Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin (12 May 1923 – 17 February 2013) was a journalist, broadcaster and sportsman. He played

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

and

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

for the Eoghan Ruadh club and also played for the

Dublin county hurling team The Dublin county hurling team represents Dublin in hurling and is governed by Dublin GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hurling ...

Biography

Ó Ceallacháin was born in

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, County Limerick, and grew up in Fairview,

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, where he attended a Gaelscoil. He twice won the

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competition for his singing talents in the Irish language. He married Anna McDonagh in 1954. They had three children. Finín, Caitríona, and Sinéad. He lived most of his married life in

Raheny Raheny () is a northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, halfway from the city centre to Howth. It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 CE ( Mervyn Archdall). The district shares Dublin's two largest municipal parks, Saint Anne ...

, Dublin. He represented Dublin from 1943 to 1953 in

and played in the

1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 61st All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held a ...

, scoring a goal, and also played in the 1945–46 National Hurling League Final. Ó Ceallacháin had a Sunday night radio programme on

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(RTÉ) entitled ''Gaelic Sports Results'', which was the longest running continuously broadcast radio feature in the world. He took over the show in place of his father in 1953 and retired after the broadcast of 8 May 2011, fifty-eight years later. The ''Gaelic Sports Results'' programme had a worldwide audience amongst the

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through satellite and web broadcasting. He began his media career with '' The Evening Press'' and continued until its closure in 1995. Ó Ceallacháin died on Sunday 17 February 2013 aged 89.

Honours

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurl ...

(3): 1944, 1948, 1952

Books

*''His Own Story'', Brophy Books, 1988. *''The Birth Of A Building'', *''History of Hermitage Golf Club: Celebrating 100 Years (1905 to (2005)'', *''Tall Tales and Banter'', Eason & Son *''My Greatest Sporting Memory'', Calmac Publishing, 2000. *''

The Dubs The Dubs are an American doo wop vocal group formed in 1956, best known for their songs "Could This Be Magic", "Don't Ask Me to Be Lonely" and "Chapel of Dreams". Original career, 1956-1958 The original members of the Dubs were: :Richard Bl ...

'', Gill & Macmillan, 2006. *''Giants of Gaelic Football'', Gill & Macmillan Ltd (Oct 2007)

Plays

*''A Scent of Hawthorn'' *''A Man from the Island''

Radio plays

*''An Braon Searbh'' *''Aedin agus an Cailleach''

Video

*''History of Hermitage Golf Course''

References

External links

Seán Óg's radio show

Speech by Bertie Ahern at the Launch of ''The Dubs''

Launch of book on Hermitage Golf Course
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