Mickey Harte
Michael "Mickey" Harte (Irish: Mícheál Ó hAirt) is the current—and most successful—Gaelic football manager of the Tyrone senior inter-county team. He has led Tyrone to three All-Ireland titles, three Ulster titles, one National League, and four Dr. McKenna Cups to date (as of August 2010).
Considered one of the best tacticians in the game, Harte is admired both by peers and former rivals. The media have compared him to a statesman for his willingness to unite divided communities in Northern Ireland.
Read more about Mickey Harte: Early Life, Management, Writing, Personal Life, Honours
Famous quotes containing the words mickey and/or harte:
“... memory is the only way home.”
—Terry Tempest Williams, U.S. author. As quoted in Listen to Their Voices, ch. 10, by Mickey Pearlman (1993)
“Which I wish to remark—
And my language is plain—
That for ways that are dark
And for tricks that are vain,
The heathen Chinee is peculiar:
Which the same I would rise to explain.”
—Bret Harte (1836–1902)