Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh obituary: GAA commentator whose voice was central to the All-Ireland championship

For more than 50 years, Ó Muircheartaigh’s radio commentaries, in Irish and English, were as rich in language as they were keen in observationwas a Gaelic games commentator whose voice was as much a part of the All-Ireland championship as the teams that competed in it. His radio commentaries, in Irish and English, charted the fortunes of hurling and football teams from the four provinces for more than 50 years, and were as rich in language as they were keen in observation.

Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, and his daughter Doireann, commentating on the Galway-Kerry All-Ireland final at Croke Park in 2000. Photograph: Andrew Paton/Inpho The Wexford hurling team that emerged in the 1950s also impressed him, and they remained his “favourite hurling team of all time”. Nevertheless, he regarded the Tipperary team of the late 1950s and early 1960s as the best hurling team he ever saw, just ahead of the 1970s Kilkenny team. He rated Kerry’s team of the 1975-86 as the best footballing side he saw, ahead of the Down team of the 1960s, Dublin of the 1970s and Galway’s three-in-a-row team of the mid-1960s.

He had an interest in greyhounds from childhood and in later life was an owner. He enjoyed some success as co-owner of Unique Reward, the winner of several quality races, and, mixing business with pleasure, presented Night at the Dogs for RTÉ Radio. He interviewed Prince Edward, a fellow owner, for the programme at Wimbledon greyhound track in 1990 on the occasion of the English Derby semi-final.

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