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Ger Canning
Ger Canning
Born	10 May 1951 (age 73); Cork, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Sports commentator
Employer	Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)

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

Career

Born in Cork on May 10, 1951. Ger Canning 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:

Other interests

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

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

References

^ ^a ^b Moynihan, Michael (1 June 2009). "Three decades making the big calls for Canning". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
^ "An Amazing Broadcasting Streak Will End During The All-Ireland Hurling Final". Balls.ie. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
^ "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.
^ 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.

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[Irish_Examiner-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.

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 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 language|Irish]]-speaker his first All-Ireland final commentary was on [[RTÉ Two|RTÉ 2]] in 1981, because the station then had a policy of using the two channels for commentaries in both [[English language|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 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1985]] to [[2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2016]].<ref>{{citeweb|url= https://www.balls.ie/gaa/ger-canning-hurling-finals-commentary-372693|title= An Amazing Broadcasting Streak Will End During The All-Ireland Hurling Final|date=2 September 2017|work=Balls.ie|accessdate=6 September 2017}}</ref>
 Canning has worked on many sporting events for RTÉ, including: