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Paddy O'Brien (Australian rules footballer) Patrick Joseph O'Brien (16 April 1893 – 25 March 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football O'Brien was a physically tough defender who usually played at centre half ba ...

(1893–1964) *

Paddy O'Brien (Gaelic footballer) Paddy "Hands" O'Brien (1925 – 26 March 2016) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back at senior level for the Meath county team. Born in Skryne, County Meath, O'Brien was introduced to Gaelic football at Skryne National Schoo ...

(1925–2016), inter-county Irish Gaelic footballer *

Paddy O'Brien (rugby union) Patric Denis O'Brien (born 19 July 1959), commonly known as Paddy O'Brien, is a New Zealand international rugby union referee, and former head of the International Rugby Board's Referee Board. He was born in Southland, New Zealand. He played hi ...

(born 1959), New Zealand international rugby union referee * Paddy O'Brien (Tipperary hurler) (born 1979), Irish left corner-forward * Paddy O'Brien (Éire Óg hurler), member of the 1947 Kilkenny Hurling Team * Paddy O'Brien (Laois hurler), played in the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final * Paddy O'Brien (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1949), a Tipperary hurler

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Paddy O'Brien (accordionist) Paddy O'Brien (10 February 1922 – 1991) was an Irish button accordion player and composer. He was instrumental in establishing the B/C style of button accordion playing in Irish traditional music. Musician O'Brien was born in Newtown, near Nenag ...

(1922–1991), Irish button accordion player and composer * Paddy O'Brien (musician and author) (born 1945), Irish-American accordionist, born County Offaly * Paddy O'Brien (singer) (born 1954), Irish country singer, born County Waterford * Paddy O'Brien, minion of the ''Austin Powers'' character Dr. Evil * Paddy (Patrick) O'Brien, multiple officers involved in IRA operations: **see

Battle of Dublin The Battle of Dublin was a week of street battles in Dublin from 28 June to 5 July 1922 that marked the beginning of the Irish Civil War. Six months after the Anglo-Irish Treaty ended the recent Irish War of Independence, it was fought betw ...

**see Clonbanin Ambush **see

Kilmichael Ambush The Kilmichael Ambush ( ga, Luíochán Chill Mhichíl) was an ambush near the village of Kilmichael in County Cork on 28 November 1920 carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence. Thirty-six local IRA v ...

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