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Sean O’Duffy (1886 – 1981) was an Irish sports administrator. For 40 years, he was heavily involved in the development of camogie in Ireland; coordinating it on a national level. Sean’s contributions to Camogie have been widely respected and the title “Mr. Camogie,” is often associated with him.

Sean O’Duffy was born in the year 1986, in Cill an Bhaile (Killawalla), County Mayo, Ireland; a town not far from Westport. He lived there until the age of 14, arriving in Dublin during the year 1900. During his time in Dublin, O’Duffy resided in Kenilworth Park, Harolds Cross, an inner suburb located in the south of Dublin.

Throughout his life, O’ Duffy had a strong interest in Camoige, but was also involved in political activities, taking part in the Dublin lock-out in 1913; a strike led by Jim Larkin, who was said to be O’Duffy’s ‘hero’ in his early life. In the year 1939, O’ Duffy married a girl named Kathleen McKeown, from Omeath, County Louth; whom he worked with to regularly supply newspapers with camogie updates.