Mártan Ó Ciardha: Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh could lift a person up when they were in his company

Mártan Ó Ciardha is a former Raidió na Gaeltachta journalist and broadcasting best friend of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh at the day's racing. Cheltenham Racing Festival 2015, Prestbury Park, Cheltenham, England. Picture credit: Matt Browne / SPORTSFILE

Mícheál, Mícheál Ó Sé, and myself were annual racegoers to Cheltenham for 20-odd years.

We were supposed to travel in 2020 for his 90th birthday. Of course, Covid arrived, and while Cheltenham still went ahead, we three were not among those to make the trip.