Adrian Freeman
Adrian Freeman (13 March 1986 – 29 May 2010) was an Irish sportsman from Tooreen, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo. He played Gaelic football and hurling.
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Adrian Freeman, photographed as he prepared for a match in the sport of hurling | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Irish name | Adrian Ó Saoire | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football, hurling, shinty | ||
| Position | Corner forward | ||
| Born |
13 March 1986 Tooreen, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, Ireland | ||
| Died |
29 May 2010 (aged 24) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Nickname | Twink | ||
| Occupation | Engineer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2002–2010 | Tooreen, Aughamore | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Mayo titles | 2003 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| Mayo | |||
Freeman played hurling for Mayo and was a member of the county's 2009 hurling team, which participated in both the National Hurling League (NHL) and the Christy Ring Cup. He played for Connacht in the Interprovincial Championship. He played club football for Aghamore.
His international career consisted of one hurling/shinty Under 21 international appearance in Inverness, Scotland. Freeman also played in England (four times) and toured North America during his career, whilst he was a member of the losing Connacht side from the Interprovincial Championship Final played in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Middle East in March 2009.
Freeman's death at the age of 24 in a traffic collision in Australia on 31 May 2010 led to an outpouring of public grief in Ireland's GAA circles.