Marty Morrissey: ‘I miss my mum every day. She was a great woman, a mad rebel from Cork’

The sports broadcaster on growing up in New York as an only child, losing his mother and why he wants a ‘Dancing with the Stars’ comeback

Marty Morrissey. Photo: Eamon Ward

Marty Morrissey is a sporting commentator and broadcaster from Co Clare. Spending his childhood in the Bronx neighbourhood of New York, he returned to Ireland as a teenager and went on to become a teacher before turning to broadcasting. Now RTÉ’s GAA correspondent, he has covered everything from All-Irelands to Olympic Games. He lives in Dublin.

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