Liam O'Connor, born in Walsh Island, County Offaly, on 13 September 1955 and died on 2 December 2013, was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Offaly senior team. He arrived on the inter-county scene at twenty-three, making his debut in the 1979 championship, and went on to play a key part in the Offaly defence over the next few years, winning an All-Ireland SFC medal and three Leinster SFC medals. He was also an All-Ireland SFC runner-up on one occasion. He was a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions but never won a Railway Cup medal, and at club level he was a two-time Leinster medallist with Walsh Island.
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was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Offaly senior team
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13 September 1955
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won an All-Ireland SFC medal and three Leinster SFC medals
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was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Offaly senior team
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was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Offaly senior team
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was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Offaly senior team
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won an All-Ireland SFC medal
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