Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Bob O'Keeffe | |
Irish: | Roibeárd Ó Caoimh |
Occupation: | Teacher |
County: | Laois |
Province: | Leinster |
Club: | Mooncoin St. Peter's Borris-in-Ossory |
Counties: | Laois |
Icyears: | 1914-1915 |
Icprovince: | 2 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Icupdate: | 14:46, 30 April 2012 |
Birth Date: | 18 August 1880 |
Birth Place: | Glengrant,[1] near Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Ireland |
Death Date: | 1949 |
Death Place: | Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois, Ireland |
Robert O'Keeffe (16 August 1880 – 1949) was an Irish hurler who played for the Laois senior team.[2]
O'Keeffe was a regular member of the starting fifteen during the 1914 and 1915 championship campaigns. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and back-to-back Leinster medals.[3]
At club level O'Keeffe had a lengthy career, playing with Mooncoin in Kilkenny, St Peter's in Meath and Borris-in-Ossory in Laois.
In retirement from playing O'Keeffe served as a high-ranking referee and was heavily involved in the administration of the GAA. He was chairman of the Leinster Council, before serving as president of the GAA from 1935 to 1938.