Ger Canning

Ger Canning is an Irish sports commentator with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ).

Ger Canning
Born (1951-05-10) 10 May 1951
Cork, Ireland
NationalityIrish
OccupationSports commentator
EmployerRaidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)

Career

Ger Canning was born in Cork on 10 May 1951. He was a secondary school teacher at South Presentation school in Cork City when he began his broadcasting career with Cork Local Radio in 1978.[1]

Two years later in 1980 he joined the national broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann, as a member of the station's sports department. As a fluent Irish-speaker his first All-Ireland final commentary was on RTÉ 2 in 1981, because the station then had a policy of using the two channels for commentaries in both English and Irish. After Michael O'Hehir's retirement due to ill-health in 1985, Canning became the main Gaelic games commentator on RTÉ television. Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh took over O'Hehir's duties as a radio commentator. To date Canning has broadcast nearly 75 All-Ireland finals (including three in Irish).

Canning commentated on every All-Ireland senior hurling final from 1985 to 2016.[2]

Canning has worked on many sporting events for RTÉ, including:

He was assigned commentary duties for the 1985 European Cup Final, before which he witnessed the Heysel Stadium disaster.[5]

Other interests

Canning played association football for University College Cork A.F.C. and College Corinthians and played minor and junior gaelic football for St. Finbarr's GAA.[1]

He has lectured in Radio Broadcasting at Colaiste Stiofan Naofa in Cork.

References
  1. Moynihan, Michael (1 June 2009). "Three decades making the big calls for Canning". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  2. "An Amazing Broadcasting Streak Will End During The All-Ireland Hurling Final". Balls.ie. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. "RTÉ Sport will broadcast live coverage of the Irish Women's Hockey Olympic Qualifier final". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  4. Watterson, Johnny (26 March 2012). "Ibrox was bouncing - and this time it wasn't the cheques". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  5. "Heysel: Ger Canning recalls nightmare from the stands". 29 May 2015.
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