J. J. Brennan Explained

Code:Hurling
Sport:Hurling
J. J. Brennan
Irish:Seán Séamus Ó Braonáin
Occupation:Doctor
County:Kilkenny
Province:Leinster
Clubs:Erin's Owm
Clcounty:2
Counties:Kilkenny
Icyears:1905-1914
Icprovince:4
Icallireland:4
Birth Date:John James Brennan
28 November 1887
Death Date:11 October 1943 (aged 55)
Birth Place:Kilkenny, Ireland
Death Place:Kilkenny, Ireland

John James Brennan ('''Seán Séamus Ó Braonáin''') (28 November 1887 – 11 October 1943) was a famous Irish sportsman who played hurling with Kilkenny. In a senior inter-county career that lasted from 1905 until 1914, he won four All-Ireland titles and four Leinster titles.He was successful also in playing rugby, winning the Leinster Junior Cup with Kilkenny in 1920.

He played during Kilkenny's greatest era, which lasted from 1904 to 1913. He played in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913.

Brennan was a doctor who worked in Kilkenny, as a ship's surgeon with the Cunard Line on the Mauretania, and later in London, before returning to Kilkenny, where he died in 1944.

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