Crowds have begun to gather in Daingean Uí Chúis in Co Kerry to pay their respects to the family of the former RTÉ broadcaster and sports commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh.
Tá corp an Uasail Ó Muircheartaigh ina luí i dTeach Sochraide Uí Chonchúir i nDaingean Uí Chúis óna 11 a chlog ar maidin inniu agus tá cuireadh tugtha do bhaill an phobail comhbhrón a dhéanamh lena theaghlach go dtí a 8 a chlog tráthnóna inniu.
Taoiseach Simon Harris is due to arrive in Daingean Uí Chúis later this afternoon.
Bhí iar-Uachtarán CLG, Larry McCarthy, iarbhainisteoir peile Chiarraí Eamonn Fitzmaurice, bainisteoir peile Chill Dara Glenn Ryan, Ard-Stiúrthóir RTÉ Kevin Bakhurst agus an craoltóir Marty Morrissey i measc na sluaite a rinne comhbhrón le teaghlach an Uasail Ó Muircheartaigh inniu.
Mr Ó Muircheartaigh’s remains arrived in Daingean Uí Chúis last night.
Bhí bean chéile an Uasail Ó Muircheartaigh, Helena, agus a chlann in éineacht leis an hears a bhí ag iompar a choirp ar an aistear óna theach cónaithe i gCill Choca i gCo na Mí inné, ag teacht go Daingean Uí Chúis tráthnóna inniu.
Tháinig go leor daoine ag iompar comharthaí agus bratacha Chiarraí suas feadh an bhealaigh.
Stad an hears go gairid tar éis dó an teorainn a thrasnú isteach i gCiarraí.
Crowds lined Blennerville Bridge outside Tralee, the gateway to the Corca Dhuibhne gaeltacht, as well as in the villages of Abhainn an Scáil and Lios Póil on the way to Daingean Uí Chúis.
Bhásaigh an tUasal Ó Muircheartaigh Dé Máirt in Ospidéal an Mater i mBaile Átha Cliath. Bhí sé 93.
His funeral mass will take place at the church of Naomh Muire in Daingean Uí Chúis tomorrow.
Cuirfear é ina dhiaidh sin i mBaile an Mhuilleann díreach taobh amuigh den bhaile.
