Paudie o shea biography definition

DECEMBER 15TH LAST marked the first anniversary of the death of Páidí Ó Sé.

The passing of the Kingdom GAA legend in 2012 had drawn huge crowds.

Prominent members of the sporting and political worlds travelled to Ventry in West Kerry as Páidí was buried a week before Christmas Day.

When darkness fell on 2012 and 2013 dawned on the Ghaeltacht area that hugs the western seaboard, Páidí’s family, friends and neighbours had to come to terms with a new existence.

A dominant presence in their community was no longer around.

Louise Ní Fhiannachta has plenty childhood memories of Páidí.

Paudie o shea biography definition

A native of Baile An Chótaigh near Ventry, she started working in the Ó Sé’s shop at age of 13. Her father Muiris was one of Páidí’s best friends. When Páidí put himself through his punitive training regimes pounding the roads, Louise would often be in the shop when he’d pop in after a lengthy trek.

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