Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh funeral to take place in Kerry

The funeral of former RTÉ GAA commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh will take place later today at the church of Naomh Muire in Daingean Uí Chúis, Co Kerry.

Mr Ó Muircheartaigh died on Tuesday at the Mater Hospital in Dublin. He was 93.

Tánaiste Mícheál Martin and GAA President Jarlath Burns are expected to attend the funeral mass at 11am.

Mr Ó Muircheartaigh will be buried afterwards at Baile an Mhuilleann, just outside Daingean Uí Chúis.

He is survived by his wife, Helena, and their eight children.

Crowds gathered in west Kerry yesterday to pay their respects to the family of the former RTÉ broadcaster.

Mr Ó Muircheartaigh’s body lay in repose at O’Connor’s Funeral Home for members of the public to sympathise with his family from 11am to 8pm.

Among those who paid their respects was Taoiseach Simon Harris, who flew directly from the two-day summit of EU leaders in Brussels to Kerry Airport.

Former GAA president Larry McCarthy, former Kerry football manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice, out-going Kildare football manager Glenn Ryan, RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst and broadcaster Marty Morrissey were also among the crowds who sympathised with Mr Ó Muircheartaigh’s family.

There will be coverage of Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s funeral mass on the RTÉ News Channel and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta from 11am.