- Donal O'Brien (hurler)
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Donal O'Brien Personal information Irish name Dónall Ó Briain Sport Hurling Position Goalkeeper Born Knockavilla, County Tipperary Club(s) Years Club 1950s-1960s Knockavilla Kickhams Club Titles Tipperary titles 0 Inter-county(ies) Years County Apps (scores) 1961-1962 Tipperary 7 (0-0) Inter-county titles Munster titles 2 All Irelands 2 NHL 1 Donal O'Brien (born 1939 in Knockavilla, County Tipperary) is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Knockavilla Kickhams and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1961 until his emigration to New York in 1962. O'Brien won back-to-back All-Ireland and Munster titles in those two yearserary.[1]
References
- ^ "Munster Senior Hurling Final Winners". Munster GAA. http://munster.gaa.ie/winning-teams/sh_teams/. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
Tipperary - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1961 (18th title) 1 D. O'Brien | 2 M. Hassett (Capt.) | 3 M. Maher | 4 K. Carey | 5 M. Burns | 6 T. Wall | 7 John Doyle | 8 M. O'Gara | 9 T. English | 10 Jimmy Doyle | 11 L. Devaney | 12 D. Nealon | 13 J. McKenna | 14 B. Moloughney | 15 T. Moloughney |
Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.
Subs used: S. Mcloughlin for T. Wall | T. Ryan for J. McKenna | J. Hough for M. O'Gara |
Subs not used: R. Mounsey | P. Ryan | L. Connolly |Tipperary - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions 1962 (19th title) 1 D. O'Brien | 2 John Doyle | 3 M. Maher | 4 K. Carey | 5 Matt O'Gara | 6 T. Wall | 7 M. Burns | 8 L. Devaney | 9 T. English | 10 Jimmy Doyle (c) | 11 J. McKenna | 12 T. Ryan | 13 D. Nealon | 14 T. Moloughney | 15 S. McLoughlin |
Reference: Tipperary GAA Archives Database searchable by team, year and/or player name.
Subs used: L. Connolly for M. O'Gara | T. Ryan for J. Doyle |
Subs not used: M. Hassett | R. Mounsey | R. Slevin | N. Murphy | C. Hartigan |Categories:- 1939 births
- Living people
- Knockavilla Kickhams hurlers
- Tipperary hurlers
- Winners of two All-Ireland medals (hurling)
- People from County Tipperary
- Tipperary hurling biography stubs
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