Seán Ó Síocháin

Seán Ó Síocháin, born in Cill na Martra, County Cork, on 24 March 1914 and died on 2 February 1997, was an Irish Gaelic footballer, hurler, ballad singer, broadcaster and Gaelic games administrator. His championship career with the Cork and Dublin senior teams spanned seven seasons from 1935 until 1941. After qualifying as a national school teacher he moved to Dublin in 1935, joined the Clann na Gael club and captained Dublin in 1938 after declaring for the county, before returning to Cork in 1939. He also sang ballads, broadcast on Radió Éireann and toured the United States four times. He joined the Gaelic Athletic Association as assistant secretary in 1946, became General-Secretary in 1964 and Director-General in 1972, and retired in 1979.