Paudie o shea biography of william

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Ó Sé's side failed to score for the last seventeen minutes as Armagh went on to claim their first All-Ireland title with a 1-12 to 0-14 victory.

2003 saw Ó Sé's tenure as manager dogged by controversy. While receiving his secondary school education, Ó Sé's interest in Gaelic football was nurtured.

We might have been slightly deflated, but I always remember going in under the stand to the dressing room, and the Westmeath crowd were rising and applauding like we have won a bloody All-Ireland.

At one stage in the second half they would lead by six points. The Kerry forward lobbed over the ball over the head of Paddy Cullen, who was caught off his line arguing with the referee. It was a year spent in front of a camera, something they were given little say in.

In typical Ó Sé style, there was no prior warning before the arrival of the documentary crew.

Or Uncle Páidí as Marc described him, his late father’s brother, the man who lifted him into the Sam Maguire when he was four-years-old, and who brought the trophy back to Ventry the next year when he was five, and again, when he was six.

“There was no great demand within Kerry to be seen with the trophy, as it was the eighth time we’d won it in 11 years,” says Marc.

Ó Sé lined out with Munster until 1985, winning two more Railway Cup medals following back-to-back defeats of Connacht in 1981 and 1982.

In late 1995, Ó Sé returned to the limelight when he was appointed manager of the Kerry senior football team. Westmeath were dumped out of the provincial championship on their first outing.

John O'Mahony, who both played against and managed against Ó Sé, said he was "deeply shocked". President of IrelandMichael D. Higgins led tributes. It was a scene we won't see repeated in the GAA, as the overjoyed crowd rushed onto the pitch to embrace their heroes. He gave me a call to the room and told me to come down to the bar, and he just informed me that I was after getting the All-Star, 'fair play' and 'congratulations'.

Kerry's Maurice Fitzgerald scored nine of his team's points while Mayo scored 1-2 in a two-minute spell. The game, however, was not over as Offaly substitute Séamus Darby, who had entered the game almost unnoticed, produced the most spectacular of finishes by scoring a late goal. Westmeath beating Dublin in Croke Park, we are not that far removed of the days when you could dream.

Westmeath were incredible in that game.

The people of Westmeath had become some of the most dedicated supporters in the country. It was THE iconic speech from Marooned, and merely quoting it won't do it any justice. Speculation was rife that Ó Sé had abandoned Clare after this defeat. It was with divisional side West Kerry that Ó Sé enjoyed his greatest success.