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Fergal Byron is a former
Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by ki ...
er for
Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 ...
from Ballybrittas. 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 Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (G ...
medal with Laois in 2003 and picked up an All-Star 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 Interprovincial Championship 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