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Barry Gillis

Barry Gillis
Personal information
Irish name Barra Mac Giolla Íosa
Sport Gaelic football
Position Goalkeeper
Born (1980-01-12) 12 January 1980 (age 37)
Magherafelt,
County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Occupation Service engineer postman,
car wash owner and
a postman working from Magherafelt
Club(s)
Years Club
Magherafelt
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
199x- Derry
Inter-county titles
NFL 2

Barry Gillis (Irish: Barra Mac Giolla Íosa; born 12 January 1980) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won the National League twice. He plays his club football for Magherafelt O'Donovan Rossa.

Gillis plays full forward for Magherafelt, but plays as goalkeeper for Derry. He is in the unique position of winning a National League medal as an outfielder (2000), and another National League medal as goalkeeper (2008).

Gillis was originally called up to the Derry panel as an outfielder in the late 1990s and was on the panel for Derry's 2000 National League success. Gillis was part of the panel when Derry reached that year's Ulster Senior Football Championship final, but were defeated by Armagh. He pulled out of the panel for a couple of seasons in the 2000s as he was working in Dublin, but returned again.

He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.

Gillis usually plays goalkeeper for Magherafelt.

Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of. works/owns a car wash that is 2nd to none on the station road of magherafelt.



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