Denis Byrne
Denis Martin Byrne (born 24 October 1974) is an Irish sportsperson who is a hurling All Star. He played with his local club Graigue-Ballycallan, in County Kilkenny, from 1991-2009,[1] and with Kilkenny senior inter-county hurling team from 1994 until 2002,[2] including a period as captain. He is currently involved in skills training with the Dublin Senior Hurling team.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Donncha Ó Broin | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Born | County Kilkenny | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1991-2009 | Graigue-Ballycallan | ||
Club titles | |||
Kilkenny titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1994-2001 2003 |
Kilkenny Tipperary | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 4 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NHL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 1 |
He won a Minor All-Ireland medal with Kilkenny in 1991, an All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship in 1994 and a National Hurling League medal in 1995. He was on the Kilkenny All-Ireland Senior winning side in 2000 and was awarded an All-Star during the same year.
Career
In 1988, Byrne played with Callan CBS to win Roinn B All-Ireland Colleges Juvenile Hurling Champion, and went on to win the Roinn B All-Ireland Colleges Senior Hurling Championship of 1991 where they beat Coláiste Spiorad Naomh (Cork) 1-14 to 1-0.[4][5][6] Byrne won an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship medal with Kilkenny in 1991 when they beat Tipperary 0-15 : 1-10 at Croke Park.[7] He won an All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship with Kilkenny in 1994.[7] He was on the Oireachtas team of 1994-95.[8]
Byrne played in the All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship final in 1995.[7] He won a National Hurling League medal for Kilkenny in 1995 when Kilkenny beat Clare 2–12:0–9. He played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final of 1995, where Kilkenny were beaten by Offaly 2-16:2-5.[9][10] He played in the Leinster Senior Hurling final of 1996 where Kilkenny were beaten by Wexford 1-14:0-14.[11] He played with Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1997 where Kilkenny were beaten by Wexford 2-14 : 1-11 in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final.[9] He was on the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship panel of 1998.[2] He played with Graigue-Ballycallan in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship final of 1998 where they beat The Fenians 1-14:0-12.[12]
Byrne was captain of Kilkenny for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final of 1999[2] where they were runner-up to Cork 0-13 – 0-12. He played with Graigue-Ballycallan in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship final of 1999 where they lost to Glenmore 1-14 : 2-08.[12]
He played on the Kilkenny All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning side of 2000,[2][13] and was awarded an All-Star during the same year.[14] He played with Graigue-Ballycallan in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship final of 2000 where they beat O'Loughlin Gaels 0-16 : 0-09.[12] He captained the Kilkenny team in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 2001[13] where Kilkenny lost in the semi-final to Galway 2-15 : 1-13. He played with Graigue-Ballycallan in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship final of 2001 where they lost to O'Loughlin Gaels 1-17 : 1-06.[15]
Byrne played for the Tipperary senior hurling team when he transferred to Mullinahone in South Tipperary in 2003.[16][17]
Honours
- All-Stars (1)
- 2000
- AIB Leinster Club Player of the Year (1)
- 2000
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1)
- 2000; runner-up 1998, 1999
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (4)
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001; runner-up 1995, 1996, 1997
- National Hurling League (2)
- 1995, 2002
- Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (2)
- 1998, 2000; runner-up 1999, 2001
- Oireachtas winner (1)
- 1999
- Walsh Cup
- runner-up 2002[18]
- All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship (1)
- 1994; runner-up (1): 1995
Selected appearances
Selected Appearances | |||||||
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# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | W/L | Competition |
1 | 2nd Sep 1991 | Croke Park, Dublin | Tipperary | 0-1 | 1-16 : 0-15 | L | All-Ireland Minor final (1991)[19] |
2 | 6th Jun 1994 | Meath Nowlan Park | 0-0 | 1-19 : 1-8 | W | Leinster SHC quarter final (1994)[20] | |
3 | 24th Oct 1994 | Nowlan Park | Laois | 0-1 | 1-14 : 0-6 | W | NHL, Div 1 (1995)[21] |
4 | 7th Nov 1994 | Semple stadium | Tipperary | 0-1 | 2-12 : 1-10 | W | NHL, Div 1 (1995)[22] |
5 | 21st Nov 1994 | Nowlan Park | Cork | 0-0 | 2-10 - 3-3 | W | NHL, Div 1 (1995)[23] |
6 | 30th Jan 1995 | Croke Park, Dublin | Waterford | 0-1 | 0-17 : 0-7 | W | Challenge match at home[24] |
7 | 13 March 1995 | Nowlan Park | Antrim | 0-1 | 1-16 : 2-9 | W | NHL, Div 1 (1995)[25] |
8 | 27 March 1995 | Limerick | Limerick | 0-0 | 0-12 : 1-8 | L | NHL, Div 1 (1995)[26] |
9 | 17 April 1995 | Gorinahoe | Tipperary | 0-2 | 3-10 : 0-11 | W | Challenge match at home[27] |
10 | 8 May 1995 | Thurles | Clare | 1-0 | 2-12 : 0-9 | W | NHL, Div 1 final (1995)[28] |
11 | 4 June 1995 | Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow. | Laois | 2-2 | 2-14 : 2-12 | W | Leinster SHC Quarter-Final (1995)[29] |
12 | 26 June 1995 | Croke Park, Dublin | Dublin | 1-2 | 4-13 : 2-10 | W | Leinster SHC semi final (1995)[30] |
13 | 17 July 1995 | Croke Park, Dublin | Offaly | 0-0 | 2-16 : 2-5 | L | Leinster SHC final (1995)[31] |
13 | 14 June 1998 | Croke Park, Dublin | Laois | 0-1 | 3-11 : 1-14 | W | Leinster SHC Semi-Final (1998) |
14 | 29 April 2001 | Thurles | Clare | 0-1 | 2-21 : 3-8 | L | NHL, Div 1 semi final (2001)[32] |
15 | 10 June 2001 | Croke Park, Dublin | Offaly | 0-0 | 3-10 : 0-11 | W | Leinster SHC semi final (2001)[32] |
16 | 8 July 2001 | Croke Park, Dublin | Wexford | 0-0 | 2-19 : 0-12 | W | Leinster SHC final (2001)[33] |
17 | 19th Aug 2001 | Croke Park, Dublin | Galway | 0-0 | 2-15 : 1-13 | L | All-Ireland SHC semi final (2001)[34] |
18 | 3rd Mar 2002 | Enniscorthy | Wexford | 0-1 | 1-13 : 1-12 | L | Walsh Cup final[18] |
19 | 10 March 2002 | Ballinasloe | Galway | 0-0 | 0-15 : 0-9 | L | NHL, Div 1 Section A (2002)[35] |
See also
Notes
- "Denis Byrne", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-15, retrieved 2010-10-30
- O'Neill 2010, p. 87
- "Byrne to assist Dubs", hoganstand.com
- O'Neill 2010, p. 109.
- O'Neill 2010, p. 110.
- (O'Neill 2010, p. 187)
- O'Neill 2010, p. 91.
- O'Neill 2010, p. 97.
- O'Neill 2010, p. 104
- O'Neill 2010, p. 95.
- O'Neill 2010, p. 99.
- O'Neill 2010, p. 19.
- O'Neill 2010, p. 105
- O'Neill 2010, p. 121.
- O'Neill 2010, p. 20.
- "Byrne boost for Tipperary champions". Irish Examiner. 29 January 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- "Denis Byrne on crossing the divide". RTE Sport. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- "2002 Walsh Cup Final", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1994 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Quarter Final", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1994 National Hurling League, Division 1 League", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1994 National Hurling League, Division 1 League", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1994 National Hurling League, Division 1 League", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1995 Challenge (H)", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1995 Challenge (H)", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1995 National Hurling League, Division 1 League", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1995 Challenge (H)", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1995 National Hurling League, Division 1 Final", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1995 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Quarter Final", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1995 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Semi Final", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "1995 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "2001 National Hurling League, Division 1 Semi Final", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "2001 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi Final", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
- "2002 National Hurling League, Division 1 Section A", gaainfo.com, archived from the original on 2012-03-30, retrieved 2010-10-30
Further reading
- O'Neill, Gerry (2010), "Kilkenny GAA Bible" (PDF), kilkennygaa.ie
External links
- Official
- "Official GAA website", gaa.ie
- "Official Kilkenny GAA website", kilkennygaa.ie
- Unofficial
- "Kilkenny GAA on Hogan Stand", hoganstand.com