Barry Coffey

Barry Coffey, born in Cork on 1 March 1965, is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned twelve seasons from 1984 to 1994. He was raised in a strong sporting family: his father had been more interested in rugby but had also played Gaelic football with the Lees club. Coffey was educated at Coláiste an Phiarsaigh, played with the Bishopstown club from juvenile level before joining its senior team, and was a regular on the Sigerson Cup team during his studies at University College Cork. He debuted for the Cork minor team at seventeen, enjoyed two minor seasons culminating in a Munster medal in 1983, and simultaneously joined the Cork under-21 team, winning three successive All-Ireland medals between 1984 and 1986.