An intimate portrait from RTÉ Cláracha Gaeilge about the GAA legend whose energy for life was there for all of his 93 years.
Dlúth-léargas ó Chláracha Gaeilge RTÉ ar shaol laoich an CLG, nár chaill a mhisneach riamh le linn an 93 bliain a bhí sé ar an bhfód.
Féach siar ANSEO - watch on the RTÉ Player.
How do you create a portrait of a man who for 93 years never stopped, getting the most he could out of every day?
Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh was the voice of the nation, the king of commentators, who travelled the world promoting the game he loved.
But he was also a family man who took his 8 kids and his loving wife Helena along for the rollercoaster ride that was his life.
In ómós don bhfear speisialta seo, tugann Cláracha Gaeilge RTÉ léargas ar leith dúinn faoi Mhichíl, le cúnamh óna chlann agus a chairde. Ceann des na ceisteanna a chuireamar ar rannpháirtithe an chláir ná;
"Dá gcaithfeá teacht aníos le frása nó focail a chuirfeadh síos ar Mhicheál, cad a d'usáidfeá?"
Bhí na moltaí ilchnuasach, lúcháireach agus nótálta, nár thug ach blaiseadh beag bídeach den chion a bhí againne go léir ar ghaiscíoch na haerthonnta.
One of Micheál's great mantras was "Dúiseacht le dúthracht le breacadh an lae"; "Get up and get out there and make the most of every day", and he did.
He didn’t believe in tiredness, never said no to any requests, was on more boards than days of the month, and made his work seem like a hobby.
He was that rare thing – a constant presence in Irish life for decades who never wore out his welcome. In fact, he got more popular the older he got.
Sa chlár speisialta seo cloisfimíd ó Mhuintir Uí Mhuircheartaigh i dteannta na laochra CLG Eddie Keher, Mick O’Connell, Cora Staunton, Kieran Donaghy agus Eoin Liston, chomh maith le hIar-Uachtarán na hÉireann Mary McAleese.
