{"id":4087,"date":"2018-11-18T12:20:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T17:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4087"},"modified":"2018-11-19T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:22:14","slug":"legendary-gaa-commentator-weeshie-fogarty-dies-aged-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4087","title":{"rendered":"Legendary GAA Commentator Weeshie Fogarty Dies, Aged 77"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WeeshieFogartyGAABroadcasterJul2015_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WeeshieFogartyGAABroadcasterJul2015_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WeeshieFogartyGAABroadcasterJul2015_large-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Legendary GAA commentator, referee and broadcaster, Weeshie Fogarty has died at the age of 77.<\/p>\n<p>He was the voice of Radio Kerry&#8217;s Terrace Talk, and was inducted into the McNamee Awards Hall of Fame in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Independent TD for Kerry, Michael Healy Rae, has said the county is devastated at the passing of a legend.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;Weeshie has been a part of our lives for decades now, he was the voice of Kerry, he was the voice of Radio Kerry, the GAA and of everything that was and is good about the county of Kerry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There isn&#8217;t a family that hasn&#8217;t been touched or affected in a positive way by Weeshie because of the great contributions that he gave during commentating on matches, during his various programs in Radio Kerry, and indeed, in national broadcasting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tributes have been flooding in today following his death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4087\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4087&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4087\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4087&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-4087\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4087&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4087\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary GAA commentator, referee and broadcaster, Weeshie Fogarty has died at the age of 77. 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