Career
Born in Cork on August 1, 1951. Ger Canning was a secondary school teacher at South Presentation school in Cork City when he began his broadcasting career with Cork Local Radio in 1978. As a fluent Irish-speaker his first All-Ireland final commentary was on RTÉ 2 in 1981, because the station then had a policy of using the two channels for commentaries in both English and Irish.
After Michael O"Hehir"s retirement due to ill-health in 1985, Canning became the main Gaelic games commentator on RTÉ television
Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh took over O"Hehir"s duties as a radio commentator. To date Canning has broadcast nearly 50 All-Ireland finals (including three in Irish).
Canning has worked on many sporting events for RTÉ, including:
Soccer, including five World Cups
Six Olympic Games
Basketball
International rules football
Greyhound racing
Olympic hockey qualifying
Canning played soccer for University College Cork A.F.C. and College Corinthians and played minor and junior football for Saint Finbarr"s Gaelic Athletic Association. He has lectured in Radio Broadcasting at Colaiste Stiofan Naofa in Cork.
