Book description
Miche l Muircheartaigh is best known as the voice of the GAA. But his
interests and enthusiasms sporting and non-sporting go far beyond
the fields of Gaelic games. In his new book, the follow-up to his
bestselling memoir
From D n S on to Croke Park
, Miche l brings us along on his travels around the world, and to the
villages, townlands and sporting fields of the four provinces of
Ireland. He recalls great days at the races and in sporting stadiums big
and small, and great nights in the dance halls. Above all, he tells the
stories of these places and the people he has encountered there
stories told as only Miche l can tell them. Miche l Muircheartaigh
was born in 1930 in D n S on, near Dingle, Co. Kerry. He was educted in
the Presentation Convent and the Christian Brothers School in Dingle, at
Col iste osag in in Baile Bh irne, Co. Cork, and at UCD. He was a
primary and secondary school teacher for many years. Besides his
renowned work as a radio commentator, he has long been a champion of the
Irish language. He and his wife, Helena, live in Dublin. His memoir,
From D n Sion to Croke Park
, was the best selling hardback book in Ireland in 2004.
