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Former Fermanagh GAA star dies in South Africa

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Former Fermanagh GAA star dies in South Africa

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.

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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.

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