| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Séamus Ó Bróithe | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-back | ||
| Born | 1920 Danesfort, County Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Died | October 1998 Galway, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Army officer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| An Céad Cath Gaelach Liam Mellows | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1940-1954 | Galway | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
James Brophy (1920 – October 1998) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Galway senior team. [1]
The Irish are a Celtic nation and ethnic group native to the island of Ireland, who share a common Irish ancestry, identity and culture. Ireland has been inhabited for about 12,500 years according to archaeological studies. For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaelic people. Viking invasions of Ireland during the 8th to 11th centuries established the cities of Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork and Limerick. Anglo-Normans conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while England's 16th/17th-century (re)conquest and colonisation of Ireland brought a large number of English and Lowland Scots people to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland and the smaller Northern Ireland. The people of Northern Ireland hold various national identities including British, Irish, Northern Irish or some combination thereof.
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin. It is administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, and has been played for 4,000 years. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players, and much terminology. There is a similar game for women called camogie. It shares a common Gaelic root with the sport of shinty, which is played predominantly in Scotland.
The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Galway GAA are one of the 32 GAA county boards in Ireland; they are responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway, and for the Galway inter-county teams.
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Brophy joined the team during the 1940-41 National League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1954 championship. During that time he won one National Hurling League medal. Brophy was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
The National Hurling League is an annual inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the league system.
At club level Brophy was a two-time county club championship medalist with An Céad Cath Gaelach.
The Galway Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in the county of Galway in Ireland.
