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Barry Cunningham (Gaelic footballer)

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Barry Cunningham
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Born 1965/6[1]
Height 6 ft 0[1] in (1.83 m)
Occupation Quantity surveyor
Club(s)
Years Club
19??–?
Na Cealla Beaga
Club titles
Donegal titles 5
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
19??–?
Donegal
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 1

Barry Cunningham (born 1965/6)[1] is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Na Cealla Beaga and the Donegal county team. As of 2009, he was a quantity surveyor.[2]

Inter-county

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Cunningham won the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal.[2]

He was a member of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning panel. He played as a midfielder and came on as a substitute for calf injury victim Brian Murray in the second half of the 1992 All-Ireland Final as Donegal defeated Dublin by a scoreline of 0–18 to 0–14.

Club

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At club level he played for Na Cealla Beaga. He won five Donegal Senior Football Championships—1988, 1991, 1992, 1995 and 1996. In 1991 he reached the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Final: Dublin v Donegal". YouTube. 21 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Foley, Alan (8 January 2009). "The heroes of '92 — Where are they now?". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
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