“If the streaker doesn’t mind, it will be going over his direction now”
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About this Item
When a streaker appeared on the pitch at the Leinster Senior Hurling Final in 2003, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh included him in his commentary.
- Title Streaker
- 1st Broadcast 06/07/2003
- ContributorMícheál Ó Muircheartaigh
- Clip Duration 00:02:12
- Material Type Audio
- Series title Sunday Sport
- Clip title “If the streaker doesn’t mind, it will be going over his direction now”
- Extended description
During the Leinster Senior Hurling Final in 2003 between Kilkenny and Wexford a streaker appears on the pitch just after a goal by Henry Shefflin. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh includes him in his commentary, "There is a streaker on the ground now. Well he must be a Kilkenny man because he is quite happy with the situation right now."
- Information
'Sunday Sport' is a weekly sports programme on RTÉ Radio 1 covering all the sporting action.
The accompanying image shows Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh photographed for the RTÉ Guide in April 2008.
© RTÉ Archives 4118/003This photoshoot was to accompany a feature that was published in the RTÉ Guide's GAA Football Championship 2008 special on 10 May 2008. The article is a day-in-the-life type feature as the RTÉ Guide spends the day with Ó Muircheartaigh and his daughter Doireann on a match-day.
- Local keywords Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, Leinster, Hurling, Radio Sports Commentary
- Geographical coverage Ireland
- Genre Sport
- Topic Sport
- Publisher Broadcaster RTÉ
- First broadcast channel RTÉ Radio One
- Production year 2003
- Country of production Ireland
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- Item type part/extract
- Item sound Mono
- Language used English (eng)
- Original language English (eng)
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