Stephen O'Brien (born 27 February 1991) is an Irish

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er who plays for the Kenmare Shamrocks club and at senior level for the Kerry county team since 2014. His father died in 2014, while his mother runs a bed and breakfast in Kenmare.

Underage and junior

O'Brien never played with the Kerry minor team. He joined the county's under-21 team in 2011. Kerry sustained a 22-point loss to

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in the Munster final. He was still underage in 2012 and for the second year in a row he was on the losing side in a Munster final to Cork after extra time. In 2012 he also lined out for the Kerry junior team in a Munster semi-final win over Cork.

Senior

He made his debut for Kerry in the

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semi-final against

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and scored two points. He lined out in a first

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when they faced

, he scored a point in a 0-24 to 0-12 win and a first Munster title. He missed out on Kerry's win over

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in the All-Ireland quarter-final. He was back in the starting line up for the semi final with

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scoring a point in a 1-16 each draw. An injury while out racing on his

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caused him to miss the

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semi-final replay win over

. However, he started the

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at right half forward. Retirements brought new opportunities for O'Brien in 2019. He scored Kerry's first goal against

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in five games during a 2019 National Football League fixture in Tralee. In the 56th minute of the

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semi-final against Tyrone, O'Brien scored his fifth championship goal after intercepting a pass from

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, distributing the ball and running the length of the field. "The making of Stephen O'Brien" was the title in the print edition.

Honours

;Kerry * All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2):

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(8): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 *

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(4): 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 * McGrath Cup (2):

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;Kenmare Shamrocks * Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1): **2016 *

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(1): **2016 * Kerry Junior Football Championship (1): **2012 *

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(1): **2012 * All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship (Runner Up): **2013 ;Kenmare District Team *

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(Runner-Up) **2016

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:OBrien, Stephen 1991 births Living people Chemical engineers Gaelic football backs Gaelic football forwards Kenmare Gaelic footballers Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers 21st-century Irish engineers Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)