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Trevor Barry pictured in the lead-up to the 2001 Cork SHC final. Picture: Eddie O’Hare<\/p>\nThe late Trevor Barry has been described as \u201csomeone who was always ready to do anything for anybody\u201d.<\/p>\n
Barry, whose death was announced on Wednesday evening, was in goal for Blackrock when they ended a 14-year wait for the Cork SHC title with victory in 1999 and was also the number 1 for the two subsequent victories in 2001 and 2002.<\/p>\n
A statement from Blackrock noted that, “above all his sporting achievements, he will be remembered as a loyal friend, a much-loved, quick-witted character and a cherished part of our community.”<\/p>\n
A son of Paddy \u2013 who was Cork\u2019s goalkeeper for the All-Ireland wins of 1966 and 1970 \u2013 and Marjorie, Barry was heavily involved in the club at all levels, as were his late brothers Frank and Pat, and current club president Roger Ryan paid tribute to the player and the man.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was always the life of the party inside in the clubhouse and, in all fairness, he was a great clubman,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe gave his heart and soul to the club for a long, long time and the whole family did \u2013 Frankie and Pat were the same. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe will all certainly miss seeing his smiling face around the club. He was someone who was always ready to do anything for anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trevor Barry pictured in the lead-up to the 2001 Cork SHC final. Picture: Eddie O’Hare<\/p>\n
Such hard work was infused with a penchant for fun.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had the greatest sense of humour of anyone I know and every club, every team, needs someone like that,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was one year we were short of volunteers to be selectors and someone asked me to put my name forward but when the names came out, I wasn\u2019t among them. <\/p>\n
\u201cI asked Trevor what happened and he put his on my shoulder and said, \u2018Roger, you\u2019re not as popular at all as you think you are!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI was secretary for most of his career. In the years where you\u2019d be coming towards the serious end of the championship, we\u2019d always have the cup of tea and few cakes after training. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d have the two trays of cakes inside in the bar and Trevor would always be the first one in! He\u2019d walk away with two fistfuls \u2013 \u2018You\u2019re a great man Rog, for looking after the team!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Barry\u2019s dedication to the Rockies will be remembered and inspire further good works, while the family will be supported by the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re near neighbours,\u201d Ryan said, \u201cPaddy and Marjorie only live up the road from the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will certainly be there to give them our assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The late Trevor Barry has been described as \u201csomeone who was always ready to do anything for anybody\u201d.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[24,18,19,17,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-97634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cork-gaa","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}