Seán Ó Sé

For other uses, see Seán O'Shea (disambiguation).

Seán Ó Sé (born 1936[1]) is an Irish tenor singer and retired schoolteacher from County Cork, who sings folk and traditional songs in Irish and English.[2][3] He was born in Ballylickey and educated at Coláiste Íosagáin, Ballyvourney and St Patrick's College, Dublin before working as a national school teacher in counties Wicklow and Cork, finishing his career as principal of St Mary's on the Hill in Knocknaheeny in Cork city.[4][5] He came to prominence as a singer in the 1960s with Seán Ó Riada's group Ceoltóirí Chualann.[2] He later toured internationally with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.[4] Ó Sé is most associated with the comic song "An Poc ar Buile" ("the angry goat"), of which a version written in 1940 by Dónall Ó Mulláin of Cúil Aodha[6] became a surprise hit single in 1962 when Ó Sé recorded it for Gael Linn.[1] From this song is his nickname "the Pucker" or "An Pocar";[1][4] the latter used as the title of a 2013 biography broadcast on TG4.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c O’Connell, Pet (13 January 2021). "Cork's Greatest Records: Seán Ó Sé on his classic hit, An Poc Ar Buile". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b Ní Dhomhnaill, Nuala; Ó Sé, Seán (18 April 1988). Songs From Cork And Kerry. Súil Thart (in Irish and English). RTÉ. Retrieved 1 March 2025 – via RTÉ Archives.
  3. ^ a b English, Eoin (27 December 2013). "Singing legend Ó Sé says routine visit to doctor found cancer and saved his life". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Ahern, Patricia (12 October 2015). "Seán Ó Sé, the legend". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Singer Seán Ó Sé recalls his shy childhood in school in Ballylickey". The Southern Star. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  6. ^ Ní Mhunghaile, Lesa (1 October 2009). "Ó Mulláin, Dónall". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006414.v1.

Further reading

  • Ó Sé, Seán; Ahern, Patricia (2015). Poc Ar Buile: The Life and Times of Seán Ó Sé. Cork: Collins Press. ISBN 978-1-84889-253-8.
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