Sports hall at MTU Kerry to be named after Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh
February 05, 2025
Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
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The main sports hall at Munster Technological University's Kerry Sports Academy is to be named after Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
The legendary GAA broadcaster, who passed away last year, will be honoured at a ceremony in the university tomorrow (Thursday, February 6). The late, great Micheál had a long association with the Kerry campus and was awarded an honorary fellowship by the Institute of Technology Tralee in 2009.
He was a member of the board of the Foundation chaired by former Tanaiste Dick Spring that assisted in fundraising for the construction of the state-of-the-art Kerry Sports Academy which opened in 2019.
Members of the Ó Muircheartaigh family will attend the event together with invited guests from a number of sporting and community organisations.
Music on the night will be provided by members of the Kerry branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann whose headquarters are based in the Duchas Centre in the Kerry Sports Academy. The MC will be former Kerry All-Ireland winning captain and broadcaster Dara Ó Cinnéide.
President of MTU Professor Maggie Cusack said: “The naming of the main arena in the Kerry Sports Academy is a fitting tribute to Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, a true Kerryman, a great Irishman and a legend of Irish broadcasting.”
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