| 1998 | Formed as a vocal trio for a concert at Ireland's Royal Dublin Society complex, bringing together tenors John McDermott, Ronan Tynan, and Anthony Kearns for what began as a single televised event. |
| 1999 | PBS broadcast of the Dublin concert during the network's fundraising drive, featuring "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" and "Only Our Rivers Run Free", rode the crest of the American Irish revival and immediately contracted the trio for further recordings. |
| 1999 | Debut album "Home for Christmas" and the self-titled album "The Irish Tenors" were released within months of the PBS premiere, establishing the group as one of the most commercially potent acts in public television history. |
| 2000 | "Live in Belfast" captured the trio's concert energy on record, building the catalog as the group expanded touring across North America and the United Kingdom. |
| 2001 | Filmed a historic PBS broadcast at New York's Ellis Island, hosted by Martin Sheen; the resulting album and DVD sold over one million copies and became one of the most-aired music specials in PBS history. |
| 2003 | Albums "We Three Kings" and "Heritage" extended the group's seasonal and traditional Irish repertoire, positioning them alongside Andrea Bocelli and The Three Tenors as the biggest-grossing acts PBS had ever presented. |
| 2005 | "Sacred" arrived to anchor a new phase of studio output that continued with "Ireland" in 2010, giving the group a decade-long run of original recordings alongside their non-stop touring schedule. |
| 2010 | Released the album "Ireland," adding to a discography that had grown to ten bestselling albums and five PBS specials, making the Irish Tenors one of the most enduring vocal acts to emerge from the Celtic crossover boom. |
| 2023 | Launched the 25th Anniversary Tour of North America, with dates spanning Clearwater, FL, Seattle, Honolulu, New York, Cleveland, and Columbus, headlining performing arts centers with current members Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan, and Declan Kelly. |
| 2025 | Toured North American theaters through early spring, sustaining a performance schedule that has placed the Irish Tenors on stage in front of audiences worldwide for nearly three decades. |
No mere green-shaded knock-offs of their more famous Mediterranean counterparts, the Irish Tenors comprise three vocalists with individually distinguished careers who came together for a concert at Ireland’s giant Royal Dublin Society complex. The concert was well attended and was recorded for television. What cemented the three singers into a group, however, was the broadcast of the concert during the U.S. television PBS network’s fundraiser in March of 1999. The broadcast, which featured favorites like “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” and “Only Our Rivers Run Free,” rode the crest of a new American Irish craze, and the trio was contracted for further recordings. The three Irish Tenors are John McDermott, Ronan Tynan, and Anthony Kearns. The group’s album roster includes Home for Christmas (1999), Live in Belfast (2000), Ellis Island (2001), We Three Kings (2003) and Heritage (2004). Sacred arrived in 2005 and in 2010, they released Ireland. They continue to tour the world.