| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig de Barra | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born |
1928 Glounthaune, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Died |
18 December 2000 (aged 72) Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | Bakery owner | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
1946–1968 | Sarsfields | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
1949–1964 | Cork | 28 (15–18) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Irelands | 3 | ||
| NHL | 2 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 14:05, 19 April 2015. | |||
Patrick "Paddy" Barry (1928 – 18 December 2000) was an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Cork senior team.[1]
Born in Glounthaune, County Cork, Barry first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team. He made his senior debut during the 1947–48 league. Barry subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won three All-Ireland medals, four Munster medals and two National Hurling League medals. The All-Ireland-winning captain of 1952, he was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Barry won four Railway Cup medal. At club level he was a two-time championship medallist with Sarsfields, while he also played Gaelic football with sister club Glanmire.
Throughout his career Barry made 28 championship appearances. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1961 championship, however, he was recalled to the team for two more seasons before retiring again after the 1964 championship.
Barry is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of all time. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at left corner-forward on the Cork Hurling Team of the Century and the Munster Hurling Team of the Millennium. McCarthy was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.[2]
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