Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin

Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin, is a journalist, author and broadcaster and former Gaelic footballer and hurler with Dublin and Eoghan Ruadh. He was born in Newcastlewest, Co Limerick in May 1923, although he grew up in Fairview, Co. Dublin where he attended a Gaelscoil (Irish-medium school). He twice won the Feis Ceoil competition for his singing talents in the Irish language.

Seán has a Sunday night radio programme on RTÉ entitled Gaelic Sports Results, which is the longest running continuously broadcast radio feature in the world. He took over the show in place of his father in 1953. The Gaelic Sports Results programme has a world-wide audience amongst the Irish Diaspora through satellite and web broadcasting. He began his media career with the Evening Press and continued until its closure in 1995.

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", 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"

External links

* [http://www.rte.ie/radio1/seanog/ Seán Óg's Radio Show]
* [http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=200&docID=2959 Speech by Bertie Ahern at the Launch of "The Dubs"]
* [http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/index.asp?locID=462&docID=2324 Launch of book on Hermitage Golf Course]