How to Pronounce Derek Barrett
#20
Most Popular
Boost
Feb 04, 1977 Cobh, Munster, Ireland 47 years old
Irish hurler
AquariusDerek Barrett - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
Derek Barrett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Family, Facts, Age, Net Worth, Biography and More in FamedBorn.com
About Derek Barrett
- Derek Barrett (born 4 February 1977) is an Irish hurling coach and former player.
- He is the coach of Cork Senior Championship division Imokilly.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
