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Des O'Brien
Full name Desmond Joseph O'Brien Date of birth (1919-05-22 ) 22 May 1919Place of birth Dublin , IrelandDate of death 26 December 2005(2005-12-26) (aged 86 ) Place of death Lasswade , ScotlandSchool Belvedere College Occupation(s ) Business executive
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Desmond Joseph O'Brien (22 May 1919 — 26 December 2005) was an Irish rugby union international.
O'Brien, born in Dublin and educated at Belvedere College , was a back-row forward. After winning two Leinster Senior Cup titles with Old Belvedere , his job with Guinness brought him to London in the 1940s, during which time played for Wasps and London Irish , captaining the latter. By the early 1950s, O'Brien worked in Wales and had two seasons with Cardiff .[1]
A Leinster representative player, O'Brien was capped 20 times for Ireland . Debuting as a 28-year old in 1948, he played three of four Tests in that year's Five Nations Championship , with Ireland achieving the grand slam. He captained Ireland against the touring Springboks in 1951, for the 1952 Five Nations and on the 1952 tour of South America .[2]
O'Brien was team manager on the 1966 British Lions tour .[3]
Since the 1960s, O'Brien lived in the Edinburgh area and held executive roles in the brewery industry. He was General Manager of Guinness Scotland and later a Director at Harp Lager .[4]
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^ "Des O'Brien" . Irish Independent
^ "Des O'Brien" . The Independent
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