Podge Byrne

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Podge Byrne
Personal information
Irish name	Pádraig Ó Broin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Centre-back
Born	1904 Kilkenny, Ireland
Died	1961 Kilkenny, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
1923-1943	Dicksboro
Club Titles
Kilkenny titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1927-1937	Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles	7
All Irelands	3
NHL	1

Patrick "Podge" Byrne (1904-1961) was an Irish hurler who played as a centre-back and midfielder for the Kilkenny senior team from 1927 until 1937.^[1]

Byrne made his first appearance for the team during the 1927 championship and became a regular player over the next decade. During that time he won three All-Ireland medals, seven Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal.^[2]

Byrne enjoyed a two-decade long career with Dicksboro, winning two county championship medals.

His brother, Eddie Byrne, also played hurling with Kilkenny.

References

↑ "Podge and Eddie Byrne". Dicksboro GAA website. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
↑ "County profile: Kilkenny". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 24 October 2011.

v t e Kilkenny - 1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (9th title)

1 J. Dermody 2 P. Larkin 3 P. O'Reilly 4 J. Carroll 5 P. Phelan 6 P. Byrne 7 E. Doyle 8 E. Byrne 9 L. Meagher 10 J. Walsh (c) 11 M. Power 12 T. Leahy 13 D. Dunne 14 M. White 15 M. Power

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p84. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

v t e Kilkenny - 1933 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (10th title)

1 J. Dermody 2 J. Dunne 3 E. Doyle (Capt.) 4 L. Meagher 5 P. Phelan 6 P. Larkin 7 M. White 8 P. O’Reilly 9 P. Byrne 10 J. Walsh 11 J. Fitzpatrick 12 E. Byrne 13 T. Leahy 14 Martin Power 15 Matty Power Subs J. Duggan J. O’Connell

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p84. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

v t e Kilkenny - 1935 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (11th title)

1 J. O’Connell 2 P. Larkin 3 P. O’Reilly 4 P. Blanchfield 5 E. Byrne 6 P. Byrne 7 P. Phelan 8 L. Meagher (c) 9 T. Leahy 10 J. Walsh 11 J. Duggan 12 M. White 13 J. Dunne 14 L. Byrne 15 M. Power

Part Reference: Kilkenny GAA Bible p84. Compiled by Gerry O'Neill. 2008. Accessed 17 July 2010.

Persondata
Name	Byrne, Podge
Alternative names
Short description	Irish hurler
Date of birth	1904
Place of birth	Kilkenny, Ireland
Date of death	1961
Place of death	Kilkenny, Ireland

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