Records of Nickey Brennan on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Nickey Brennan in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Nickey Brennan and the Brennan Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Brennan Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Brennan family tree.

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Some Famous People called Nickey Brennan

Nickey Brennan

Nicholas "Nickey" Brennan (born 3 December 1953) is an Irish former hurler, manager and Gaelic games administrator. He played as a right wing-back for the Kilkenny senior team. More recently, he served as the 35th president of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Brennan joined the team during the 1974 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1985 championship. During that time he won two All-Ireland medals, three Leinster medals and two National Hurling League medals.

At club level Brennan enjoyed a lengthy career with Conahy Shamrocks.

In retirement from playing Brennan became involved in team management and coaching. He was manager of the Kilkenny senior team, having served as a selector for the previous four years. He also managed the county football team, and the county under-21 hurling team.

Brennan was also a Gaelic games administrator with the Kilkenny County Board and the Leinster Council before assuming the office of President of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2006.

His brothers, Kirean and Canice, were also All-Ireland medalists with Kilkenny.

Source: Nickey Brennan, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Brennan

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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