Sean O’Duffy (1886 – 1981) was an Irish sports administrator. For 40 years, he was heavily involved in the development of camogie in Ireland; coordinating it on a national level. Sean’s contributions to Camogie have been widely respected and the title “Mr. Camogie,” is often associated with him.[1][2]
Sean O’Duffy was born in the year 1986, in Cill an Bhaile (Killawalla), County Mayo, Ireland; a town not far from Westport.[3] He lived there until the age of 14, arriving in Dublin during the year 1900.[4] During his time in Dublin, O’Duffy resided in Kenilworth Park, Harolds Cross, an inner suburb located in the south of Dublin.[5]
Throughout his life, O’ Duffy had a strong interest in Camoige, but was also involved in political activities, taking part in the Dublin lock-out in 1913; a strike led by Jim Larkin, who was said to be O’Duffy’s ‘hero’ in his early life. [6] In the year 1939, O’ Duffy married a girl named Kathleen McKeown, from Omeath, County Louth; whom he worked with to regularly supply newspapers with camogie updates.[7]
- ^ Seocháin, O.S. (1981, October 30). Sean O’Duffy: An Apperciation. The Irish Times, pp.4. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ucd.idm.oclc.org/hnpirishtimes/docview/529255927/F6C2C31BFE7C482BPQ/1?accountid=14507
- ^ Connacht GAA. (2019, November 9). Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20100731040830/http://www.connachtgaa.ie/page.php?p=camogie
- ^ Death of Sean O’Duffy (1981, October 31). Retrieved from: https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1981%2F10%2F21&id=Ar01319&sk=9F6E5C16 (4) in references, (2) in exteranl links.
- ^ Death of Sean O’Duffy (1981, October 31). Retrieved from: https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1981%2F10%2F21&id=Ar01319&sk=9F6E5C16
- ^ Puirseal, P. (1970, March 7). Golden Years of Sean O’Duffy - Mr Camogie. Irish Press. Retrieved from: https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=IPR%2F1970%2F03%2F07&id=Ar01401&sk=89436CB7
- ^ Seocháin, O.S. (1981, October 30). Sean O’Duffy: An Apperciation. The Irish Times, pp.4. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ucd.idm.oclc.org/hnpirishtimes/docview/529255927/F6C2C31BFE7C482BPQ/1?accountid=14507
- ^ Seocháin, O.S. (1981, October 30). Sean O’Duffy: An Apperciation. The Irish Times, pp.4. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ucd.idm.oclc.org/hnpirishtimes/docview/529255927/F6C2C31BFE7C482BPQ/1?accountid=14507