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David Gillick shares his memories and stories of the late, great Jerry Kiernan. By Emma Duffy Sunday 28 Feb 2021, 7:30 AM Feb 28th 2021, 7:30 AM 5,498 Views 0 Comments
Jerry Kiernan and David Gillick (centre) at the launch of RTÉ s Rio 2016 Olympic coverage.
Image: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
Image: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
HE WILL BE missed. And he’ll be missed next week in RTÉ.
He was meant to be there, he was meant to be a pundit alongside myself and Derval. It’ll be a sad day. I think that’s when people will realise that Jerry’s not here anymore.
There will be a notable void in the RTÉ studio next weekend, as the focus switches to one of Europe’s biggest stages.
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Many years ago when rehearsing an introduction to our coverage of the European Cross Country Championships, I referred to Jerry Kiernan as a former Olympian.
Jerry quietly suggested to me that using the term former could imply one was no longer an Olympian. He was correct, once an Olympian, always an Olympian. I quickly made the required adjustment to the script.
Jerry had a great sense of humour even if the attempt at hilarity was at his expense. On one occasion when he shared punditry duty with Ailís McSweeney, who was then our national record holder in the women s 100m, he barely batted an eyelid when I introduced them as the fast and furious of Irish athletics.