Jack O'Shea

Jack O'Shea (born 19 November 1957 in Cahersiveen, County Kerry) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football at various times with his local clubs St. Mary's in Kerry and Leixlip in Kildare. He was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1976 until 1992. O'Shea is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time.

He is currently a respected media pundit with a regular column in the sports section of the Irish edition of The Sunday Times. His son Aidan made his debut for the Kerry senior team in their successful 2009 National Football League campaign.

Playing career

Minor & under-21

By the early 1970s, O'Shea had come to prominence on the Kerry minor football team. He made his minor championship debut against Waterford in 1974, however, the year ended without any success for Kerry. In 1975, a 3–7 to 1–11 defeat of arch-rivals Cork gave O'Shea a Munster winners' medal in the minor grade. That same year he was a late inclusion on Kerry's under-21 football team. O'Shea missed Kerry's Munster under-21 final triumph; however, he later lined out in the All-Ireland final in that grade with Dublin providing the opposition. A 1–15 to 0–10 score line gave Kerry the victory and gave O'Shea a coveted All-Ireland winners' medal.

O'Shea

O'Shea /oʊˈʃeɪ/ is a surname (an anglicized form of the Irish patronymic name Ó Séaghdha or Ó Sé), originating in the Kingdom of Corcu Duibne in County Kerry, and could refer to:

O'Shea (band)

O’Shea is a country music duo formed by husband and wife team Mark O’Shea (born 16 February 1977) and Jay O’Shea (née Smith). Since relocating to Nashville, TN in 2007, the duo has seen success not only as artists, but also as songwriters, and finalists in the Country Music Television series Can You Duet.

Early careers

Individually Mark and Jay have both seen success as independent artists as their career has taken them across the globe. Originally from Dalby, Queensland Mark had begun his musical career at an early age by winning the Gympie Music Muster talent competition which led to a record deal he signed at age 17. His debut album earned Mark two Golden Guitar awards from the CMAA for Best New Talent of the Year (1996) for the track "The Swimming Song" and Best Video (1997) for "The Dreamer". Eventually Mark left his solo career to form rock/pop group Zinc that signed with Los Angeles-based label, Trauma. The band's first single released in Australia, "The Morning After" (co-written with Mark Hudson), reached No. 22 on the ARIA Charts in 2004. In 2006, Mark toured as a guitarist for artist Ronn Moss and also had his own song "When We Kissed" recorded and released on Moss' Uncovered album in 2005.