GAA man who ‘brought half of Cork village’ to Essex passes away

The GAA man who brought half of a Cork village to work in Dagenham in Britain has passed away aged 83.

GAA man who ‘brought half of Cork village’ to Essex passes away

Tim O’Sullivan from the Thomas McCurtain’s club in Essex is credited with employing hundreds of people from his native Dromina, Cork, in Ford plants located in Dagenham, Basildon and Langley.

A lifelong GAA man, O’Sullivan’s influence was such that he brought Christy Ring and the Cork senior hurling team to Essex in the 1960s to play a Thomas McCurtain All Star selection in Dagenham.

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