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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Briain Ó Laitheasa | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Right corner-back | ||
Born | 1974 Tipperary, Ireland | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Arravale Rovers Round Towers | |||
Club titles | |||
Kildare titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1995-1997 1998-2004 2005-2006 | Tipperary Kildare Tipperary | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 2 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 1 |
Brian Lacey (born 1974) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-back for the Tipperary and Kildare senior teams. [1] [2]
Born in Tipperary, Lacey first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor hurling team before later joining the under-21 football side. He joined the senior football panel during the 1995 championship. Lacey immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen before later joining the Kildare senior team. Throughout his career he won two Leinster medals and one Tommy Murphy Cup medal.
Lacey was a member of the Munster and Leinster inter-provincial teams on a number of occasions. At club level he is a two-time championship medallist with Round Towers. He began his career with Arravale Rovers.
Lacey retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2006 championship.
He is a brother of former rugby union player and current referee John Lacey.
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