Micheál O'Brien (June 1923 – 14 May 2015) was an Irish

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er and hurler who played at senior level for the Meath county team. Born in Skryne,

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, O'Brien first played competitive Gaelic games in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of nineteen when he first linked up with the Meath senior team before later joining the junior hurling side. He made his senior debut during the 1942 championship. O'Brien immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won two All-Ireland medals, four

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medals and one

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medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. As a member of the

inter-provincial team on a number of occasions O'Brien won four

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medals. At club level he was a six-time championship medallist with Skryne. His cousin, Paddy "Hands" O'Brien was also an All-Ireland medallist with Meath. O'Brien retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 1955 championship.

Honours

Team

;Skryne * Meath Senior Football Championship (6): 1941, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1954 ;Meath * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2):

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022. * January 2 – Luis ...

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

* Leinster Senior Football Championship (4):

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

(1): 1950-51 * All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1948 *

Leinster Junior Hurling Championship The Leinster Junior Hurling Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council. The winners of the Leinster Junior Hur ...

(1): 1948 ;Leinster *

(4): 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Obrien, Micheal 1923 births 2015 deaths Dual players Skryne Gaelic footballers Meath inter-county Gaelic footballers Meath inter-county hurlers Leinster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers Winners of two All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football) Skryne hurlers