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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 months

Some personal news. Highly honoured to have had coverage of 11 Olympics acknowledged at a ceremony in Paris this morning.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

The #FIFAWorldCup captured in one pic by @Dan_Mullan A masterpiece. The vainglorious clown in his sponsored runners. The man it was all about, obliged to don the sponsor's cloak to cover his national shirt. And the smiling benefactor. Sport has gone to hell in a handcart.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 years

What sad news for a Saturday morning. Jack Charlton has passed away. Those were the days.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

What about that!!! Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan! Olympic 🥇🥇

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

This has to be the king of personalised plates 🤣

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 months

Back in Stuttgart 36 years on. #ESPGER #EURO2024 #RTESport

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 months

What a day!

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

An Irishman, Scotsman and a Welsh man walk into a bar. There's normally an Englishman as well, but he's still at the Rugby World Cup ….

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 years

@McDonnellDan The managers who took us to Finals? Jack’s start LDW. Mick’s start LLLDLLDW. Trap’s start DW. And none of them were bringing players out of pandemic-induced inactivity. Let’s be reasonable and reserve judgment.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

Oh what a night! The history makers. A privilege to have had a seat in the stand.

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@Corktod

2 years

We are celebrating 🥳 a wonderful achievement of ⁦ @FAIWomen ⁩ ⁦ @FAIreland ⁩ going to the World Cup

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 years

Ah lads ... it was The Nation 🥳

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

If paradise is half as nice as heaven that you take me to. A 1968 love song from Amen Corner, and there's Andy Fairweather Low singing it 55 years on on Jools Holland's Hootenanny, sounding terrific. Hey, it's great to have lived it all! Aren't we the lucky ones.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 months

Thrilled to welcome 10,000 new listeners across the weekend to #TheHamiltonScores . Many congratulations to colleagues who’ve posted huge gains. A really proud day for us all on ⁦ @RTElyricfm ⁩

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

Journey’s end #COYGIG ⁦ @FIFAWWC ⁩

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

@redballoons97 @Dan_Mullan The fact that I am employed to commentate on sport does not preclude me from observing the bigger picture. Thank you.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

So this is it … for now. Brisbane awaits a curtain call #IRLNGA but it’s surely only the start. The @FIFAWWC journey has only just begun. #COYGIG @RTEsoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

Ah guys, what can I say. Thank you, thank you! Merci millefois.

Off The Ball

@offtheball

1 year

🗣"Best commentator I ever heard was George Hamilton." 🗣"An incredible ability to find the right words in the right moment." 🗣"He's still not on my television enough these days." Joe and Gavin Cooney can't praise George Hamilton enough. Football with @SkyIreland

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@HamiltonRTE

1 year

Live from Brisbane #TheHamiltonScores ⁦ @RTElyricfm ⁩

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Happy #WorldPianoDay The 🎹 has 88 keys, so its big day is celebrated annually on the 88th day of the year, which happens to be today, 29th March. #thehamiltonscores @RTElyricfm

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

When you've been through the mill over 36 hours, it's so good to be home

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 years

Less than an hour to kick-off. It’s baking hot in Genoa.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

Radio Studio Doha #TheHamiltonScores ⁦ @RTElyricfm ⁩

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

6 years

The party’s over. Thank you Russia. We had a blast. #FifaWorldCup2018 #RTEsoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

Now that's class.

Ken Hennessy

@kenhennessy75

1 year

@FinnHarpsFC thank you for the condition of your dressing rooms. Despite a 5-1 defeat you still manage to do this. Must say a class act. Wish you all a safe journey home. @CobhRamblersFC @LeagueofIreland @cobhsports @mig_ie

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

A Father's Day salute to my dear old Dad, Jim Hamilton (once of @cliftonvillefc ), passed away three days after his 77th birthday on this date in 1985. Missed every day.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 months

RIP Tommie - a man for all seasons

Champagne Football? Our league has more priceless perks

Sligo Rovers are the deepest, most fragile love and the club's uncanny ability to rouse itself on the battlefield and surprise when all seems lost is the spark that sets a soul on fire.

www.rte.ie

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Luis Enrique. Most gracious in defeat. ⁦ @RTEsoccer ⁩

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Hoping to match the main man for elegance, musically and sartorially #martyinthemorning ⁦ @RTElyricfm ⁩

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

@McGurkEamonn You're most kind, Eamonn. I'm so privileged to be involved with the athletes. After all the years, that's my first time calling Irish Olympic Gold 🥇🥇

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 years

Inspiring sub-editors for more years than I care to remember ...

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Sensational row Ireland first medal earned by the Women’s 4 @TeamIreland @RTEsport

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

You could give @RTElyricfm a try 😉 🎶

Garrett

@garrett_mahony

3 years

I cant listen to radio at the moment. Its fucking wall to wall Covid. Is there nothing else to talk about? can an hour only per day be allocated to it?

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Who cares what I think, but after four decades, off and on, of time spent in Russia, dealing with the people as opposed to the politics, I just want to say that I know this is not being done in their name.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

5 years

#FIFAWomensWorldCup19 We’re in the Final! Enniscorthy’s Michelle O’Neill is Assistant Referee for USA v Netherlands on Sunday, first Irish official to be involved in a World Cup Final. Bravo! #rtesoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

George Hamilton, Patricia Messinger, Declan Meehan and Stephen Clements inducted into radio hall of...

Four of Ireland’s best-known media personalities have been inducted into the IMRO Hall of Fame.

www.independent.ie

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

G’day from Perth. Could this be an omen? @FIFAWWC #CANIRL @RTEsoccer Kick-off 1300 ⚽️

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

6 years

The conditions had to be experienced to be believed. And let it not be forgotten that this marriage has begun without a honeymoon. Last time Mick McCarthy was in charge it took him eight games to get his first win. 3 points from a standing start in tricky circumstances

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

If you missed it, catch #Codebreaker on the @RTEplayer Super job @kevinbrannigans

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Enjoying playing the choons for you #thehamiltonscores @RTElyricfm

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 years

Staycation today. Sunshine Saturday morning at 1000 ⁦ @RTElyricfm ⁩ #thehamiltonscores 🎼🎻🎺🎹

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 month

What a goal, and what a glorious clip of commentary from the incomparable Jimmy Magee! Perfection 👌

Irish Football Pics

@irish_pics

1 month

Lads, Ronnie Whelan’s ball to Sheedy. Sculpt it in gold.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

On the river in Kyiv. My earnest hope, to be able to take this pic again.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

8 years

Happy out in Vienna. We're on our way home. Why can't every stadium offer civilised public transport? #rtesoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

Good morning and Happy Wednesday! Don’t be concerned. The music will be the right way up 😉 #MartyInTheMorning from 0700 @RTElyricfm 🎶

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

6 years

Yes, it’s coming home! Jules Rimet - the man behind the World Cup - was a Frenchman #FifaWorldCup2018 #RTEsoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Absolutely. In 1992 UEFA had the cojones to kick Yugoslavia out of the EUROs. Denmark took their place and won the tournament. Get real FIFA.

Ian Darke

@IanDarke

3 years

Russia to compete as “ Football Union of Russia “. Nobody will buy that. Shameful cop out.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

It might take more than an hour lads!

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

It’s dress-up Friday on #MartyInTheMorning . Well @martylyricfm does like to promote sartorial elegance himself @RTElyricfm 😉

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

6 years

All set for kick-off #FifaWorldCup2018 #rtesoccer @SeanOBriain1 @WhelanRonnie5

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 months

Amazing to share a stage with a host of Olympic champions … Kip Keino, Daley Thompson, Ed Moses, Nadia Comăneci, Sergio Bubka, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Chris Hoy, Seb Coe, Nawal El Moutawakel … what an honour.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Thanks, guys!

Second Captains

@SecondCaptains

3 years

How FEEL GOOD is this?❤️ Watch @HamiltonRTE bring down the Second Captains house last week😭😂

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

8 years

It's over. A magnificent effort but not quite enough. And the fans sing on. #EURO2016 #RTEsoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

11 months

Seasons greetings from #Budapest 🎄

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

All alone in the Funkhaus! It’s definitely a day for the scarf 🥶 #MartyInTheMorning ⁦ @RTElyricfm ⁩

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

If I'd a cent for every time ... 😂 32 years on, and still going strong as another #FIFAWorldCup beckons!

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

"That's not fair," says Sam, as Velvet gets the goodies.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

9 months

Good evening all. Personal request. Anyone know a Paul Harris who might have been on a Gatwick to Geneva flight this afternoon heading off on a skiing holiday? His bag is in Zermatt and our lot's may be with him. Maybe a retweet please.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

8 years

I'm really sorry to hear this. The light of many a night at Turner's Cross. RIP Noelle. I'll miss your cupán tae.

Cork City Mourns Following Death Of Club Legend Noelle Feeney | Balls.ie

Cork City FC are in mourning following the death of Noelle Feeney early this morning. She was a volunteer, a fan and a club legend.

www.balls.ie

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

9 years

Shocking news. Sad day. RIP Bill O'Herlihy. http://t.co/0h56SwSKWJ

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

And we’re off! #MartyintheMorning ⁦ @RTElyricfm ⁩ 🎶

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

The race plan? Paul O'Donovan: "We do it all the time. It seems to work ok for us!"

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

7 years

We do get to live the dream #uclfinal #juventusrealmadrid #rtesoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

6 years

This is so sad. A colleague from long ago. A wonderful guy and a talent way beyond the radio studio and the commentary box. Peter Brackley, football broadcaster with Channel 4, BBC, ITV and Sky, dies aged 67 | Football | The Guardian

Peter Brackley, football broadcaster with Channel 4, BBC, ITV and Sky, dies aged 67

Brighton & Hove Albion have announced the death of broadcaster Peter Brackley, who was also the voice of Jimmy Greaves’s Spitting Image puppet

www.theguardian.com

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

#TheHamiltonScores @RTElyricfm

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

Another VAR masterpiece. How is it hand ball if the player’s hand is behind him? Get the Rugby guys on board to show how it should be done.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Sun’s up! Tunes on the way 🎶 #MartyInTheMorning @RTElyricfm

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

Live from Doha #TheHamiltonScores ⁦ @RTElyricfm ⁩

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

Listen to the end

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

All set for #TheHamiltonScores After sundown in 🇦🇺 usual time in 🇮🇪 @RTElyricfm 1000 🎶

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

Please desist from attempting to extend this into a debate about culture. It isn’t. It’s about what has become of what used to be a tournament to decide which was the best football team on the planet. Not culture. Not marketing. Sport.

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@Lubeqeva

2 years

@HamiltonRTE @Dan_Mullan So if something is not in your "western" culture, it automatically makes it something bad, right? do you know how to respect the culture of another nation, why do you always want to impose your own cultures and customs on other nations, maybe a habit left from colonializm.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

7 years

A seat with a view. Now that’s a stadium! #fcpliv #ucl #RTEsoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

8 years

Thanks Rio from the T&F team. It's been a blast. Closing Ceremony @ midnight will bring the curtain down #rterio2016

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

6 years

Here it is - the Theatre of Dreams #MUNPSG #UCL tonight ON #RTE2 #RTESoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Don't you just love this. Brave enough to put the boot in, but not brave enough to say who you are. Pathetic.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

6 years

We’re in good company! #FifaWorldCup18 #rtesoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

Back on the oul’ sod. Just to remind me of where I’ve been 🦘 #TheHamiltonScores ⁦ @RTElyricfm ⁩ from 1000 🎶

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

Surely, the BBC has lost the plot. @GaryLineker leads the News. And #MatchoftheDay will have no presenter and pundits tomorrow night.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

5 years

Well, there you go. Never let the facts get in the way of a good rant!

Liam Cheasty

@LiamCheasty1

5 years

George Hamilton @hamiltonrte is paid more than the Taoiseach to commentate on a few soccer matches a year. @rte needs to get real and stop wasting taxpayers money. The big money earners are now turning this into a crusade for more taxpayers funds. Feck Off.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

The rabbit holes into which you descend prepping for a game ... #WALENG first met at Surrey County Cricket ground on 18 Jan 1879. England won 2-1. The referee - fact, not fiction - was a London solicitor by the name of Segar Richard Bastard! @RTESoccer #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Home sweet home. It’s won’t be this sparsely populated for long. 51,700 in tonight for #IRLPOR @RTEsoccer #RT É2

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

@Ryanair They’re going home …

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

10 months

Not a day for the great outdoors. Let the music keep the weather at bay. #TheHamiltonScores @RTElyricfm from 1000 🎶

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 years

Brian Moore was the most lovely man. Wonderful memories of an absolute gent.

KM2 archive

@KillianM2

6 years

Brian Moore's was the famous commentary in Anfield for the final day in 1989. But did you know RTE showed the game live too with @HamiltonRTE ?

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

Saturday morning. Where would you get it?

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

Might have been lost on the @ITVRugby audience 🤔

George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

1 year

Thank you @gordonwdarcy “The nation holds its breath” 😉

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

6 months

#northernlights

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 years

So, about this time, on a hot morning in Milan, Tom Flanagan and I were pulling into a supermarket car park to equip ourselves with a bottle of Asti Spumante. Wishful thinking!

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

You might have heard me mention my Ukrainian friends Alex and Sveti on #TheHamiltonScores on @RTElyricfm this morning. I've just had a text from Aleksei: "Here in Ukraine times are really horrible but I'm o.k." Long may he remain so.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

4 years

About now, Tom and I are checking into a sweet and airy little B&B in Rapallo, not far from the team hotel, before we head up there for some lunch. The narrow streets of the town are festooned with Irish flags.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

It’s a chilly one but the tunes on #martyinthemorning will warm the cockles 🎶 ⁦ @RTElyricfm ⁩

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

7 years

Would you trust this man with an emergency exit? @jimbeglin @WhelanRonnie5 #rtesoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

5 years

@LiamCheasty1 @rte I have no idea who you are Liam, but you have no right to use a public platform to tell lies about me. Perhaps you would afford me the courtesy of retracting your insulting untruth.

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 months

Felicitaciones a España. ⚽️⚽️ Let's hope Spain's bold back-to-basics approach is as much an influence as was the tiki-taka that brought them three titles in a row in '08, '10, and '12. Always the innovators. This could be football's bright new dawn. #EURO2024

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

6 months

The Northern Lights over County Down tonight. Wow! And, encore, Wow!!

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

It's wonderful to see this remembered. The absolute glory days of @RTEsoccer @RTEsport Tim O'Connor was the visionary who saw the potential of providing moments that would live on. Can't thank him enough for the opportunities. Rest easy, TV genius.

Michael Ferry

@MickeyStrabane

2 years

@headofthetown @HamiltonRTE Brian Moore's was the famous commentary in Anfield for the final day in 1989. But did you know RTE showed the game live too with @HamiltonRTE ?

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

2 years

Dressed for the occasion! @lyriclorcan #LorcanMurraysClassicDrive @RTElyricfm Lovely music for the way home right up to 1900 🎶

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

5 years

From Dortmund to Dayler: George Hamilton walks through his love affair with football (via @the42_ie )

From Dortmund to Dalyer: George Hamilton walks through his love affair with football

“I could never walk away from this, I love it too much. The League of Ireland, it’s like a family, there is a connection there and I want to maintain it. That’s important to me.”

www.the42.ie

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

10 years

Ooh aah, olé olé. What about that!! John O'Shea!! #rtesoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

6 years

Another priceless World Cup moment. Brian Kerr commenting on Kolarov’s free kick that put Serbia ahead against Costa Rica: “Dead-eye Dick”. Spot on, Rasher! #FifaWorldCup2018 #rtesoccer

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George Hamilton

@HamiltonRTE

3 years

Dawn in Donnybrook. Playing the tunes now #MartyInTheMorning @RTElyricfm

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