Remembering PD Mehigan: The GAA’s first commentator

This weekend, some 60 members of the Mehigan family are gathering in the Cork parish of Ardfield.

Remembering PD Mehigan: The GAA’s first commentator
Fri, 17 May, 2019 - 01:00
Paul Rouse

This weekend, some 60 members of the Mehigan family are gathering in the Cork parish of Ardfield.

They are travelling from Dublin, but also from England, France, and the USA, to remember PD Mehigan and his wife, Cissy (nee Scully).

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