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 kic ...
er for
Laois
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) 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 medi ...
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 ...
.
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 (GAA ...
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
The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...
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
Announcement of retirement
1974 births
Living people
Courtwood Gaelic footballers
Gaelic football goalkeepers
Laois GAA
Laois inter-county Gaelic footballers
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