Ger Canning

Ger Canning is an Irish sports commentator who has worked for the national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). He was born in Cork on 10 May 1951 and was a secondary school teacher at South Presentation school in Cork City before he began in broadcasting with Cork Local Radio in 1978. He joined the sports department of RTÉ in 1980, and as a fluent Irish speaker gave his first All-Ireland final commentary on RTÉ 2 in 1981. After Michael O'Hehir retired in 1985 he became the main Gaelic games television commentator, and he has broadcast nearly 75 All-Ireland finals, including every senior hurling final from 1985 to 2016. His RTÉ work has also taken in five soccer World Cups and six Olympic Games. In his own playing days he turned out at association football for University College Cork and College Corinthians, and at minor and junior Gaelic football for St Finbarr's.