Paradoxically, not all Irish tenors have Irish tenor voices. It may also follow that you can have an Irish tenor voice and be from somewhere else. It follows, paradoxically, that not all Irish tenors have Irish tenor voices. It may also follow that you can have an Irish tenor voice and be from somewhere else. So although, being born (like the ancestral Buckleys) in Cork, Sullivan was an Irish tenor, he did not have an Irish tenor voice.

Source: The Irish Times March 04, 2026 14:07 UTC