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I was born in Dublin and still live in Smithfield to this day. I played mainly football all my life. My father learnt to play football from German prisoners in the Curragh during the war. He played centre back. He was a professional footballer all his life and played for Limerick. They were all part time footballers at the time.
Photo of Christy O'Brien my grandfather, possibly taken in 1922. Th…
Contributors
- Ken McCue
Subject
- Soccer
- Horseracing
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/65a90970-df2b-0139-258d-6eee0af74266#agent-65ac1990-df2b-0139-258d-6eee0af74266
- Sport
- Association football
- Sport
Contributors
- Ken McCue
Subject
- Soccer
- Horseracing
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/65a90970-df2b-0139-258d-6eee0af74266#agent-65ac1990-df2b-0139-258d-6eee0af74266
- Sport
- Association football
- Sport
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Places
- Bray, Ireland
- Kildare, Ireland
- Dundalk, Ireland
- Dublin, Ireland
- England, UK
- Dublin
- Republic of Ireland
Identifier
- 012
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/65a90970-df2b-0139-258d-6eee0af74266
Language
- en
- eng
Is part of
- Europeana Sport - Ireland's stories
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-06-02T08:35:11.357Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-06-02T12:50:56.852Z