Colm Browne was a

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er and

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with

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. He also managed the Tipperary senior football team. Browne won numerous honours in the game including an

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with his club

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in 1983, a

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title with Laois in 1986 (and

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ing that team) and an All Stars Award in 1986. Browne is a member of the Garda Síochána at

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. He was ratified as manager of the Laois senior team in 2000 and left in 2002.

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