GAELIC games Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh has died at the age of 93.
The Kerry-born commentator was the voice of the GAA on RTÉ from the 1980s until he retired from broadcasting in 2010.
His first commentary assignment was to provide an all-Irish commentary on the 1949 Railway Cup Final on St Patrick’s Day.
Mr Ó Muircheartaigh commentated in both Irish and English and was previously a primary and secondary teacher before becoming a full-time broadcaster with RTÉ in the 1980s.
Ó Muircheartaigh died in Mater Hospital in Dublin on Tuesday morning.
Described as “The voice of Gaelic Games”, he commentated on some of the biggest games in the history of the GAA and delivered some of the memorbale lines of commentary, including “Anthony Lynch the Cork corner back will be the last person to let you down – his people are undertakers.”
