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Seán O'Kennedy

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Seán O'Kennedy, born in New Ross, County Wexford, on 20 January 1885 and died on 22 June 1949, was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler whose championship career with the Wexford senior teams spanned fourteen years from 1908 until 1922. The son of a merchant clerk, he was educated locally and later worked as an accountant. He first played competitive hurling and Gaelic football with the New Ross Geraldines club, winning a county hurling championship medal in 1913 and a county football championship medal in 1915. By 1908 he was a regular member of the Wexford senior hurling team and won an All-Ireland medal in 1910, before later becoming a key member of the Wexford senior football team.

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    was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
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    was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler
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    His championship career with the Wexford senior teams spanned fourteen years from 1908 until 1922
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