Derek Barrett

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Derek Barrett
Personal information
Irish name Deiric Bairéid
Sport Hurling
Position Right wing-back
Born (1977-02-04) 4 February 1977 (age 44)
Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Occupation Process operator
Club(s)
YearsClub
Cobh
Imokilly
Club titles
Cork titles 2
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1996-2003
Cork 10 (0-02)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NHL 1
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:01, 16 April 2019.

Derek Barrett (born 4 February 1977) is an Irish hurling coach and former player. He is the coach of Cork Senior Championship division Imokilly. [1] Barrett had a lengthy career with East Cork club Cobh while he also played for the Cork senior hurling team for eight years, during which time he usually lined out as a right wing-back.

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Barrett began his hurling and Gaelic football career at club level with Cobh. He enjoyed his greatest success in 1994 when he was part of the Cork Minor Football Championship-winning team. Barrett's prowess also saw him selected for the Imokilly divisional hurling team with whom he won back-to-back Cork Hurling Championship medals in 1997 and 1998.

At inter-county level, Barrett was part of the successful Cork minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1995 before later winning back-to-back All-Ireland Championships with the under-21 team in 1997 and 1998. After one season with the Cork junior team he won an All-Ireland Championship with the intermediate team in 1997. Barrett joined the Cork senior team in 1996. From his debut, he usually lined out in the half-back line and made 10 Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2003. During that time Barrett was part of Cork's All-Ireland Championship-winning team in 1999. [2] He also secured three Munster Championship medals and a National Hurling League medal.

Barrett is one of only a handful of players to have won the complete set of Munster Championship medals - minor, under-21, junior, intermediate and senior. At inter-provincial level, he was selected to play in two championship campaigns with Munster, with Railway Cup medals being won on both occasion in 2000 and 2001.

Career statistics

TeamYear National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Cork 1995-96 Division 1 xx-xx00-00xx-xx
1997xx-xxxx-xx
1998 Division 1B xx-xx00-00xx-xx
1999xx-xx00-0000-00xx-xx
2000xx-xx30-0110-01xx-xx
200130-0010-0040-00
200270-0010-0020-00100-00
200340-0210-0010-0060-02

Honours

As a player

Cobh
Imokilly
Cork

As a coach

Imokilly

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References

  1. Moynihan, Michael (13 October 2018). "A sense of history repeating". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. "Championship Flashback: All-Ireland SHC final, September 1999". Irish Independent. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2019.