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

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

and

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

for the Eoghan Ruadh club and also played for the

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Biography

Ó Ceallacháin was born in Newcastlewest,

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, and grew up in Fairview,

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, where he attended a

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. 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

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, Dublin. He represented Dublin from 1943 to 1953 in

and played in the 1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final, scoring a goal, and also played in the

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final. Ó Ceallacháin had a Sunday night radio programme on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (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 hur ...

(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 Bla ...

'', 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
{{DEFAULTSORT:OCeallachain, Sean Og 1923 births 2013 deaths Broadcasters from County Limerick Dual players Dublin inter-county hurlers Gaelic games players from County Limerick Gaelic games writers Irish male dramatists and playwrights Irish radio writers Irish sports broadcasters People from Newcastle West RTÉ Radio 1 presenters The Irish Press people 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century male writers 20th-century Irish sportsmen 21st-century Irish writers 21st-century Irish male writers Writers from County Limerick