Ben Brosnan is a

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er who plays for the Wexford county team and he transferred to Castletown Liam Mellows from his native side Bannow Ballymitty.

Playing career

Brosnan was part of the Wexford panel in 2008. Wexford won Division 3 of the

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that year, beating

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in the final. Having beaten Meath and

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, they reached that year's Leinster Championship final, but were comprehensively beaten by

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. However, subsequent victories over Down and

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, meant Wexford reached the

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semi-final. In the semi-final they lost to eventual All-Ireland champions Tyrone. In 2008, he was also part of the Wexford under-21 team, and was sent off in the Leinster semi-final and missed out on the final loss to

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. In 2009, he was not part of the Wexford senior team; instead he played with the junior team. He made a huge impact in the 2011 championship with a number of high scoring displays. He scored 9 points in the 2011 Leinster Senior Football Final as Wexford lost out to Dublin. Against

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in the

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preliminary round Brosnan scored 1-08.

Career statistics

References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brosnan, Ben 1987 births Living people Bannow/Ballymitty Gaelic footballers Gaelic footballers who switched code Wexford inter-county Gaelic footballers Association footballers from County Wexford Association footballers not categorized by position League of Ireland players Republic of Ireland association footballers Wexford F.C. players