Barry McGoldrick

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Barry McGoldrick
Personal information
Sport Dual player
Football Position: Half forward / half back
Hurling Position: ?
Born (1985-04-29) 29 April 1985 (age 38)
Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation Student [1]
Club(s)
YearsClub
?-present
 Eoghan Rua
Club titles
 FootballHurling
Derry titles 1 -
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2006–present
?-?
 Derry (F)
Derry (H) 		?
?
Inter-county titles
 FootballHurling
Ulster Titles - -
All-Ireland Titles - -
League titles 1 -

Barry McGoldrick (born 29 April 1985) [1] is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Derry county team, with whom he has won a National League title. He is also the current team captain. At underage level he won the Ulster Minor and All-Ireland Minor Championships with the county.

Contents

McGoldrick plays club football for Eoghan Rua and has won the Derry Senior Football Championship with the club. He is a dual player in that he also plays hurling for Eoghan Rua, and has in the past also hurled for Derry, winning the Nicky Rackard Cup.

Early and family life

McGoldrick is from Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. His father Sean played for Antrim. [2] His brother Sean Leo has also played football and hurling for Derry. His brother Ciaran and cousin Niall Holly are also part of the Derry panel and youngest brother Colm part of the under-21 panel. His sisters play camogie for Derry. His sister Grainne was nominated for Camogie All Stars in both 2006 [2] and 2008. [3]

Football career

Inter-county

McGoldrick was part of the Derry Minor side that won the 2002 Ulster Minor Championship and All-Ireland Minor Championship. [4] He was a member of the Derry Under-21 team that finished runners-up to Tyrone in the 2006 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship. [5]

McGoldrick was called up to the Derry Senior football panel in November 2005 for the 2006 season. [6] He started in Derry's opening 2006 Championship games against Tyrone and Donegal, but missed the Kildare and Longford games due to a broken hand. [7] He had an injury hit season in 2007, [8] but came back strongly in 2008 starting all Derry's National League games. He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final. [9] [10]

McGoldrick and Derry also reached the National League final in 2009, but were defeated by Kerry. [11] He missed the final due to injury. [12] In that campaign he mostly played at centre half back, as opposed to his usual role in the forward line and has remained as a defender ever since. He has been named as the Derry captain for the 2011 season by new manager John Brennan.

Championship games

Score column lists Derry's score first.
DateVenueOpponentScoreMinsResultCompetition
28 May 2006 Healy Park, Omagh Tyrone 0-0070
1-08 – 0-05
Ulster SFC QF
19 June 2006 St Tiernach's Park, Clones Donegal 0-0035
0–11 – 1–13
Ulster SFC SF
10 June 2007 Casement Park, Belfast Antrim 0-0145
1–13 – 0–10
Ulster SFC QF
24 June 2007 Casement Park, Belfast Monaghan 0-00151
1-09 – 0–14
Ulster SFC SF
8 July 2007 St Tiernach's Park, Clones Armagh 0-0170
0–10 – 0-09
Qualifiers R1
15 July 2007 Celtic Park, Derry Mayo 0-0129
2–13 – 1-06
Qualifiers R2
11 August 2007 Croke Park, Dublin Dublin 0-00?1
0–15 – 0–18
All-Ireland SFC QF
  1. Indicates substitute appearance.

Club

McGoldrick was instrumental in the Eoghan Rua side that won both the 2006 Derry Intermediate and Ulster Intermediate Championships, before losing out in the 2007 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship final to Ardfert of Kerry. [1] He was an important member of the Eoghan Rua team which won the 2010 Derry Senior Football Championship, beating favourites Ballinderry in the final.

School/college

McGoldrick attended Loreto College in Coleraine, and captained the school to the McLarnon Cup semi-final in 2003. [13] McGoldirck attends St. Mary's University College in Belfast and plays football for the college. [14] [15] [16] [17] He won the CAU Indoor 7s Competition with St Mary's in 2008. [18]

International

McGoldrick represented Ireland in the Under-17 International Rules Series [13] in 2002. [19]

Hurling career

Inter-county

McGoldrick was part of the Derry minor hurling sides that lost out to Antrim in both the 2002 [20] and 2003 [21] Ulster Minor Hurling Championship finals.

His first taste of senior inter-county action came when he was 18, with the Derry hurling team, when Sean "Roe" McCloskey was manager. [17] He was part of the Derry Senior team that won the 2006 Nicky Rackard Cup, but missed playing in the final due to a hand injury. [22] He no longer hurls with Derry; now concentrating on football. [17]

Club

McGoldrick won both the Derry Intermediate Hurling Championship and Derry Junior Hurling Championship with Eoghan Rua in 2006. [2]

Honours

Country

Inter-county

Senior

Under 21

Minor

Club

School/college

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Derry player profiles 2008". Official Derry GAA website. 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Campbell, John (10 January 2007). "McGoldrick playing with heart of a lion". Belfast Telegraph . Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "Adams in contention for award". The Irish News . 17 October 2008. p. 53. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
  4. ↑ "Derry Football Roll of Honour". Official Derry GAA website. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  5. ↑ "Murtagh replaces injured Coulter". BBC Sport Online. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  6. ↑ "Crozier names much-changed panel". BBC Sport Online. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
  7. ↑ "Derry out to reignite campaign". Derry Journal. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
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  12. ↑ O'Kane, Karl (28 April 2009). "Madd' about Oak Leaf mean". Irish Daily Star . p. 50.
  13. 1 2 "Senior Prizegiving at Loreto College Coleraine". Loreto College, Coleraine website. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
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  16. ↑ "McKenna Cup: Derry 1–15 St Marys 2–8 – Match report". Official Derry GAA website. January 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
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  1. Stats pre-2004 not yet available. Ulster Hurling Championship only.
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