Christy Byrne was the Kildare GAA Gaelic football goalkeeper for many years. Known for his many runs down field with possession to spur on his team, to the fury of then Manager Mick O'Dwyer. He played for Kildare in the county's unsuccessful 1998 All-Ireland Final on the scoreline of 1-14 to 1-10. He won two Leinster Senior Football Championship titles in 1998 and 2000. In 2000 he won an O'Byrne Cup beating Longford in the final. In 2001 he was plagued with injury and retired soon after.

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  • Christy Byrne was the Kildare GAA Gaelic football goalkeeper for many years. Known for his many runs down field with possession to spur on his team, to the fury of then Manager Mick O'Dwyer. He played for Kildare in the county's unsuccessful 1998 All-Ireland Final on the scoreline of 1-14 to 1-10. He won two Leinster Senior Football Championship titles in 1998 and 2000. In 2000 he won an O'Byrne Cup beating Longford in the final. In 2001 he was plagued with injury and retired soon after. He was replaced by current keeper Enda Murphy from Leixlip. Byrne still plays with his club Castlemitchel.
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  • Christy Byrne was the Kildare GAA Gaelic football goalkeeper for many years. Known for his many runs down field with possession to spur on his team, to the fury of then Manager Mick O'Dwyer. He played for Kildare in the county's unsuccessful 1998 All-Ireland Final on the scoreline of 1-14 to 1-10. He won two Leinster Senior Football Championship titles in 1998 and 2000. In 2000 he won an O'Byrne Cup beating Longford in the final. In 2001 he was plagued with injury and retired soon after.
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  • Christy Byrne
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