Martin O'Brien (hurler)

Martin O'Brien
Personal information
Irish name Máirtín Ó Briain
Sport Hurling
Position Right corner-back
Born (1885-08-27)27 August 1885
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died 24 December 1958(1958-12-24) (aged 73)
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation Shopkeeper
Club(s)
Years Club
 Thurles Sarsfields
Club titles
Tipperary titles 6
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1906-1912
 Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 2

Martin O'Brien (27 August 1885 – 24 December 1958) was an Irish hurler. His championship career with the Tipperary senior team lasted from 1906 until 1912.[1]

Biography

Raised in Drombane near Thurles, County Tipperary, O'Brien was the fifth of twelve children born to James and Bridget O'Brien. He was educated locally and later worked as a shopkeeper in Thurles.[citation needed]

O'Brien won All-Ireland Championship medals with the Tipperary senior team in 1906 and 1908, and also won three Munster Championship medals. As a member of the Thurles Sarsfields club, O'Brien won six County Championship medals. He played his last game in 1917.[citation needed]

O'Brien died from bladder cancer on 24 December 1958.[citation needed]

Honours

Thurles Sarsfields
Tipperary

References

  1. ^ "Mr. M. O'Brien". Finbarr J. Connolly website. Retrieved 30 October 2018.