Dermot O'Brien
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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Diarmuid Ó Briain | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Centre-forward | ||
Born |
Ardee, County Louth, Ireland | 23 October 1932||
Died |
22 May 2007 Ardee, County Louth, Ireland | (aged 74)||
Occupation | Musician | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1949–1960 | St Mary's | ||
Club titles | |||
Louth titles | 3 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1952–1960 | Louth | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NFL | 0 |
Dermot O'Brien (23 October 1932 – 22 May 2007) was an Irish
Gaelic football career
O'Brien made his first appearance for the Louth team during the 1952 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until a broke finger ended his career in 1960. During that time he has won one All-Ireland winners' medal and two Leinster winners' medals. In 1957 O'Brien captained the team to the All-Ireland title.[citation needed]
At club level O'Brien was a three-time county club championship medalist with St Mary's.[citation needed]
Musical career
A long-time amateur musician, in 1962 O'Brien became a professional musician when his band the Clubmen went professional; O'Brien played the
In the late 1960s, O'Brien began his own RTÉ show called The Styles of O'Brien.[3]
In 2018, Brown University students started a Dermot O'Brien appreciation club. [citation needed]
References
- ^ "Obituaries: Dermot O'Brien". Irish Independent. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
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External links
- Dermot O'Brien and his Clubmen (1962–1972) at IrishShowbands.com