Career

He played on the Meath football team in the eightes. He had great success as manager of dunshuaghlin a football club in Meath.He became coach of the Meath football team

Meath GAA

The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams.- Pre-1960s :...

 for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2006

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2006

The 2006 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship began on Sunday, May 7, 2006. The 2006 championship used the same "Qualifier" system that was used in 2005....

, as succcessor to the long-time manager Sean Boylan

Seán Boylan

Seán Boylan is a former football manager from Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland. He retired from his position as manager of the Meath GAA Senior Football team on the evening of 31 August 2005 after twenty-three years in charge...

.The team won the O' Byrne cup after beating Offaly in Navan. After a County Board meeting, Barry was replaced by Colm Coyle

Colm Coyle

Colm Coyle , is a former Gaelic football manager and former player from County Meath in the Republic of Ireland. He was the manager of the Meath senior football team from September 2006 to July 2008.-Playing career:...

as Meath manager on 11 September 2006. His response was 'I'm not a bit surprised. I've been well aware of the situation for the past couple of months'.