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Pierce O'Brien-Butler

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Pierce O'Brien-Butler
Birth namePierce Edmond O'Brien-Butler
Date of birth12 January 1877
Place of birthCounty Tipperary, Ireland
Date of death15 January 1902 (aged 25)
Place of deathWynberg, South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Monkstown ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1897-1900 Ireland 6

Pierce Edmond O'Brien-Butler (12 January 1877 – 15 January 1902) was an Irish rugby union international player. He won six caps between 1897 and 1900. Pierce was a member of a titled family, the Barons Dunboyne. His own branch of the family originated in County Tipperary, where they lived at Bansha Castle in the 18th century.

He was killed in action during the Anglo-Boer War in 1902. His nephew was the cricketer Paget O'Brien-Butler.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Player profile: Paget Terence O'Brien-Butler". CricketEurope. Retrieved 7 November 2018.