Paddy Barry (St. Vincent's)

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Paddy Barry

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Irish Name	Páidí de Barra
Date of Birth	27 August 1941
Place of birth	Bandon Road, Cork
Club information
Club	St. Vincent's
Position	Goalkeeper
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
St. Vincent's	1950s-1970s
Inter County
County	Cork
Position	Goalkeeper
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Cork	1963-1974	33 (0-0)
Inter County Titles
Munster Titles	4
All-Ireland	2
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of .

Paddy Barry (born 27 August 1941) is a former Irish sportsperson who played hurling with St. Vincent's and Cork in the 1960s and 1970s.

Paddy Barry was born in the Bandon Road area of Cork in 1941. At a young age the family moved to Blarney Street on the nothside of the city. Barry started playing Gaelic Games at the age of seven with the local St. Vincent's GAA club. He later won a county minor hurling title in 1957 at the age of 15. Barry played as a half-forward in that game, however, two years later he was persuaded to try out as the goalkeeper on the team. It was an inspired move as Barry turned out to be an excellent shot-stopper.

In 1959 he was spotted by the Cork minor selectors. He played on the team that year but lost in the Munster Final. In 1960 Barry played on the Cork junior hurling team. He won a Munster title with the side but lost the All-Ireland final to Carlow. Two years later in 1962 Barry made his senior hurling debut in a National Hurling League game against Kilkenny. The following year Mick Cashman retired and Barry became the first-choice goalkeeper for the senior team. He lost his position to Finbarr O'Neill of Glen Rover in 1965, however, he was back in 1966. This turned out to be a special year for Cork. Barry collected his first Munster Championship medal before later defeating Kilkenny to win his first All-Ireland medal. It was Cork’s first title in twelve years. Two years later in 1968 Barry won a Cork intermediate title with his club St. Vincent’s. In 1969 he captured his first National League title before winning his second Munster medal. Unfortunately Kilkenny gained revenge for 1966 when they were victorious over Cork in the All-Ireland final.

Cork were back in 1970 and this time Barry was captain of the side. He guided Cork to a second National League title in-a-row before capturing a second Munster title in-a-row also. In the first 80-minute All-Ireland final Cork faced Wexford and won with a huge score of 6-21 to 5-10. It was Barry’s second All-Ireland medal. Two years later in 1972 he won a third National League medal before claiming his fourth Munster title. Cork once again faced Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final, however, “the Cats” were victorious in this thrilling game. Barry played his last game for Cork in the first round of the Munster Championship in 1974. The game itself was not a good one for Barry as he was sent off for hitting an umpire with his hurley. Although his inter-county career was over he continued hurling with St. Vincent’s in Cork. In retirement from the game Barry was a selector on Cork’s under-21 hurling side in 1988. AT present he is retired from his job as a laboratory technician at University College Cork.

Preceded by Denis Murphy	Cork Senior Hurling Captain 1970	Succeeded by '
Preceded by Eddie Keher (Kilkenny)	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain 1970	Succeeded by Tadhg O’Connor (Tipperary)

	Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1966 (20th title)
1 P. Barry | 2 P. Doolan | 3 T. O'Donoghue | 4 D. Murphy | 5 T. Connolly | 6 J. O'Sullivan | 7 P. Fitzgerald | 8 J. McCarthy | 9 M. Waters | 10 S. Barry | 11 J. O'Halloran | 12 G. McCarthy (Capt.) | 13 C. McCarthy | 14 C. Sheehan | 15 J. Bennett |

	Cork - All-Ireland Hurling Champions 1970 (21st title)
1 P. Barry (Capt.) | 2 T. Maher | 3 P. McDonnell | 4 J. Horgan | 5 D. Clifford | 6 P. Hegarty | 7 C. Roche | 8 G. McCarthy | 9 S. Looney | 10 T. Ryan | 11 W. Walsh | 12 C. Cullinane | 13 C. McCarthy | 14 R. Cummins | 15 E. O'Brien |