Brian Lacey (Gaelic footballer)

Brian Lacey

Personal information
Irish name	Briain Ó Laitheasa
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Right corner-back
Born	1974 Tipperary, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Arravale Rovers Round Towers
Club titles
Kildare titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1995-1997 1998-2004 2005-2006	Tipperary Kildare Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	2
All-Irelands	0
NFL	0
All Stars	1

Brian Lacey (born 1974) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-back for the Tipperary and Kildare senior teams.^[1][2]

Born in Tipperary, Lacey first excelled at Gaelic games in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor hurling team before later joining the under-21 football side. He joined the senior football panel during the 1995 championship. Lacey immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen before later joining the Kildare senior team. Throughout his career he won two Leinster medals and one Tommy Murphy Cup medal.

Lacey was a member of the Munster and Leinster inter-provincial teams on a number of occasions. At club level he is a two-time championship medallist with Round Towers. He began his career with Arravale Rovers.

Lacey retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2006 championship.

Honours

Player

Round Towers

• Kildare Senior Football Championship (2): 1998, 2003

Tipperary

• Tommy Murphy Cup (1): 2005

Kildare

• Leinster Senior Football Championship (2): 1998, 2000

References

1. "Profile: Brian Lacey". Tipperary GAA Archives website. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
2. "Lacey overcomes bloodline to gallop into cynics' hearts". Irish Times. 26 September 1998. Retrieved 3 August 2015.