John O'Brien (Louth footballer)

John O'Brien is a former Louth inter-county Gaelic footballer who represented Dundalk club Seán O'Mahony's at club level. After playing minor and under-21 football for his county, he made his senior debut in 2006 in an O'Byrne Cup match against D.I.T. and became a mainstay of the Louth panel for almost ten years. He was part of the team that came close to winning the county's first Leinster title in 53 years, emigrated to Australia in 2011 and returned in early 2013 to rejoin the senior squad, then retired from inter-county football after the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. He won O'Byrne Cup, Tommy Murphy Cup and National Football League Division 2 medals with Louth. The article gives no birth year or nationality.