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The making of a Twitter legend: top 20 #seanobrienfacts

A certain player was venerated ad nauseam following Ireland’s consummate progress into the World Cup quarter finals. Here are the best of the tweets dedicated to that player.

FOLLOWING A SERIES of scarily good performances from a certain Irish player in the Rugby World Cup group stages, a new phenomenon has swept the nation, or more specifically, Twitter – #seanobrienfacts.

The all-round epic-ness of the player in question was highlighted by what seemed like thousands of tweets.

So we’ve saved you hours of scrolling down a page by gathering the best 20 for your viewing pleasure below.

Disclaimer: At the time the article was posted, TheScore.ie’s vast team of researchers could neither confirm nor deny whether some of these so-called ‘facts’ were indeed true.

Aidan Barry
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  • Aidan Barry

  • Aidan O'Hara

  • Alan Doyle

  • Colm Tobin

  • Cornelius Toomsbury

  • Dave Cashman

  • Frank Hannigan

  • Iam Bootsy

  • Jen Ronan

  • Kevin O'Malley

  • Liam Ryan

  • Marcus

  • Neil O'Leary

  • Paul Armstrong

  • Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

  • Simon O'Shea

  • Stephen Ferris

  • Tom Keith

  • Tom Swanick

  • Steve Manning

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    Oct 4th 2011, 4:59 PM

    You missed the best one (don’t know who the poster was)!! “It took three women seven days to give birth to Sean O’Brien!”

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    Oct 4th 2011, 7:57 PM

    Sean O’Brien doesn’t sleep, he waits.

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    Oct 5th 2011, 12:58 AM

    Sean O Brien went into burger king and asked for a big mac.
    He got one!

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    Oct 4th 2011, 7:27 PM

    When Sean O’Brien plays russian roulette… the revolver dies

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    Oct 4th 2011, 8:12 PM

    Sean O’Brien disproved Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

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    Oct 5th 2011, 10:07 PM

    Sean O’ Brien has an IPhone 6

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    Oct 7th 2011, 11:55 AM

    A reporter recently asked Sean O’Brien about his opinion on Dan Carter, explaining how some people say he is a gift from the god of rugby… O’Brien replied “I don’t remember sending anybody”

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    Oct 4th 2011, 8:45 PM

    When I created this, I had no idea it would turn into this. Favourite one by the way was
    “When Sean O’Brien was born he burst out of the womb and took down 2 obstetricians and a gynaecologist.”

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    Oct 4th 2011, 10:56 PM

    Did you invent it on top gear as well then?

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    Oct 5th 2011, 2:51 PM

    When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he had six messages from Sean O’Brien waiting for him.

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    Oct 4th 2011, 5:15 PM

    Number 9 is the winner for me!

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