Maurice O'Brien

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Maurice O'Brien
Personal information
Irish name Muiris Ó Briain
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born (1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 (age 41)
Limerick, Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nickname Mossy
Occupation Quantity Surveyor
Club(s)
YearsClub

2009–2014
 Garryspillane
Faughs
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2003–2008
2009–2013
 Limerick
Dublin
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1 (Dublin)
NHL 1 (Dublin)

Maurice O'Brien (born 28 September 1983) is a Limerick-born senior hurler for Dublin and Faughs. He made his debut for Dublin in 2009 against his native Limerick in the National Hurling League. [1] During his time with Dublin he has won one Leinster Senior Hurling Championship winner's medal (2013) one National Hurling League winner's medal and has been a runner-up in two Leinster finals.

Maurice has won the All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship and the Munster U21 championship with Limerick in 2001 and 2002. He made his championship debut with Limerick in 2003 against Offaly in the All Ireland Qualifiers.[ citation needed ]

O'Brien Won 2 Dr Harty Cup's and 2 All Ireland College's (Dr Croke Cup) with St Colmans College, Fermoy in 2001 & 2002, He also won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal with Limerick Institute of technology (LIT) in 2007.[ citation needed ]

O'Brien hung up his boots in August 2013. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Maurice O'Brien Profile Page". Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "O'Brien calls time". Hoganstand. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.


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