Tributes paid as legendary GAA commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh dies aged 93
Ó Muircheartaigh was the voice of Gaelic games commentary on RTÉ for more than 70 years.
He commentated on his first game in 1949, covering the Railway Cup final on St Patrick’s Day in Irish, and signed off after the 2010 All-Ireland football final between Cork and Down.
During that time, he endeared himself to listeners with his unique voice and command of language, both Irish and English.
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President Michael D Higgins paid tribute his “unmistakable voice”, which he said, will “forever be linked with our memories of some of the greatest matches in GAA history”.
“His beautiful Irish delivered with a love of its sounds and sense to gaelic games is a wonderful legacy that Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh leaves,” he said in a statement this afternoon.
“Indeed, so many matches may in fact be remembered more for his commentary than for the action on the pitch. For Mícheál turned every match into an epic tale, his commentaries…
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