West Brom defender Dara O'Shea: St Kevin's gave me my break | OneFootball

West Brom defender Dara O'Shea is proud of his connection with St Kevin's.

O'Shea played Gaelic football and hurling after joining St Kevin's Boys – a football club famous for producing the likes of Liam Brady, Robbie Brady and Jeff Hendrick.

But he said once he got to St Kevin's, he quickly realised being a professional footballer was his dream.

"I started to progress a lot more when I went to St Kevin's," the defender said.

"And then I started to get opportunities to go on trial at clubs. It opened my eyes to how good football really was.

"I was on trial at a few clubs prior to signing for West Brom.

"But St Kevin's had a link with West Brom and we'd been coming over every January and playing games against West Brom.

"I was used to the surroundings. I think I came over to West Brom the most on trial and it just felt the right fit for me.

"My family felt the same, that it was a nice family club where I could kick on and hopefully break into the first team, which I've done."