The death has occurred of Tom Brown, a man who played football for Laois and Meath and won senior championships with both O’Dempsey’s and Emo.
A native of Enfield in Meath, Tom moved to Laois in the early 1960s where he was initially stationed as a Garda in Ballybrittas. He joined O’Dempsey’s and captained them to their first Laois senior football championshsip success in 1963, a season where he also lined out for Laois in their Leinster final loss to Dublin.
He later transferred back to play with Meath and featured at midfield in the 1966 All Ireland final loss to Galway.
On moving back to Laois, he was then later involved with Emo and was a key figure as they won their first senior title in 1972. He was also a talented rugby and soccer player as well as a keen golfer.
Tom lived at Knockanina, Mountrath, and passed away peacefully at Droimnin Nursing Home in Stradbally.
Pre-deceased by his son David, he is survived by his wife Phil, sons Alan and Colin, daughter-in-law Deirdre, grandchildren Robert, Sophie and Jack, Robert’s wife Hayley, sisters Mary (Carville) and Roisin (Higgins) and brother Joe, nieces, nephews, extended family, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Tom’s funeral mass took place on Monday morning in St Edmund’s Church in Castletown with burial afterwards in Churchtown Cemetery in Castletown.
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