Ben Brosnan
Ben Brosnan is a Gaelic footballer from County Wexford, Ireland. He plays with the Wexford intercounty team and he transferred to Castletown Liam Mellows GAA Club from his native side Bannow Ballymitty. He was part of the Wexford panel in 2008 which proved to be a much successful year for the county. Wexford won Division 3 of the National League, beating Fermanagh in the final. Having beaten Meath and Laois, they reached that year's Leinster Championship final, but were comprehensively beaten by Dublin. However subsequent victories over Down and Armagh, meant Wexford reached the All-Ireland semi-final. In the semi-final they lost to eventual All-Ireland champions Tyrone. In 2008, he was also part of the Wexford Under 21 team, he was sent off in the Leinster semifinal and missed out on the final loss to Kildare.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Beircheart Ó Brosnacháin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Wing Forward | ||
| Born |
12 December 1987 County Wexford | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | business owner | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Castletown Liam mellows | |||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2008- | Wexford | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| NFL | 1 | ||
In 2009, he was not part of the Wexford senior team; instead he played with the junior team.
He made a huge impact in the 2011 championship with a number of high scoring displays. He scored 9 points in the 2011 Leinster Senior Football Final as Wexford lost out to Dublin.
He now plays his club football with Castletown Liam mellows Gaa club.
He also played soccer with Wexford Youths in their first season in the League of Ireland.
Career statistics
- As of 20 January 2019.
| Season | O'Byrne Cup | National League | All-Ireland | Total | Total from placed ball | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Score | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0-07 | 5 | 0-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-10 | 0-01 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0-03 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-03 | 0-00 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2-17 | 4 | 1-10 | 3 | 0-01 | 10 | 3-28 | 1-17 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0-06 | 7 | 2-26 | 5 | 0-32 | 14 | 2-64 | 0-40 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0-09 | 7 | 0-27 | 4 | 0-12 | 14 | 0-48 | 0-26 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-24 | 4 | 0-11 | 11 | 0-35 | 0-27 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0-07 | 7 | 1-17 | 3 | 0-13 | 13 | 1-37 | 0-23 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0-08 | 7 | 0-21 | 3 | 0-07 | 13 | 0-36 | 0-20 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1-03 | 7 | 2-10 | 2 | 0-03 | 12 | 3-15 | 1-01 |
| 3017 | 3 | 2-11 | 5 | 0-17 | 3 | 1-10 | 11 | 3-38 | 0-29 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-13 | 2 | 0-03 | 8 | 0-16 | 0-07 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0-02 | 7 | 2-05 | 2 | 0-03 | 12 | 2-10 | 0-06 |
| Total | 28 | 5-73 | 69 | 8-173 | 31 | 1-95 | 128 | 14-341 | 2-197 |