There’ve been widespread tributes paid to the former Fermanagh gaelic football Shane O’Brien, who’s died in South Africa at the age of 35.
He was killed in a car crash in Pretoria where he lived and worked with the United Nations Refugee Agency.
It is with a deep sense of shock and sadness that we learned of the tragic death of Shane O’Brien from the Erne Gaels club.
Shane was a member of the Fermanagh Minor team that reached the Ulster Final in 2003 and a member of the Fermanagh Senior Football team in 2009. pic.twitter.com/TNDFO3Uo9i
— Fermanagh GAA (@FermanaghGAA) December 9, 2020
The Erne Gaels clubman was well known and respected, having played senior football for the county in 2009 and was a member of the Fermanagh minor team that reached an Ulster final in 2003.
He won a MacRory Cup with St Michael’s in Enniskillen.
