RADIO Kerry’s hugely popular Terrace Talk programme has won a prestigious MacNamee Award for a special focus on Kerry’s Golden Years.
The programme celebrated the best Gaelic football team of all time and the award adjudicators said it was lively, informative, entertaining and inclusive from start to finish and that it kept the listener enthralled.
Several former star players were interviewed including Ambrose O’Donovan, Denis Ogie Moran, Jimmy Deenihan, Ger Power, John Kennedy, Jack O’Shea and Mickey Ned O’Sullivan.
An informative interview with Mick O’Dwyer was one of the highlights of this show, which included a mix of chat and commentary helped along enthusiastic and knowledgeable presenter Tim Moynihan. The show was produced by Eamonn Hickson.
Meanwhile, The story of Brosna GAA, published in 2019, has won the sought after best GAA club publication award.
In a year when several clubs – including some in Kerry – published their histories, Brosna’s was deemed the best.
Professionally produced and charting the history of the club over 130 years, the hardback, well written book features stunning photography and the club’s history is documented decade by decade.
There are interesting stories from the early years of the club and the book covers all activities of the Brosna GAA which highlights the role the club plays in their local community.
“This book serves as a testament to the pride members have in Brosna and their parish,’ said the judges.
The Irish language award went to Kerry journalist Seán Mac an tSitigh for his work An Síol a Cuireadh sa tSneachta.
The GAA National Communication and Media Awards are named after the late Pádraig MacNamee, former President of the GAA, Chairman of the GAA Commission and a member of the RTÉ authority.
They are presented annually in recognition of outstanding contributions made by individuals and units in the area of media and communications.
Due to the Covid-19 situation the presentation of the MacNamee Awards has been postponed until a future date.
GAA President, John Horan, said: “The power of communication and the need to be able to tell the GAA’s story and reflect all that is great and good about the Association has never been more critical than it is now. It is against this backdrop that we single out some exceptional examples of this craft”.
The 2019 award winners
Best Website – Ballycrann GAA Glub
Provincial Media Award – Mayo GAA: A Decade in Review by The Western People
National Media Award – Keith Duggan, The Irish Times Summer of 69
Best Programme GAA – Meath Senior Football Championship Final Programme
Best GAA Related Radio Programme – Radio Kerry’s Terrace Talk – Kerry’s Golden Years
Irish Language Award – An Síol a Cuireadh sa tSneachta – in eagar ag Seán Mac an tSitigh
Best New Media – Roscommon Gaels All-Stars
Best Photograph – Ray Ryan, The Tuam Herald
Best GAA Club Publication – The Story of Brosna GAA
Best GAA Publication – Forgotten Gaelic Volunteer by Donal McAnallen
Best TV Documentary – The Sunday Best: 40 Years of the Sunday
Hall of Fame – Martin Breheny.
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