Pat Barry (hurler)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Pádraig de Barra | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right wing-back | ||
Born |
1951 Blackpool, Cork | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Occupation | Roman Catholic priest | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Glen Rovers | |||
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 2 | ||
Munster titles | 1 | ||
All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1970s | Cork | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 1 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Fr. Pat Barry (born 1951 in Ballyphehane, Cork) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling and Gaelic Football with his school (Farranferris), his club (Glen Rovers) and his county (Cork). He was in the senior inter-county hurling and football teams in the 1970s, winning both Munster and All-Ireland honours in 1976.[1][2] Barry has worked as a missionary in Africa since the 1970s in Nigeria and Zambia. After his leaving certificate he went to Maynooth College to study for the priesthood, captaining the St. Patrick's College, Maynooth side winning the Fitzgibbon Cup in 1974.[3]
References
- ^ "Cork GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ "Munster Senior Hurling". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ Fr Pat Barry: The day Frank Murphy ordained I should play Munster final by Michael Moynihan, Irish Examiner, Sunday October 11, 2015.