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GAA President to launch new award in honour of the late Séamus Mac Géidigh

written by Chris McNulty September 22, 2016
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A NEW AWARD in memory of the much-loved RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta manager and Gaelic games commentator Séamus Mac Géidigh will be launched this morning.

The President of the GAA, Aogán Ó Fearghail and Edel Ní Chuireáin, Ceannaire RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta will be on the station at around 11 o’clock this morning to formally launch the award.

Gradam Shéamuis Mhic Géidigh will be presented to the player selected as the best player in the Donegal Senior Football Championship. The winner will be chosen by the Gaelic games journalists in Donegal and will be presented at the end of year banquet.

The late Mr Mac Géidigh, from Ardsbeg in Gortahork, was a renowned voice of GAA in Donegal.

He was unrivalled in his field in the coverage of Gaelic games and his devotion to the Donegal SFC was unmoved.

He died in July after falling ill whilst out walking near his home in west Donegal, just two days after he commentated on Donegal’s win over Monaghan in the Ulster SFC semi-final replay.

The quarter-finals of the Donegal SFC take place this coming weekend.

GAA President to launch new award in honour of the late Séamus Mac Géidigh was last modified: September 22nd, 2016 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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