Uncle Mícheál's name will endure through the generations

Mícheál brought everyone into his lair with his words.

BIGGER RESOLUTION. The late, great Micheál O Muirceartaigh. Illustration: Niall O'Loughlin

It’s a measure of how much Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s words and stories are burned into the consciousness and folk memory that there are tales being told about him in all corners of Ireland this week. And well beyond.

One from the streets of Ennis brought to life once more the immortal words uttered by a beloved Townie by the name of Peter ‘Slavery’ Guilfoyle in the minutes after a breathless Mícheál called the memorable 1954 Oireachtas hurling final win that Clare enjoyed over Wexford.