Mike O'Brien (born 1978) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays

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with his local club

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and with the

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senior inter-county team.

Early & private life

Mike O'Brien was born in

, County Limerick in 1978. He was educated locally at Glenroe NS and went on to complete a law degree at Trinity College in the 1990s, playing both Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup. He returned home to the land following the completion of his degree and is now a farmer by profession.

Playing career

Club

O'Brien plays his club

with his local

club and has enjoyed some success. Although not a senior club O'Brien has won a junior county title.

Inter-county

O'Brien first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the

intermediate hurling team. He won both Munster and All-Ireland medals at this level in 1998. As a result of this O'Brien joined the county senior team and made his debut in an Oireachtas game against

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in October 1998. Most of the next decade proved to be disappointing for Limerick and for O'Brien. A victory over

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in the Munster Championship in 2001 was Limerick's last provincial win until a defeat of

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following a three-game saga in 2007. O'Brien played in that year's Munster final, however, victory went to

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on that occasion. He and eleven other teammates were cut in October 2009, ending a twelve-year career with the team.

References

Teams

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