Ben Brosnan

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Ben Brosnan
Personal information
Irish name Beircheart Ó Brosnacháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Wing Forward
Born (1987-12-12) 12 December 1987 (age 37)
County Wexford
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Occupation Business owner
Club(s)
YearsClub
Castletown Liam Mellows
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2008-
Wexford 36 (3-116)
Inter-county titles
NFL 1

Ben Brosnan is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Wexford county team and he transferred to Castletown Liam Mellows from his native side Bannow Ballymitty. In march 2024 he made his record breaking 175th appearance from Wexford. [1]

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Playing career

Brosnan was part of the Wexford panel in 2008. Wexford won Division 3 of the National League that year, beating Fermanagh in the final. Having beaten Meath and Laois, they reached that year's Leinster Championship final, but were comprehensively beaten by Dublin. However, subsequent victories over Down and Armagh, meant Wexford reached the All-Ireland semi-final. In the semi-final they lost to eventual All-Ireland champions Tyrone.

In 2008, he was also part of the Wexford under-21 team, and was sent off in the Leinster semi-final and missed out on the final loss to Kildare.

In 2009, he was not part of the Wexford senior team; instead he played with the junior team.

He made a huge impact in the 2011 championship with a number of high scoring displays. He scored 9 points in the 2011 Leinster Senior Football Final as Wexford lost out to Dublin.

Against Offaly in the 2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship preliminary round Brosnan scored 1-08. [2]

Personal Life

Ben Brosnan and fellow Wexford Footballer Joey Wadding founded the sports wear brand Bodibro in 2015. [3] In December 2024, Ben Brosnan's father, Dan Brosnan, was sentenced to seven years in prison for repeated indecent assaults of an underage female that occurred in the 1980s. The jury also found him guilty of assaulting the girl’s younger sister on one occasion.

Ben Brosnan spoke on behalf of his father during the hearing. The noted footballer told how the defendant had imbued him with a strong work ethic and called on the court for leniency. [4]

Career statistics

As of 9 April 2023.
Season O'Byrne Cup National League All-Ireland Total
AppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
200820-0750-0300-0070-01
200920-0310-0000-0030-00
201032-1741-1030-01101-17
201120-0672-2650-32140-40
201230-0970-2740-12140-26
201300-0070-2440-11110-27
201430-0771-1730-13130-23
201530-0870-2130-07130-20
201631-0372-1020-03121-01
201732-1150-1731-10110-29
201810-0050-1320-0380-07
201930-0272-0520-03120-06
202010-05
202110-00
202221-09
202311-07
Total285-73698-173363-1161282-197

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References

  1. Cormican, Eoghan (18 March 2024). "36-year-old Ben Brosnan reaches another milestone for Wexford". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. Fagan, Ronan (24 April 2022). "Brosnan to the fore as Wexford stun Offaly". RTÉ.
  3. "Brosnan and Wadding on the ball at Bodibro". Irish Independent. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  4. "Wexford GAA star's father described as 'sexual predator' as he is jailed for indecent assaults of two girls". www.independent.ie. 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.