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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2008}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Irish English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox GAA player
|image           =
|name            = Fergal Byron
|irish           = Fergal Ó Beirn
|nickname        = the fonze 
|height          = 6" 3inches
|sport           = GAA
|code            = Football
|county          = Laois
|province        = Leinster
|clposition      = Goalkeeper
|club            = [[Courtwood GAA|Courtwood]]
|clyears         = 
|clapps(points)  =
|clcounty        = 0
|clprovince      = 0
|clubs           = [[Courtwood GAA|Courtwood]]
|counties        = [[Laois GAA|Laois]]
|icposition      = Goalkeeper
|icyears         = 1997-2007
|icapps(points)  = 43 (1-1)
|icprovince      = 1
|icallireland    = 0
|allstars        = 1
|birth_date      = 29 October 1974
|birth_place     = [[County Laois]]
}}
'''Fergal Byron''' is a former [[Gaelic football]]er for [[Laois GAA|Laois]] from [[Ballybrittas]].

A goalkeeper, he won a [[Leinster Senior Football Championship]] medal with Laois in 2003 and picked up an [[GAA All Stars Awards|All-Star]] award in the same year. He also won a [[Leinster U21 Football Championship|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.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[https://archive.today/20130218043408/http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/story.asp?j=236417514&p=z364y8zzx&t=gaa Announcement of retirement]

{{2003 All Stars}}

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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Courtwood Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Gaelic football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Laois GAA]]
[[Category:Laois inter-county Gaelic footballers]]


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