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THE SOUND OF SUNDAY - DVD~The Sound of Sunday with Micheal O Muircheartaigh - DVD~Think of Micheál O Muircheartaigh and you do think of Sunday - every Sunday of every brilliant exciting GAA season. This special DVD not only includes the life story of an Irish broadcasting legend but also provides you with Micheal’s Top GAA moments filmed exclusively for this DVD.

THE FILM - The Sound of Sunday

This IFTA award-winning documentary follows Micheál O Muircheartaigh through the championship summer of 2006 while accompanying him on a walk down memory lane. We learn of his early life, witness the meticulous preparations for RTE Sport, see his close family at first hand, see his easy rapport with players and officials alike and absorb his raw passion for the people and games of the GAA. This is the story of one man and a voice that is associated with the championship summer for generations.

THE EXTRAS - Micheál’s 20 Top GAA Moments

As an exclusive extra as Micheál selects 20 of his top moments -10 in football and 10 in hurling - from the rich archives of the GAA and RTE / BBCNI. It was a difficult task but his choices are outstanding, each one chosen to celebrate a terrific score, spark an outstanding memory or applaud the genius of great players past or present.

Filmed in Croke Park, the master commentator articulates and demonstrates, in his own inimitable way, the 20 great moments, players or scores that left fans and critics talking about them through the decades. Who can remember the great scores fromGAA icons Eddie Keher and DJ Carey (Kilkenny), Oisin McConnville (Armagh), Peter Canavan (Tyrone), Sean Og de Paor (Galway), John Fenton (Cork), Ciaran Carey (Limerick), Jack O’Shea (Kerry), Seamus Darby (Offaly), Martin Storey (Wexford), Owen Mulligan (Tyrone), Kevin Foley (Meath), Diarmuid O’Sullivan (Cork), David Hickey (Dublin), Jack O’Shea (Kerry), Eamonn Taaffe (Clare)plus other great talking points - the recent goal exploits of Dan Shanahan (Waterford),the Offaly Hurling come-back in 1994, the Paddy Cullen (Dublin)save in 1974 and the brilliant Joe Connolly All Ireland winning speech for Galway ‘as gaeilge’ in 1980? It’s all here, with archive and action, presented by the man himself – the greatest Irish voice of sport of his generation.~THE SOUND OF SUNDAY - DVD|SOSMOM1|~13246~13253~~