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{{Short description|Irish sportsperson (born 1974)}}
{{for|the American soldier|Denis Byrne (Medal of Honor)}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox Gaelic Athletic Association player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image = 
| name = Denis Byrne
| irish = Donncha Ó Broin 
| fullname = 
| height = 
| nickname = 
| county = Kilkenny
| province = Leinster
| club = [[Graigue–Ballycallan GAA|Graigue–Ballycallan]]
| clposition = Forward
| clubs = [[Graigue–Ballycallan GAA|Graigue–Ballycallan]]
| clyears = 1991-2009
| clapps(points) = 
| clcounty = 2
| clprovince= 
| clallireland = 
| counties = [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] <br> [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| icposition = Forward 
| icyears = 1994-2002 <br> 2003
| icapps(points) = 
| icprovince = 4
| icallireland = 1
| nhl = 2
| allstars = 1 
| clupdate=(22:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC))|
| icupdate=(17:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC))|
| birth_place=[[County Kilkenny]]
}}

'''Denis Martin Byrne''' (born 24 October 1974) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] sportsperson who is a [[hurling]] [[GAA GPA All Stars Awards|All Star]]. He played with his local club [[Graigue–Ballycallan GAA|Graigue–Ballycallan]], in [[County Kilkenny]], from 1991-2009,<ref>{{Citation | title=Denis Byrne | url=http://www.gaainfo.com/players/hurling/kilkenny/Denis%20Byrne.php | work=gaainfo.com | access-date=2010-10-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315090855/http://www.gaainfo.com/players/hurling/kilkenny/Denis%20Byrne.php | archive-date=2012-03-15 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and with [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] senior inter-county hurling team from 1994 until 2002,<ref name="O'Neill2010p87">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=87}}</ref> including a period as captain. He is currently involved in skills training with the [[Dublin GAA|Dublin Senior Hurling]] team.<ref>{{Citation | title=Byrne to assist Dubs |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=77215 |work=hoganstand.com}}</ref>

He won a [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship|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 Hurling Championship|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.<ref name="O'Neill2010p109">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=109}}.</ref><ref name="O'Neill2010p110">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=110}}.</ref><ref name="O'Neill2010p187">({{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=187}})</ref> Byrne won an [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship]] medal with Kilkenny in [[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 1991|1991]] when they beat Tipperary 0-15 : 1-10 at [[Croke Park]].<ref name="O'Neill2010p91"/> He won an [[All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship]] with Kilkenny in [[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1994|1994 and was the leading scorer in the campaign]].<ref name="O'Neill2010p91"/><ref name="O'Neill2010p97">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=97}}.</ref>

Byrne played in the [[All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship]] final in [[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1995|1995]].<ref name="O'Neill2010p91">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=91 |chapter=All Ireland Teams U21 Hurling 1995}}.</ref>
He won a [[National Hurling League]] medal for Kilkenny in 1995 when Kilkenny beat [[Clare GAA|Clare]] 2–12:0–9. He played in the [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]] final of [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1995|1995]], where Kilkenny were beaten by [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]] 2-16:2-5.<ref name="O'Neill2010p104">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=104}}</ref><ref name="O'Neill2010p95">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=95}}.</ref><ref name="O'Neill2010p99">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=99}}.</ref> He missed the 1996 championship due to injury. He played with Kilkenny in the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] of [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1997|1997]] where Kilkenny were beaten by Clare 1-17 to 1-14 in the All Ireland semi- final.<ref name="O'Neill2010p104"/> He was on the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] panel of [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1998|1998]].<ref name="O'Neill2010p87"/> He played with [[Graigue-Ballycallan GAA|Graigue-Ballycallan]] in the [[Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship]] final of 1998 where they beat [[Fenians Johnstown GAA|The Fenians]] 1-14:0-12.<ref name="O'Neill2010p19">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=19}}.</ref>

Byrne was captain of [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] for the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] final of [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1999|1999]]<ref name="O'Neill2010p87"/> where they were runner-up to Cork 0-13 – 0-12. He played with [[Graigue–Ballycallan GAA|Graigue–Ballycallan]] in the [[Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship]] final of 1999 where they lost to [[Glenmore GAA|Glenmore]] 1-14 : 2-08.<ref name="O'Neill2010p19"/>

He played on the Kilkenny [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winning side of [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2000|2000]],<ref name="O'Neill2010p87"/><ref name="O'Neill2010p105">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=105}}</ref> and was awarded an All-Star during the same year.<ref name="O'Neill2010p121">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=121}}.</ref> He played with [[Graigue-Ballycallan GAA|Graigue-Ballycallan]] in the [[Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship]] final of 2000 where they beat [[O'Loughlin Gaels GAA|O'Loughlin Gaels]] 0-16 : 0-09.<ref name="O'Neill2010p19"/> He captained the Kilkenny team in the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] of [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2001|2001]]<ref name="O'Neill2010p105"/> where they won the leinster final beating Wexford. He played with [[Graigue–Ballycallan GAA|Graigue–Ballycallan]] in the [[Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship]] final of 2001 where they lost to [[O'Loughlin Gaels GAA|O'Loughlin Gaels]] 1-17 : 1-06.<ref name="O'Neill2010p20">{{Harvnb|O'Neill|2010|p=20}}.</ref>

After falling out of [[Brian Cody]]'s plans for Kilkenny in 2002, Byrne instead played for the [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] senior hurling team when he transferred to [[Mullinahone GAA|Mullinahone]] in South Tipperary in 2003. He had reached an agreement with the Tipperary management and county board that he wouldn't line out against Kilkenny in a competitive fixture for Tipperary. He won two south Tipperary Senior hurling medals in 2003 and 2004<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2003/0129/ireland/byrne-boost-for-tipperary-champions-354383597.html|title= Byrne boost for Tipperary champions|date=29 January 2003|work=Irish Examiner|accessdate=5 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2019/0815/1069016-denis-byrne-on-crossing-the-divide/|title = Denis Byrne on crossing the divide|date=18 August 2019|work=RTE Sport|accessdate=21 August 2019}}</ref>

==Honours==
*'''All Stars 2000''' (1)
*'''AIB Leinster Club Player of the Year''' (1)
**2000
*'''[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]''' (1)
** [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2000|2000]]; runner-up [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1998|1998]], [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1999|1999]]
*'''[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]''' (4)
**[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1998|1998]], [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1999|1999]], [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2000|2000]], [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2001|2001]]; runner-up [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1995|1995]], [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1997|1997]]
*'''[[National Hurling League]]''' (2)
**[[National Hurling League 1995|1995]], 2002
** '''Leinster Club winner 2000'''
** All Ireland club runners up 2001
** Kilkenny Senior Hurling  winners (2)1998 and 2000  runner-up 1999 ,2001] 
** Oireachtas winner 1999
** Ryan Cup winner Carlow IT 1993
** All Ireland Senior colleges winner 1991 
** All Ireland Junior Colleges winner  1988
** Under 14 Poc Fada All Ireland winner 1988
** All Ireland under 21 winner 1994 runner up 1995
** Leinster under 21 winner 1994 and 1995
** All Ireland Minor winner 1991.
** Leinster minor winner 1991 and 1992
** All Ireland Senior Inter Firms 1994
** Munster Senior inter firms winner 1994.
** South Tipperary Senior Hurling (2) 2003 and 2004

==See also==
* [[Graigue–Ballycallan GAA]]
* [[Kilkenny GAA]]
* [[Tipperary GAA]]
* [[List of Kilkenny senior hurling team captains]]
* [[List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medal winners]]

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Citation |last=O'Neill |first=Gerry |title=Kilkenny GAA Bible |url=http://www.kilkennygaa.ie/KK%20GAA%20Bible.pdf |year=2010 |work=kilkennygaa.ie |access-date=30 October 2010 |archive-date=18 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118175238/http://www.kilkennygaa.ie/KK%20GAA%20Bible.pdf |url-status=dead }}

== External links ==
; Official
* {{Citation |title=Official GAA website |url=http://www.gaa.ie/ |work=gaa.ie }}
** {{Citation |title=Official Kilkenny GAA website |url=http://kilkennygaa.ie |work=kilkennygaa.ie }}
; Unofficial
* {{Citation |title=Kilkenny GAA on Hogan Stand |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Kilkenny/ |work=hoganstand.com }}

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