Jimmy Barrett (Gaelic footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Séamus de Bairéid | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Born | 1949 Cork, Ireland |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 1960s-1980s | Nemo Rangers | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 5 | ||
| Munster titles | 4 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1970-1978 | Cork | 17 (5-18) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
Jimmy Barrett (born 1949 in Cork, Ireland) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football with his local club Nemo Rangers and was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1970 until 1978.
Barrett played his club football with the famous Nemo Rangers club and enjoyed much success. He lined out in his first senior county championship final in 1970, however, Muskerry defeated Nemo in their first final appearance. Two years later Barrett captured that elusive county winners' medal when Nemo Rangers defeated UCC. Nemo's march to success continued later in the year as the club captured the Munster club title before Barrett lined out in the All-Ireland final.St. Vincent's of Dublin provided the opposition, however, a late Jimmy Keaveney point forced a draw and a replay. First-half goals in the replay by Barrett and Billy Cogan were followed by two more Liam Goode and Séamus Coughlan goals in the second-half. The final score of 4-6 to 0-10 gave Barrett a first All-Ireland club winners' medal.
Two years later in 1974 Barrett added a second county championship winners' medal to his collection. A second Munster club title quickly followed, before Nemo booked their place in another All-Ireland final. UCD provided the opposition on that occasion, however, Barrett's side were defeated by 1-11 to 0-12. 1975 saw Barrett capture a third county title. A third Munster club winners' medal soon followed, however, Nemo were trounced in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final.
After surrendering their county title in 1976, Nemo were back the following year with Barrett picking up a fourth county winners' medal. A fifth county championship of the decade followed in 1978 before Barrett collected a fourth Munster club title. The subsequent All-Ireland final pitted Nemo against Scotstown of Monaghan. Snow hampered the game, however, Frank Cogan proved the hero as Nemo won the game by 2-9 to 1-3. It was his second All-Ireland club winners' medal.
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