The funeral of renowned Gaelic Games commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh is to be held in Co Kerry on Saturday.
Mr Ó Muircheartaigh died on Tuesday morning, aged 93, in a Dublin hospital, surrounded by family members.
His funeral mass will be held at 11am at St Mary’s Church in Dingle, Co Kerry before he is buried in St Brendan’s Cemetery.
The voice of the former RTÉ broadcaster from Co Kerry became synonymous with the GAA in Ireland during a career that spanned decades.
A teacher before he joined RTÉ full-time in the 1980s, Mr Ó Muircheartaigh commentated in both Irish and English.
His life as a sports commentator began many years before taking on the job full-time.
President Michael D Higgins said his commentaries captured “like no other the sense of occasion, the atmosphere in the stadium and on the terraces, the ebb and flow of the play and of every movement”.
Since his death, people have been reminiscing on the one-liners that made his commentary so…
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