'He was and will forever remain the Carrauntoohil of commentators, a Kingdom landmark who towered above even the very best of the rest'
His voice was birdsong at the first blush of a Croke Park dawn, July waves lapping against Kerry’s Atlantic shore, the high-season thwack of sliothar against ash. Summertime. A Celtic symphony. A hymn to the long days. A postcard from the very soul of Gaelic games.
A celebration of Irishness. A hosanna to the enchantment Gooch or Joe Canning or Brian Fenton might bring to a season of Sundays. As with Michael Flatley’s feet of flames, an uncontainable wildfire blazed when a spark of excitement ignited Mícheál’s vocal chords. His entire body, like his words, danced and shook and gyrated, every fibre of his being lost in the theatre unfolding on the verdant stage below. He would leap in the manner of a startled hare after a memorable score, his arms akimbo, like a traffic cop at a busy Manhattan junction.
On the greatest days of summer, he was an artist in his studio: the Dingle Vermeer dipping into the rich palette of his imagination to paint gorgeous, unforgettable, vibrant word-pictures.
He composed lyrical poems as prolifically as Shakespeare, or that Kerry bard, the inestimable Con Houlihan. In an age of flux and confusion, he was a never changing constant —timeless and trusted. Part of our heritage. Everybody’s favourite uncle. A listed Irish building.
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