local musical productions, all the while entering and placing in various singing competitions around the country.