Ray Barry
Personal information
Irish name Réamann de Barra
Sport Hurling
Position Goalkeeper
Born Passage East, County Waterford
Club(s)
Years Club
1980's -
 Passage
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
1993-2002
 Waterford 2 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
All Stars 0

Ray Barry (born 1972) is a hurling goalkeeper who plays with Passage GAA at club level and formerly with Waterford GAA at inter-county level.

Hurling career

Ray is considered as one of Waterford GAA's most skillful and entertaining goalkeeper from 1993 to 1997, he failed to hold place in the team after 1997 after a training ground incident with manager Gerald McCarthy, losing his place in goal to Ray Whity who was subsequently substituted in the opening championship fixture with Limerick by Brendan Landers. Ray was in goal for Waterfords All-Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship winning team in 1992.[1]

Ray was invited back onto the Waterford panel in 2002. In a challenge match he did one of his trademark clearances where he cleared a ball after chipping it over the opposing full forwards head. Majestic as this piece of skill looked he suffered the wrath of Justin McCarthy afterwards who claimed that such play could lead to critical errors on the field. Ray never played again for Waterford, citing the fact that he was more of an entertainer than a goalkeeper.

In 2008 Ray Barry took Clongeen of Wexford to a county final which against all the odds, won. They then to contest the Leinster Junior Hurling Final, his team suffering an agonising defeat at the hands of a swarthy Tullagher-Rosbercon of Kilkenny. This team featured the likes of future All Ireland winners Walter Walsh and Paddy Hartley. . .

Honours

Championship Appearances

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Match report
1 21/05/1995 Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Tipperary 0-0 1-11 : 4-23 Munster Quarter-Final Irish Times
2 02/06/1996 Walsh Park, Waterford Tipperary 0-0 1-14 : 1-11 Munster Quarter-Final Irish Times

References

  1. ↑ "The Deise Story". Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  2. ↑ "Passage the victors in epic intermediate final". The Munster Express. 29 November 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.


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