Tributes pour in following the death of GAA commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh

Legendary gaelic games commentator Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh has died peacefully in the Mater Hospital at the age of 93.

Tributes poured in online for Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh with some comments on X describing him as "the only man that can take you anywhere without a passport."

Another read: "A very sad day, like many have great memories of listening to the great man's radio commentary he's skill of describing the action made you feel you were at the game, no one will ever match that or even come close to Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh."

A statement from Taoiseach Simon Harris said: "The word legend gets used too often, but for Mícheál, it is almost not enough. His voice, his colour, his excitement, his love of sport, his turn of phrase were often as exhilarating as the action he was describing on the pitch as the audience held its breath for what Mícheál would say next."

RTE sports broadcaster, Des Cahill also pays tribute.

Another statement from President Michael D. Higgins read: “Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, and in particular his unmistakable voice, will forever be linked with our memories of some of the greatest matches in GAA history. His beautiful Irish delivered with a love of its sounds and sense to Gaelic games is a wonderful legacy that Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh leaves.

"Indeed, so many matches may in fact be remembered more for his commentary than for the action on the pitch. For Mícheál turned every match into an epic tale, his commentaries capturing like no other the sense of occasion, the atmosphere in the stadium and on the terraces, the ebb and flow of the play and of every movement."

People are also reminiscing on some of Mícheál's best quotes such as "Pat Fox has it on his hurl and is motoring well now...but here comes Joe Rabbitte hot on his tail...I've seen it all now, a Rabbitte chasing a Fox around Croke Park!"

Another quote regarded as his best include “Seán Óg Ó hAilpín: his father’s from Fermanagh, his mother’s from Fiji. Neither a hurling stronghold.”