Paddy O'Brien (Gaelic footballer)

Paddy O'Brien, known as Hands, was born in Skryne, County Meath, in 1925 and died on 26 March 2016. He was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back at senior level for the Meath county team. He was introduced to Gaelic football at Skryne National School under the schoolmaster Brian Smyth and made his senior debut with the Skryne club in 1942, winning two championship medals with Skryne and also enjoying success with Seán McDermotts in Dublin. He made his inter-county debut during the 1944 Leinster League, went on to play a key role during a golden age for Meath and won two All-Ireland medals, five Leinster medals and two National League medals, and was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team he won three Railway Cup medals.