“It is characters such as him that embed the GAA and our games in the minds of young people, generation after generation".
The words of GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghaill as he offered his condolences on behalf of the Association to the family of the former Tipperary hurler Mickey 'The Rattler' Byrne who passed away over the weekend aged 93.
Byrne amassed an incredible list of honours over the course of a glittering career and was named at right corner-back on the Team of the Millennium in 1999.
He won 14 Tipperary SHC medals with Thurles Sarfields and five All-Ireland medals with his county before retiring in 1960.
Paying a further tribute to the Premier legend, Ó Fearghaill added: "Mickey, forever known as ‘The Rattler’, was synonymous with a golden era for hurling in Tipperary.
"His personal honours list is one most counties would be proud of and his contribution to Tipperary GAA and by extension the Association as a whole, was enormous.”
"I express my sympathies and those of Cumann Lúthchleas Gael to his family and friends, his club Thurles Sarsfields and of course the people of Tipperary on losing one of their greats.”
So sad to hear of the passing of The Rattler Byrne what a man..My best memory of him was when he popped in to us in his wheelchair in 2010
— Liam Sheedy (@LiamLsheedy) October 16, 2016
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