Micheál O'Brien

Micheál O'Brien, born in Skryne, County Meath, in June 1923 and died on 14 May 2015, was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played at senior level for the Meath county team. He first played competitive Gaelic games in his youth and arrived on the inter-county scene at nineteen with the Meath senior team before also joining the junior hurling side. He made his senior debut during the 1942 championship, immediately became a regular in the starting fifteen and won two All-Ireland medals, four Leinster medals and one National Football League medal, and he was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions he won four Railway Cup medals, and at club level he was a six-time championship medallist with Skryne.