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Ya kinda need to do the accent as well when your reading them

Commentating on a match in his first year for RTE in 1949
Hes not a big man, hes not a small man, hes what you might call a handy man...

On the similarity between Anthony Lynchs style of play and his familys business
Anthony Lynch, the Cork corner back, will be the last man to let you down his people are undertakers

Commentating during a hurling match at Croke Park
He grabs the sliotar, hes on the 50...hes on the 40...hes on the 30...hes on the ground.

On the difference between referees and God
The stopwatch has stopped. Its up to God and the referee now. The referee is Pat Horgan. God is God.

His famous delivery during a particularly exciting hurling encounter
Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now... but here comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail.... Ive seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park

On Colin Corkeys spectacular return to football after illness
Colin Corkery on the 45 lets go with the right boot. Its over the bar. This man shouldnt be playing football. Hes made an almost Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man but he couldnt kick points like Colin Corkery.

Commentating on the McCarthys of Kerry
Teddy McCarthy to John McCarthy, no relation. John McCarthy back to Teddy McCarthy, still no relation.

Explaining Sean Og O hAilpins hurling background

Sean Og O hAilpin...his fathers from Fermanagh, his mothers from Fiji, neither one of them a hurling stronghold

Telling a tale while Tyrones Brian Dooher receives treatment for an injury
...and Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, Ill tell ye a little story. I was in Times Square last week and I was missing the championship back home. So I approached a news stand and I said, I suppose ye wouldnt have the Kerryman (newspaper) would ye? To which the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said, Do you want the north Kerry edition or the south Kerry edition?...he had both ...so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet...

Making the point of a level game

1-5 to 0-8...well from Lapland to the Antartic, thats level scores in any mans language

 

4th Feb 2012 - 8:37pm
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just have to say reading this made me laugh.it brought back so much memories listening to him .he is a true legend

 

6th Feb 2012 - 2:51am
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Teddy looks at the ball...........and the ball looks at Teddy icon_lol.gif

 

6th Feb 2012 - 9:56am
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A flipping legend....GAA commentary will never be the same again unfortunately, In our house for years it was Telly for the visuals Michael for the Adio on the 'Wireless' sad.gif come all Ireland day.

 

6th Feb 2012 - 11:33pm
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Loved by fans and players alike. Says it all about the Man really.

Heard Micheal tell a story about Christy Ring goin to America and seeing a baseball game. Some batter hit a home run and the bloke beside Christy asked him " well what do you think of that ? ". Christy ring said " sure what about it, there was nobody marking him ".

Great thread folks.thumbup.gif

 

7th Feb 2012 - 6:34pm
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worship.gifworship.gifworship.gifLegend worship.gifworship.gifworship.gifworship.gif

 

7th Feb 2012 - 6:46pm
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he makes my ears bleed icon_wink.gif