This article celebrates the life and legacy of Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, renowned Gaelic Games commentator, whose voice became synonymous with the GAA for over 50 years. It highlights his exceptional storytelling ability, his impact on Irish sport, and the tradition of displaying club, county, or country flags on the coffins of departed individuals.
Eugene ‘Pooch’ Davis was one of the great characters of the League of Ireland, noted for his predatory poaching instincts
Ó Muircheartaigh’s voice, in Irish and in English, became an indelible part of the GAA: his commentaries on RTÉ radio charted the fortunes of hurling and football teams for more than 50 years. His son, Aonghus, recalled: “Dad sometimes told the story of how his father and godmother, Mary Quinn, brought him by horse and cart from Dún Síon to this church for Baptism after he contracted pneumonia within a few days of his birth .
Gormley’s interview with Thomas Niblock on the BBC Northern Ireland’s GAA Social podcast was an extraordinary conversation. “I have no fear of dying,” Gormley had remarked. The former Antrim football manager won two All-Ireland under-21 titles with Tyrone. Feargal Logan, his Tyrone centrefield partner in the ‘95 senior defeat to Dublin, recalled: “He was always blessed with serious positivity.”
The Galway team that defeated Meath in the 1966 All-Ireland football final to complete the famous three-in-a-row. ; Seamus Layden, Noel Tierney, Sean Meade, Mattie McDonagh, Liam Sammon, John Keenan and John McDermott. ; Seán Cleary, Colie McDonagh, Cyril Dunne, Martin Newell, Enda Colleran , Johnny Geraghty, Jimmy Duggan and Pat Donnellan.
John O'Mahony: he earned his reputation as a man of great football intelligence and leadership. Photograph: Lorraine O'Sullivan/Inpho Beckenbauer played 103 times for West Germany and is one of three men – along with Brazil’s Mario Zagallo and France’s Didier Deschamps – to have won the World Cup as a player and a manger. He was the stylish centre-half/sweeper on the West Germany winning team in 1974 as captain and then in 1990 as manager.
Davis’s eight years spell with Athlone was the most productive of his long career, where he scored 22 goals in their 1981 winning campaign. “The week we won the league in Limerick was probably the highlight of my career. We needed a point to win the league and I needed a goal to get the Soccer Reporter-sponsored prize of £1,500 for 22 League goals. We won and I got two goals,” he later recalled.
Charlie “King” Hurley died in April aged 87. Born in Cork before the family moved to Essex in England, Hurley enjoyed a brilliant career earning 40 caps for Ireland and playing for two decades in England with Millwall, Sunderland and Bolton Wanders. He played 402 competitive matches for Sunderland and was named “Player of the Century” by the club’s fans in 1979 on the occasion of their centenary.
Captain Con Power holding aloft the Aga Khan Trophy during a lap of honour with his team-mates Paul Darragh, James Kernan and Eddie Macken after the Irish team had completed a hat-trick in the competition at the RDS, Ballsbridge, in August 1979. Photograph: Tom Lawlor
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