Seánie O'Brien
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seánie Ó Briain | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
23 August 1919[1] Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Died |
19 December 1988 (aged 69) Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Occupation | Stonemason | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
|
Éire Óg Dicksboro | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Kilkenny titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1939-1946 | Kilkenny | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
John O'Brien (23 August 1919 – 19 December 1988), known as Seánie O'Brien, was an Irish
Kilkenny senior hurling team
. He usually lined out as a full-forward.
Career
O'Brien played
Railway Cup medal with Leinster
in 1941.
Personal life and death
Born in the Bishop's Hill area of
stonemason with Cleere's Builders and he worked in Germany, the Netherlands and the United States. His sons, Seánie and Paddy O'Brien, played hurling with the James Stephens club and won All-Ireland MHC honours with Kilkenny in 1972.[6]
O'Brien died at St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny on 19 December 1988, aged 69.[7]
Honours
- Éire Óg
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship: 1939
- Kilkenny Minor Hurling Championship: 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
- Kilkenny
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 1939
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946
- All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 1935, 1936
- Leinster Minor Hurling Championship: 1935, 1936, 1937 (c)
- Leinster
- Railway Cup: 1941
References
- ^ "John O'Brien". Irish Genealogy website. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Club titles - Kilkenny". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Leinster Minor All-Ireland Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "75 years ago thunder rolled at Croke Park on eve of world war". Irish Examiner. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Roll of Honour Medal Winners". James Stephesn GAA website. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Former hurler dies". Kilkenny People. 6 January 1989. Retrieved 12 December 2021.