John O'Brien is a
Gaelic footballer who played for the
Round Towers club and at senior level for the
Dublin county team. He made his debut in the 2008
O'Byrne Cup
The Bord na Móna O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA and first staged in 1954.
The competition is named after Matt Byrne, a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of a quirk in translation, ...
against
Wicklow
Wicklow ( ; ga, Cill Mhantáin , meaning 'church of the toothless one'; non, Víkingaló) is the county town of County Wicklow in Ireland. It is located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island. According to the 2016 census, it has a ...
.
O'Brien made his NFL debut for Dublin against
Westmeath
"Noble above nobility"
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in the first round. He was on Dublin's winning team for the 2008 O'Byrne Cup winning team which defeated
Longford in the final.
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Alumni of Garda Síochána College
Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers
Garda Síochána officers
Round Towers Clondalkin Gaelic footballers
Police officers from County Dublin
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