Mickey Byrne, formally Michael Byrne and better known as the Rattler, was an Irish hurler who lived from 1923 until his death on 16 October 2016 and whose league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team spanned fifteen years from 1945 to 1960. Born in Dublin, he first played competitive hurling after his family moved to Thurles, County Tipperary, where he developed his skills at Thurles CBS and won a Dean Ryan Cup medal in 1939. He joined Thurles Sarsfields, with whom he won fourteen Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships between 1944 and 1965, captaining the team in 1956 and 1957.
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Michael Byrne (10 September 1923 – 16 October 2016), better known as "the Rattler" Byrne, was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team spanned fifteen years from 1945 to 1960.
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Michael Byrne (10 September 1923-16 October 2016), better known as "the Rattler" Byrne, was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team spanned fifteen years from 1945 to 1960.
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Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (14): 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956 (c), 1957 (c), 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
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