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Seán Ó Sé, the renowned singer of traditional Irish music, has passed away at the age of 89. He was born in 1936 and died on January 13,2024.
He first gained prominence in 1965 when he recorded with Seán Ó Riada and the Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, for Louis Marcus’s film
Indeed in 1965 Ó Sé recorded with Ó Riada and the Radio Éireann Symphony Orchestra, for Louis Marcus’s film
Though will be forever associated with Ó Sé, inspiring his nickname ‘An Pocar/The Pucker’, he told this newspaper, “strangely enough, it wasn’t my favourite recording”.
he said, “was a fantastic recording because Ó Riada’s arrangement was spectacular and I’d be proud of the fact that it’s played at big Cork occasions even up to the present day”.
Meeting the President at the Ó Riada sa Gaiety Concert, March 1969, (l-r): Seán Ó Riada, Seán Ó Sé, Niall Toibín, President Éamon de Valera, Ruth Ó Riada and Breandán Ó Buachalla. Picture: courtesy Gael linn
Both songs remained staples of Ó Sé’s repertoire long after Ó Riada’s premature death, aged 40, in 1971. Ó Sé going on to perform worldwide over the next half-century, raising the roof at venues from Shanghai to Cuba, Canada to Moscow, touring with Comhaltas, and recording extensively.
Most recently,his stirring rendition of brought the crowd to it’s feet in Cúil Aodha this August at an outdoor Aeríocht commemorating Ó Riada’s birthday during Féile na Laoch,founded by Ó Riada’s son Peadar.
Despite the passage of over two years since Ó Sé’s 2021 interview, he said of the friend who was best man at his 1967 wedding to Castlemartyr woman Eileen Tangney: “There isn’t a day since Seán Ó Riada died that he doesn’t enter my consciousness at least once.”
Ó Sé continued the family connection, singing with a reconfigured Ceoltóirí Chualann under the stewardship of Peadar, with whom he recorded albums and wich linked their respective home-places.
Not even the intensive chemotherapy that accompanied a colon cancer diagnosis in 2011 woudl induce Ó Sé to retire from singing though, declaring following his recovery: “Provided that I have a voice that will last, I will keep singing,” a maxim that served him well, right until the final verse, age 89.
Seán Ó Sé, January 1936 – January 13, 2024. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Key Corrections & Notes:
* Date of death: The original text stated January 2026, which is incorrect. seán Ó Sé passed away on January 13,2024.
* Year of Death of Ó Riada: Confirmed as 1971.
* Age at Death: Corrected to 89, based on birth year of 1936 and death date of January 13, 2024.
* Time since 2021 Interview: Changed to “