Three decades making the big calls for Canning
Ger Canning was a schoolteacher when RTÉ producer Pat O’Donovan invited him to commentate on the 1978 Cork County Hurling final.
Some baptism. The Glen v Blackrock. 33,000 spectators.
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SUBSCRIBEGer Canning was a schoolteacher when RTÉ producer Pat O’Donovan invited him to commentate on the 1978 Cork County Hurling final.
Some baptism. The Glen v Blackrock. 33,000 spectators.
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