Phonsie O’Brien, brother of Vincent, dies aged 86

Phonsie O’Brien, youngest brother of Vincent, has died, aged 86.

O’Brien was the seventh and youngest son of Dan O’Brien in Churchtown, Co Cork. Vincent was the eldest.

Phonsie rode many winners in the 1940s and took out a trainer’s licence in 1956. Based initally at South Lodge in Carrick-on-Suir and later at Thomastown Stables in Cashel, he sent out four consecutive winners of the Galway Plate between 1962 and 1965.