| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Jim O'Brien | |
| Irish: | Séamus Ó Briain |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 0 |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| County: | Limerick |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Bruree |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Counties: | Limerick |
| Icposition: | Left corner-back |
| Icyears: | 1966–1979 |
| Icapps(Points): | 24 (0–00) |
| Icprovince: | 2 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nhl: | 1 |
| Allstars: | 1 |
| Icupdate: | 14:02, 26 December 2018 |
| Birth Date: | 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Bruree, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 19 August 2020 |
| Death Place: | Bruree, County Limerick, Ireland |
James O'Brien (1945 – 19 August 2020) was an Irish hurler. At club level he played as a centre-back for Bruree and was the left corner-back on the Limerick senior hurling team that won the 1973 All-Ireland Championship.[1]
O'Brien's skill was recognised at an early age when he won a South Limerick school's medal with Bruree National School, before an unrewarding spell at Rathluirc CBS. His career at club level with Bruree spanned three decades.
O'Brien won a Munster Championship medal with the Limerick minor hurling team in 1963, before being subsequently selected for the Limerick under-21 and junior teams. He made his first appearance for the Limerick senior hurling team during the 1966-67 National League and enjoyed his greatest successes as a defender over the following decade. In 1973 O'Brien became the first Bruree clubman to win an All-Ireland Championship medal, having earlier won Munster Championship and National Hurling League titles.