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MICK O'DWYER | From the OTB archives

Mick O'Dwyer, a pillar of Irish sport over the past eight decades has died at the age of 88. As a...

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08:00 3 Apr 2025



MICK O'DWYER | From the OTB ar...
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MICK O'DWYER | From the OTB archives


OffTheBall

OffTheBall

08:00 3 Apr 2025

Mick O'Dwyer, a pillar of Irish sport over the past eight decades has died at the age of 88. As a tribute, we'd delved into the OTB archives to bring you some of our best 'Micko' material.

00:00:13 - Various Micko tributes from down the years on OTB

00:00:57 - a career-spanning interview from Newstalk Breakfast, conducted in August of 2011.

00:21:11 - Kieran Donaghy and Eoin Sheahan give their reasons for Micko's inclusion on their Kerry Mt. Rushmore

00:27:44 - from the same year as above, the late great Micheal Ó Muircheartaigh recounts his memories of O'Dywer the player, and the manager.

00:29:50 - from 2019, renowned racing photographer Pat Healy gave that night's Friday Night Racing an hilarious recounting of his own brush with Micko.

00:32:57 - Pat Spillane a couple of years back with his own warm words for his former manager.

00:35:09 - and we finish on 2019, with one of our final encounters with Mick O'Dwyer, as Maire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh caught up with the man himself.


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