Pierce Edmond O'Brien-Butler (12 January 1877 – 15 January 1902) was an

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rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

international player. He won six caps between 1897 and

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

. Pierce was a member of a titled family, the Barons Dunboyne. His own branch of the family originated in

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

, where they lived at Bansha Castle in the 18th century. He was killed in action during the

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in 1902. His nephew was the cricketer Paget O'Brien-Butler.

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