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Michael Murphy recalls heartwarming Mícheál O Muircheartaigh story

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The Donegal legend can vividly remember his first meeting with the legendary RTE broadcaster who went out of his way to help him fulfil a childhood dream

Donegal legend Michael Murphy recalls his first encounter with Mícheál O Muircheartaigh, when he was a young boy.

Read Next: Seán Óg Ó hAilpín on the 'simple but genius' line that inextricably linked him to Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh“I must have been six or seven, and I suppose I used to think at that age from looking at the map that Meath was only out the road from Croke Park. “I went into Croke Park that day and probably like any venue, it's not just some place that you can knock at the door to go in and see the pitch. I was told that there was nothing on.

“He was asking away about Anthony Molloy and the 1992 Donegal team, going through everything. I didn't pluck up the courage but I think dad asked if there was any chance we could get in. And he brought us the whole way in.

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