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Damien Byrne (Gaelic footballer)

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Irish name
  
Damien O Broin

Tipperary titles
  
5

Sport
  
Gaelic football

Years
  
County

Position
  
Right corner-back

Name
  
Damien Byrne

Years
  
Club


Born
  
16 June 1976 (age 47) Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland (
1976-06-16
)

Damien Byrne (born 16 June 1978) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-back for the Tipperary senior team.

Born in Fethard, County Tipperary, Byrne first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He joined the senior panel during the 1998 championship. Byrne later became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one Tommy Murphy Cup medal.

At club level Byrne is a two-time championship medallist with Fethard.

He retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2005 championship.

Player

Fethard
  • Tipperary Senior Football Championship (2): 1997, 2001
  • Tipperary
  • Tommy Murphy Cup (1): 2005
  • McGrath Cup (1): 2003
  • All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (1): 1998
  • Munster Junior Football Championship (1): 1998
  • References

    Damien Byrne (Gaelic footballer) Wikipedia