Tomás Ó Sé (pronounced [t̪ˠʊˈmˠaːsˠ oː ˈʃeː]; born 21 June 1978) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer.

[1] In 2001, an Ghaeltacht regrouped and reached a second consecutive county final with Tralee-based club Austin Stacks providing the opposition.

[2] An Ghaeltacht surrendered their club title in 2002, however, the following year Ó Sé's side were back in the county championship decider.

A close game developed, however, the Kerrymen held on in the end to secure a 1–8 to 1–6 victory, giving Ó Sé a Munster club winners' medal.

Dara Ó Cinnéide faced the heartbreak of missing a goal in the dying seconds as an Ghaeltacht lost out by just a single point – 0–13 to 0–12.

[7] Kerry's championship run came to an end in the All-Ireland semi-final, when London narrowly defeated Ó Sé's side by 2–10 to 1–12.

Age-old rivals Cork provided the opposition, however, a 3–9 to 2–6 gave Ó Sé a Munster title in the minor grade.

While Kerry were the favourites the Leinster champions went on to make history by capturing their first All-Ireland title on a score line of 0–12 to 0–9.

In 1999, Kerry were attempting to secure a fourth provincial title in succession, while Ó Sé was hopeful of winning his first on the field of play.

Galway worked the ball the length of the field to Declan Meehan who scored a goal to give the westerners a boost.

An exciting draw and a replay with Dublin at Semple Stadium gave Ó Sé's side the right to advance to an All-Ireland semi-final showdown with Meath.

Many criticised this tactic as a means of stopping talented footballers like Ó Sé and Colm Cooper from playing but few could deny its effectiveness.

[18] Kerry later booked their almost annual spot in the provincial final and, for the second year in succession, Limerick were the opponents.

The points kept coming from Ó Sé's team and an injury-time Michael Conroy goal was nothing but a consolation for Mayo.

Ó Sé's side could only manage three points in the opening half, however, the introduction of Eoin Brosnan transformed the team.

At half-time it looked as though the Ulser hoodoo would strike again but Kerry blitzed the men from the orchard county in the second half with Ó Sé dominating midfield while Kieran Donaghy shone at full-forward.

They won by a score of 3–15 to 1–13, in the process putting an end to the notion that Kerry had no answer to the northern style of defensive play.

An unbelievable opening first-half saw Kerry go 2–4 to no score ahead after just ten minutes, courtesy of goals by Declan O'Sullivan and Kieran Donaghy.

2008 began in controversial circumstances as Ó Sé's side lost team captain Paul Galvin to suspension after an incident with referee Paddy Russell in the Munster semi-final against Clare.

'The Rebels' fought back and, in a massive downpour, Kerry could only muster three points in the second period of play as Cork secured a remarkable 1–16 to 1–11 victory.

Ó Sé and his squad later lined out in the All-Ireland quarter-final and thrashed Dublin before overcoming Meath in a disappointing semi-final.

The game contained a number of talking points, but the main one occurred when Ó Sé was involved in an off-the-ball incident with Hugh Coghlan from Tipperary in front of the stand in the 33rd minute.

Having become involved in an off-the-ball incident with Tipperary wing-forward Hugh Coughlan, the referee was alerted to Ó Sé's indiscretion by the linesman, with the straight red card that followed meaning that the defender was again suspended.

Due to this being a 3rd such infraction inside 10 months, the mandatory ban was again doubled meaning Tomas was forced to sit out the remainder of the national league.

[36][37] Éamonn Fitzmaurice, who was managing Kerry at the time, paid tribute to Ó Sé, saying he was "the best wing back that I have seen play the game.

Ó Sé was working for RTÉ on their television coverage of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final between Dublin and Mayo at Croke Park on Saturday 10 August.

[41] By the time Tomás had returned to the RTÉ studio, Dublin had scored 1–2 on their way to defeating Mayo and confirming their place in a fifth successive All-Ireland SFC final.

While Tomás was on (or possibly over) the toilet (he declined to reveal the exact manner in which he had relieved himself), Con O'Callaghan scored the first of his two goals in the game, following a Dean Rock point from a free.

Joe Brolly, writing in the following day's Sunday Independent, referred to Ó Sé's "mistake" that coincided with Mayo's "melting down".

[46] Ó Sé lives in Glanmire, County Cork,and he works as a teacher in Fermoy, a career he chose to accommodate his football.