Brendan O'Reilly
Brendan O'Reilly | |
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| Born | 14 May 1929 Granard, County Longford, Ireland |
| Died | 1 April 2001 (aged 71) Dublin, Ireland |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Occupation(s) | Sports broadcaster, journalist, actor, singer, songwriter (best known for 'The Ballad of Michael Collins' and the Olympic Song 'Let the Nations Play' |
| Years active | 1962–1994 |
| Notable credit(s) | The Life of O'Reilly Sports Stadium, 'Flight of the Doves'. First non-political figure to give the annual Michael Collins oration at Beal na mBlath |
| Spouse | DrJohanna Lowry O'Reilly |
| Children | Hannah Lowry O'Reilly BL, Kelan (Lowry) O'Reilly, Rossa (Lowry) O'Reilly, Myles O'Reilly |
| Sports career | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | high jump |
Brendan O'Reilly (14 May 1929 – 1 April 2001) was an Irish Olympic athlete, broadcaster, journalist, actor, singer and songwriter (best known for the 'Ballad of Michael Collins' and the Olympic song, 'Let the Nations Play'. He is best known as presenter of the long-running Sports Stadium. Between 1966 and 1968, O'Reilly had the honour of commentating for Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as presenting the National Song Contest (to select Ireland's Eurovision entry) from 1966 to 1970.