Kurtis Byrne is a Republic of Ireland Under-16 international striker who joined the Norwich City academy in July 2006 from Irish side Cherry Orchard. He had trials with Ipswich before joining Norwich. He is the son of former Celtic player Paul Byrne.

He was recently described by the Republic of Ireland youth coach Sean McCaffrey as "an attacking player, whether he plays up-front or wide right. He's a very skilful player, a very strong player and he's got pace as well. He probably needs to score more goals but he has ability."

A regular in the academy line-up during 2006/7, Kurtis also played four times for the Reserves.

Despite writing in the Norwich City programme for the game against Cardiff on 1st September 2007, Kurtis bought out his contract with the Canaries and embarked on a trial match for Hibs Under-19s against Inverness Caledonian Thistle where he scored in a 3-1 win. He signed a two year deal with Hibs