Seán Óg Sheehy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Óg Mac Síthigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left wing-back | ||
| Born |
24 May 1939 Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland | ||
| Died |
31 May 2024 (aged 85) Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Occupation | Teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| John Mitchels | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 6 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
|
University College Cork University College Dublin | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1961–1963 | Kerry | 7 (1–00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
Seán Óg Sheehy (24 May 1939 – 31 May 2024) was an Irish Gaelic footballer. At club level he played with John Mitchels and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. Sheehy captained Kerry to the All-Ireland SFC title in 1962.
Early life
[edit]Born and raised in Tralee, County Kerry, his father, John Joe Sheehy, was a four-time All-Ireland SFC-winner and two-time winning captain with Kerry.[1][2] Sheehy first played Gaelic football as a schoolboy with Tralee CBS and was a Munster Colleges runner-up in 1956. He later played with University College Cork and University College Dublin and was a Sigerson Cup runner-up in 1960.
Club career
[edit]Sheehy began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with the John Mitchels club in Tralee. He eventually progressed to adult level and won his first Kerry SFC after a 3-09 to 1-10 defeat of Feale Rangers in the 1959 final replay. It was the first of a record-setting five successive Kerry SFC titles for John Mitchels, with Sheehy lining out in all five triumphs.[3]
During those early successes, he also lined out with University College Cork and won a Cork SFC medal after a defeat of Avondhu in the 1960 final.[4] Sheehy claimed a sixth Kerry SFC title in 1966 after beating East Kerry by 2-10 to 1-10 in that year's final.[5]
Inter-county career
[edit]Sheehy began his inter-county career with Kerry as a member of the minor hurling team in 1957. He made his debut with the Kerry senior football team in 0-12 to 0-06 defeat of Kildare in the National Football League in November 1961. A brief spell with the junior team was followed by being made captain of the senior team in 1962.[6] Sheehy won his first Munster SFC medal after a defeat of Cork that year before captaining Kerry to the All-Ireland SFC title after a 1-12 to 1-06 defeat of Roscommon in the final. His brothers, Niall and Paudie, were also on the team.[7]
Sheehy captained Kerry to a one-point defeat of Down in the 1963 National League home final. He claimed a second successive Munster SFC medal later that season, however, he subsequently lost his place on the starting fifteen.[8] Sheehy came on a substitute in the 1963 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Galway in what was his last game for the senior team. He returned to the junior team and ended his inter-county career by claiming a Munster JFC medal in 1965.[9]
Death
[edit]Sheehy died in Tralee on 31 May 2024, at the age of 85.[10]
Honours
[edit]- John Mitchels
- Kerry Senior Football Championship: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966
- University College Cork
- Kerry
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1962 (c)
- Munster Senior Football Championship: 1962 (c), 1963
- Munster Junior Football Championship: 1965
References
[edit]- ^ "'Champions of the World': Unbeaten Kerry's first golden years". Irish Examiner. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "The Sheehys - brothers with a football pedigree belonging to the purebred class". Terrace Talk. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "About club". Joh Mitchels GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Club Titles - Cork". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ "Club Titles - Kerry". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Sean Óg Sheehy". Irish Indepdendent. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "ARCHIVES: Roscommon's reason to remember the Sheehys". The Kerryman. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Senior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- ^ "The death has occurred of Sean Óg Sheehy". rip.ie. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- 1939 births
- 2024 deaths
- Irish schoolteachers
- Dual players
- UCC Gaelic footballers
- UCD Gaelic footballers
- John Mitchels (Kerry) Gaelic footballers
- John Mitchels (Kerry) hurlers
- Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers
- Kerry inter-county hurlers
- Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers
- Sheehy family
- Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)
- 20th-century Irish sportsmen