Michael Carwood, was an Irish sports journalist, musician and songwriter. Born in Dublin in 1948, he was educated at Dundrum National School and

Oatlands College Oatlands College ( ga, Coláiste Fhearann an Choirce) is a voluntary Christian Brothers secondary school for boys aged 12–18, located in Mount Merrion, County Dublin in Ireland. It prepares students for Junior Certificate and Leaving Certif ...

in Dublin. In 1968, he started working for ''

The Irish Press ''The Irish Press'' (Irish: ''Scéala Éireann'') was an Irish national daily newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 5 September 1931 and 25 May 1995. Foundation The paper's first issue was published on the eve of the 1931 All-Ireland ...

'', becoming a journalist, and becoming sports editor of ''

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'' in 1988. Following the closure of ''The Irish Press'', he worked freelance for the ''

Irish Independent The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis. The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines. Traditionally a broadsheet new ...

'' and ''

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'', and also lectured in journalism at the

Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) was a major third-level institution in Dublin, Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Technological Un ...

.Obituary Michael Carewood
''The Bray People''. 10 October 2002. A musician who played keyboards and sang with Showbands such as ''The Gnumps'' and ''The Others'', with

Ronan Collins Ronan Collins (born 9 October 1952) is an Irish broadcaster from Glasnevin, Dublin. Up until 23 December 2022, Collins held the prestige of maintaining one of the longest-running radio shows on Ireland’s national station, RTÉ Radio 1. At its ...

.The Others
www.irishrock.org He wrote the song '' The Boys in Green'' the official song of Irish European Championship team in 1988. Another song he wrote ''She is mine'' which entered the Irish charts for ''The Others'', as well as ''Why must they die'' and ''If you go away''. He died aged 54 on 2 October 2002, in

Greystones Greystones () is a coastal town and seaside resort in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies on Ireland's east coast, south of Bray, County Wicklow, Bray and south of Dublin city centre and has a population of 18,140 (2016). The town is bordered ...

County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by t ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carwood, Michael 1948 births 2002 deaths Irish Independent people Irish sports journalists Journalism teachers Academics of Dublin Institute of Technology People educated at Oatlands College The Irish Press people The Irish Times people The Sunday Press people