Barry O'Rorke

Barry O'Rorke
Personal information
Irish name	Barra Ó Rúairc
Sport	Hurling
Football Position:	Right Corner Forward
Hurling Position:	Left Corner Forward
Born	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 Dublin, Ireland
Club(s)
Years	Club
2007-	Kilmacud Crokes
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Dublin titles	2	1
Leinster titles	2
All-Ireland titles	1

Barry O'Rorke (born 3 March 1989) is an inter-county Gaelic footballer and hurler for Dublin. He plays his club hurling and football with Kilmacud Crokes and is a member of the senior panel in both codes. He received his secondary education at the Irish medium school Coláiste Eoin in County Dublin. In 2007 Barry received a sports scholarship to University College Dublin (UCD) for his contributions in both Gaelic Football and Hurling. Barry is a speaker of the Irish language and is noted for saying his Leinster championship speech in the language in June 2007. Barry is the brother of former Under-21 Dublin hurling player Shane O'Rorke and Dublin minor hurling player Oisin O'Rorke.

Playing career

Football

He played with Dublin in the Leinster Minor Football Championship in 2007 but failed to make the final after losing to Laois.^[1] In 2008, Barry started at corner forward the first round U21 Football Championship match against Kildare which Dublin lost by one point. Barry kicked two points from play. On October 27, 2008, Barry won his first Dublin Senior Football Championship at Parnell Park with an appearance as substitute.^[2] He then went on to win, a Leinster Senior Club Football Championship title and then an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship medal on St. Patrick's day in 2009.^[3] He won a Dublin and Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Kilmacud Crokes for the second time in 2010. He won the Leinster and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Dublin in 2010.

Hurling

He began his campaign in the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship against Wexford as team captain of the Dublin Minor Hurling Team for 2007.^[4] Dublin beat Wexford by 1-13 to 0-06 to qualify for the final against Kilkenny.^[5] Barry won the 2007 Leinster championship with Dublin by 2-14 to 1-10 at Croke Park. Barry scored a total of 1-02 in the game.^[6] Barry also had club success in 2007 as Kilmacud Crokes won the Dublin Minor Hurling Championship scoring a total of 1-04.^[7] Barry won the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship with Kilmacud Crokes in 2012 against Cuala at Parnell Park, he scored during the game.^[8]

References

External links

Official Kilmacud Crokes Hurling Website

Kilmacud Crokes – 2008 Dublin Senior Football Champions

1 D. Nestor 2 Ross O'Carroll 3 Rory O'Carroll 4 K. Nolan 5 B. McGrath 6 P. Griffin 7 C. O'Sullivan 8 D. Magee 9 N. Corkery 10 L. Ó hÉineacháin 11 B. Kavanagh 12 A. Morrissey 13 M. Vaughan 14 M. Davoren 15 P. Burke Sub used J. Magee for Ó hÉineacháin R. Cosgrove for Kavanagh Manager P. Carr

Kilmacud Crokes – 2010 Dublin Senior Football Champions

1 D. Nestor
2 C. Lamb
3 Rory O'Carroll
4 Ross O'Carroll
5 B. McGrath
6 C. O'Sullivan
7 R. Ryan
8 N. Corkery
9 P. Duggan
10 A. Morrissey
11 D. Kelleher
12 L. Óg Ó hÉineacháin
13 B. O'Rorke
14 B. Kavanagh
15 P. Burke

Sub used: M. Vaughan for O'Rorke; C. Dias for Morrissey; L. McBarron for Duggan; N. McGrath for Corkery

Manager: P. Carr

(Team as of October 2010 versus St. Brigids)

Dublin – 2010 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Champions (2nd title)

1 V. Whelan 2 E. Culligan 3 R. O'Carroll 4 D. Nelson 5 J. Cooper 6 J. McCarthy 7 N. Devereux 8 S. Murray 9 C. Mullins 10 M. Coughlan 11 T. Furman 12 G. Sweeney 13 R. McCarthy 14 D. Rock 15 C. Dorney Subs used 24 D. Quinn for McCarthy 20 C. Reddin for McCarthy 22 B. O'Rorke for Furman 17 S. McGuinness for Nelson 19 N. Brogan for Dorney Manager J. Gavin

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