Barry Coffey - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Mar 01, 1965 59 years old

Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer

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About Barry Coffey

  • Barry Coffey (born 1 March 1965) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer.
  • His league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned twelve seasons from 1984 to 1994.Born in Cork, Coffey was raised in a strong sporting family.
  • His father had been more interested in rugby but had also played Gaelic football with the Lees club.
  • Coffey was educated at Coláiste an Phiarsaigh and first played competitive football with the Bishopstown club at juvenile and underage levels before eventually joining the senior team.
  • During his studies at University College Cork he was a regular on the Sigerson Cup team. Coffey made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Cork minor team.
  • He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team, culminating with the winning of a Munster medal in 1983.
  • Coffey simultaneously joined the Cork under-21 team and won three successive All-Ireland medals between 1984 and 1986.
  • By this stage he had also joined the Cork senior team, making his debut during the 1983-84 league.
  • Over the course of the next twelve seasons, Coffey won two All-Ireland medals as part of back-to-back triumphs in 1989 and 1990.
  • He also won six Munster medals and one National Football League medal.
  • Coffey's last game for Cork was in November 1994.

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