Patrick Joseph Byrne (born 15 May 1956, in Dublin) is an Irish former football player and manager.

A central midfielder, Byrne's playing career started with Bohemians, his debut coming against St Patrick's Athletic on 25 August 1974 in a LFA President's Cup Final.

At the Fury he played alongside fellow Irishmen Fran O'Brien and Eddie Byrne, appearing in eighteen matches plus one play-off game and scoring three goals.

[3] Byrne's teammates also included Alan Ball, Peter Osgood and Johnny Giles, while he played against the likes of Rodney Marsh, Carlos Alberto, Franz Beckenbauer, Giorgio Chinaglia and Bobby Moore.

Byrne became player-manager of St James's Gate in February 1994 before he came back to Shamrock Rovers to manage the club for the 1996–97 season.