The village voice
WHEN he speaks he soundtracks the summer. Micheal Ó Muircheartaigh is as much a part of the GAA experience as a ham sandwich and the national anthem after six decades at the microphone. The constant presence has seen a lot of changes in that time, such as an obvious difference on the field of play.
“The average player is now bigger, though that’s an observation you could make of people just walking along the street. With the more scientific approach to training they’re also fitter, even though older people would say in their time they had a lot of natural fitness because long ago people walked and cycled everywhere and they also did more manual work.
