Tá cáil ar Steve Cooney de bharr an tionchar nach beag atá aige ar stíl an giotáir mar thionlacan ar cheol traidisiúnta, stíl a d’eascair as a chuid ama i gCorca Dhuibhne. Bhain sé gradam amach as seo in éineacht le Séamus Ó Beaglaoich sa bhliain 1997.Saolaíodh i Melbourne na hAstráile é i 1953 agus tháinig sé go hÉirinn i 1980. Tá CD eisithe aige le déanaí le ceol na cláirsí á sheinm aige ar an ngiotár, ‘Ceol Ársa Cláirsí: Tunes of the Irish Harpers for Solo Guitar’.

Steve Cooney is best known for his development of an influential style of guitar accompaniment to traditional Irish dance music which he developed in West Kerry, and for which he won the National Entertainment Award with Séamus Begley in 1997. Born in Melbourne Australia in 1953, he came to Ireland in 1980 and maintains his connections with the Aboriginal culture there, into which he was initiated. He recently released a CD of solo guitar interpretations of ancient harp tunes, Ceol Ársa Cláirsí: Tunes of the Irish Harpers for Solo Guitar. He is also recording fusion music with his band Éiníní.