"His Mother was from Fiji,his father a Fermanagh man"

[Billys Boots]

he makes plenty of mistakes

I noticed that alright recently, but no-one ever calls him on it.  Fair enough I s'pose. 

[Farrandeelin]

Our own Mike Finnerty from MWR.

[yellowbellie]

I presume in all seriousness that Brian Carthy would be next in line to take over as main commentator. He's number 2 at the moment and I presume he would see himself as Michael's succesor.

[dodo]

I presume in all seriousness that Brian Carthy would be next in line to take over as main commentator. He's number 2 at the moment and I presume he would see himself as Michael's succesor.

Brian Carty seems to have got rid of that irritating habit of repeating words unnecessarily, "a free a free, a free for Derry".

[paddypastit]

Carthy shouldn't be let near a microphone - he is a scandal that tax payers have to pay for.

[the procastenator]

thon boys a heure all the same

[The Forfeit Point]

lads there is only one willie hegarty   

[muppet]

 Can't believe the nit-pickers are criticising Mícheál here.

Weakened his stock

FFS That's like saying Maurice Fitzgerald missing an easy free after 30 years at the top would weaken his stock.

Cop on, Mícheál's place as the premier commentator in Gaa history is guaranteed. Its hardly his fault he will have to keep going till he is 100 as there is nothing coming after him.

[Rossfan]

lads there is only one willie hegarty   

Indeed  - "he's stickin to him like chewin gum to the sole o yer shoe"

[From the Bunker]

Can't believe the nit-pickers are criticising Mícheál here.

Weakened his stock

FFS That's like saying Maurice Fitzgerald missing an easy free after 30 years at the top would weaken his stock.

Cop on, Mícheál's place as the premier commentator in Gaa history is guaranteed. Its hardly his fault he will have to keep going till he is 100 as there is nothing coming after him.

Muppet, i would rather if you included my total quote. To include Just "weakened his stock" misquotes me!

[muppet]

I most certainly did not misquote you. In fact I did you a favour as your statement was even worse than my paraphrasing (not misquote) suggested.

If I had just quoted this from your post it would have read even worse:

But like all celebrities has often annoyed me with side-steps on controversial topics. Also hated that commentary to music he did a few years ago. Really weakened his stock!

[redhotmor]

From the RTE website -

"RTÉ Radio 1 will have comprehensive coverage of the 2007 Hurling and Football Championships right throughout the summer with expert commentary and reports from the renowned team of Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Brian Carthy, Adrian Eames, John Kenny, Siobhán Madigan, Clem Ryan, Martin Kiely and Pauric Lodge".

One of these guys will take over - none of them leap out as being fantastic, but then we said there would never be another Michael O'Hehir.

[Carmen Stateside]

Could they not search for a successor, there has to be someone out there good at comentating!!

[Barney]

I like Martin Kiely.

Mike Finnerty on Mid West Radio is good, does some stuff for Setanta. But they would want to stay away from that Mal fella on Setanta. Woegious.

[Owenmoresider]

I like Martin Kiely.

Mike Finnerty on Mid West Radio is good, does some stuff for Setanta. But they would want to stay away from that Mal fella on Setanta. Woegious.

Agreed, Finnerty is a good commentator alright.