Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Damien Ó Broin | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Right corner-back | ||
Born |
Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland | 16 June 1976||
Nickname |
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Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Fethard | |||
Club titles | |||
Tipperary titles | 5 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1999–2005 | Tipperary | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
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.