Conor McNamara is the Lead Commentator for Premier League Productions and works for BBC Sport on Radio 5 Live and Match of the Day, Amazon Prime Video and Sky Sports.
17 Facts About Conor McNamara
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Conor McNamara studied at the University of Salford, where he earned a Degree in Television and Radio.
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Conor McNamara attended the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School at University College Dublin where he received a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Studies.
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Conor McNamara joined the Irish TV station TV3 in Dublin at its launch in 1998 as a sports presenter and commentator.
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Conor McNamara became TV3's UEFA Champions League commentator in 1999, before joining the BBC in 2002.
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Conor McNamara has worked at every FIFA World Cup since 1998 and every UEFA European Championship since 2004.
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Each year from 2014 to 2023, Conor McNamara was nominated as Football Supporters' Federation Commentator of the Year.
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Conor McNamara commentated on all 13 games TV3 Ireland covered for the 2007 Rugby World cup alongside BBC colleague Philip Matthews.
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Conor McNamara returned to TV3 for the 2015 Rugby World Cup as a presenter and commentator as TV3 had exclusive rights to the tournament and covered all games on TV3 and 3e alongside Keith Wood, Peter Stringer and Stuart Barnes.
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Conor McNamara provided world feed commentary for World Rugby from Japan at the 2019 Rugby World Cup and from France at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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Conor McNamara has been part of the Amazon Prime Video commentary team for the Autumn Nations Cup since 2020.
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Conor McNamara is part of the BBC's golf commentary team and has worked at every The Open Championship since 2006.
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Conor McNamara has regularly worked at The Ryder Cup, The PGA Championship and The Solheim Cup.
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Conor McNamara is known to some as the 'Jamie Johnson' commentator from CBBC TV show Jamie Johnson.
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Conor McNamara commented on all the action from Phoenix FC.
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Conor McNamara is known to a younger, pre-school audience, as the voice of "Squawk" the parrot on the British Academy of Film and Television Arts winning Cbeebies show Swashbuckle.
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Conor McNamara appears on Phil Williams' Team Talk on Wednesday nights on BBC Radio Five Live with fellow BBC Sport broadcaster Dan Walker.