The legendary sports commentator and Gaelic scholar, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh, who died last week, was a great friend and regular visitor to West Cork. This week’s picture was taken in the grounds of Abbeystrewry Parish Church, Skibbereen, on June 24th, 2006, on the occasion of the unveiling by him of the statue of Canon James Goodman. From Left: Mayor of Skibbereen Richard Carthy, Rev. Donald A.R. Caird (Retired Archbishop of Dublin and then Bishop of Glendalough, a noted Gaelic scholar: Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh; and Rev. Bruce Hayes (Rector of Abbeystrewry). The picture was taken by Michael O’Sullivan from Riverdale in Skibbereen.
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