The voice is an instrument and in that vein Micheal O Muircheartaigh is to GAA what Jimi Hendrix is to the electric guitar.
Tonight on Off The Ball, you will hear that voice as Micheal joins us in studio to talk about his long and storied commentary career.
And just to get our voices warmed up, here's a few quotes from the great man himself:
"Seán Óg Ó hAilpín: his father’s from Fermanagh, his mother’s from Fiji. Neither a hurling stronghold."
"Colin Corkery on the 45 lets go with the right boot. Its over the bar. This man shouldn’t be playing football. He’s made an almost Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man but he couldn’t kick points like Colin Corkery."
"…and Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, I’ll tell ye a little story. I was in Times Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand and I said, “I suppose ye wouldn’t have The Kerryman, would ye?” To which, the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said, “Do you want the North Kerry edition, or the South Kerry edition?” He had both – so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet!"
"Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now, but here comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail… I’ve seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park!"
"1-5 to 0-8… well, from Lapland to the Antarctic, that’s level scores in any man’s language."
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