From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain: Travels and Stories from Ireland's Most Beloved Broadcaster

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The author of the beloved From Don Sion to Croke Park is back with stories, sporting and non-sporting, from seven decades of travels near and far Micheal Muircheartaigh is best known as the voice of the GAA. But his interests and enthusiasms - sporting and non-sporting - go far beyond the fields of Gaelic games. In his new book, the follow-up to his bestselling memoir From Don Sion to Croke Park, Micheal brings us along on his travels around the world, and to the villages, townlands and sporting fields of the four provinces of Ireland. He recalls great days at the races and in sporting stadiums big and small, and great nights in the dance halls. Above all, he tells the stories of these places and the people he has encountered there - stories told as only Micheal can tell them.

Micheal Muircheartaigh was born in 1930 in Don Sion, near Dingle, Co. Kerry. He was educted in the Presentation Convent and the Christian Brothers School in Dingle, at Colaiste osagain in Baile Bhoirne, Co. Cork, and at UCD. He was a primary and secondary school teacher for many years. Besides his renowned work as a radio commentator, he has long been a champion of the Irish language. He and his wife, Helena, live in Dublin. His memoir, From Don Sion to Croke Park, was the best selling hardback book in Ireland in 2004.