Paudie Sheehy was an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 sportsperson. He played Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 with his local club John Mitchels and was a member of the Kerry

Kerry GAA

The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...

 senior inter-county team from the 1953 until 1962. A son of the famous footballer John Joe

John Joe Sheehy

John Joe Sheehy was an Irish political/military activist and sportsperson. He participated in the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War in the Irish Republican Army, where he was a senior figure in County Kerry...

 and brother of the equally famous Seán Óg and Niall

Niall Sheehy

Niall Sheehy was a Gaelic Footballer from Tralee Co Kerry. He played Gaelic football and hurling with his local club John Mitchels, and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from the 1958 until 1965, where he was nicknamed "Eusebio" for his kicking ability. He also played hurling with...

, Sheehy captained Kerry on two separate occasions. He won 7 Kerry Senior Football Championship medals with John Mitchels in 1952, 1959–1963 and 1966.

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