George Hamilton (commentator)

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On the feed monitors at the commentary position in the Estádio da Luz, George Hamilton does his pitch-side piece to camera preceding the Benfica v. Manchester United UEFA Champions League match in Lisbon on 7th December, 2005. © M. Stack, 2006.

George Hamilton is a sports commentator born in Belfast.

He works for Radio Telefís Éireann, the Republic of Ireland radio and television broadcasting company and is a household name in Ireland where his voice and refined commentary style of football are familiar to sports fans.

Hamilton originally trained as a cellist and pianist before beginning work for the BBC, and subsequently RTÉ. As well as commentary work, Hamilton works for Lyric FM (Ireland's classical radio station) on Saturday mornings. For many years he also fronted a popular weekly quiz show on RTÉ, Know Your Sport, alongside fellow commentator Jimmy Magee. Hamilton's cultured approach to sports commentary has won him admirers, and although his remarks are sometimes scoffed at, he has been a leading voice in Irish sport for almost thirty years.

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The Hamilton Scores

v • d • e Radio Telefís Éireann presenters and hosts

Chat show hosts	Gay Byrne • Joe Duffy • Frank Hall • Pat Kenny • Mike Murphy • Ryan Tubridy • Grainne Seoige • Joe O'Shea • Laura Woods • Lucy Kennedy

News & Current Affairs	Charlie Bird • John Bowman • Brian Cleeve • Barry Cowan • Donagh Diamond • Sean Duignan • Brian Farrell • Mark Little • John O'Donoghue • Bill O'Herlihy • Olivia O'Leary • Sean O'Rourke • John Skehan

Sports	Peter Collins • Eamon Dunphy • Johnny Giles • George Hamilton • George Hook • Jimmy Magee • Martin Carney • Michael O'Hehir • Tracey Piggott • Brent Pope

Newsreaders and Announcers	Anne Doyle • Don Cockburn • Derek Davis • Bryan Dobson • Eileen Dunne • Charles Mitchel • Sharon Ní Bheoláin • Siún Nic Gearailt • Maurice O'Doherty • Úna O'Hagan • Emer O'Kelly • Vere Wynne-Jones

Producers	Derek Mooney

See also: List of programmes broadcast by RTÉ