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Fergal Byron is a former
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er for
Laois County Laois ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medieval kingdom. Hist ...
from
Ballybrittas Ballybrittas (, IPA: bˠalʲəˈbʲɾʲɪt̪ˠaːʃ is a small village in the northeast of County Laois, Ireland situated on the R445 about 5 km SW of Monasterevin, County Kildare. Formerly on the N7 Dublin - Limerick road, the village i ...
. A goalkeeper, he won a
Leinster Senior Football Championship The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Asso ...
medal with Laois in 2003 and picked up an
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award in the same year. He also won a Leinster Under 21 Football medal as a corner back with Laois in 1994. In 2005, he won an
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medal with his province Leinster. In November 2007, he announced his retirement from the inter county game. He was appointed Coaching and Games Officer for Laois GAA in 2017.


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Announcement of retirement
1974 births Living people Courtwood Gaelic footballers Gaelic football goalkeepers Laois GAA Laois inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Laois-gaelic-football-bio-stub