Code: | Football |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Damien Byrne | |
Irish: | Damien Ó Broin |
County: | Tipperary |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Fethard |
Clcounty: | 5 |
Counties: | Tipperary |
Icposition: | Right corner-back |
Icyears: | 1999 - 2005 |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nfl: | 0 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 13:54, 3 August 2015 |
Birth Date: | 16 June 1976 |
Birth Place: | Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Damien Byrne (born 16 June 1978) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-back for the Tipperary senior team.[1]
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 GAA.
He retired from inter-county football following the conclusion of the 2005 championship.