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Irish name
  
Barra Mac Giolla Iosa

Years
  
Club

Height
  
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)


Position
  
Goalkeeper

Sport
  
Gaelic football

Name
  
Barry Gillis

Born
  
12 January 1980 (age 44) Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (
1980-01-12
)

Occupation
  
Service engineer postman, car wash owner and a postman working from Magherafelt

Barry Gillis (Irish: Barra Mac Giolla Íosa; born 12 January 1980) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry, with whom he has won the National League twice. He plays his club football for Magherafelt O'Donovan Rossa.

Contents

Gillis plays full forward for Magherafelt, but plays as goalkeeper for Derry. He is in the unique position of winning a National League medal as an outfielder (2000), and another National League medal as goalkeeper (2008).

Inter-county

Gillis was originally called up to the Derry panel as an outfielder in the late 1990s and was on the panel for Derry's 2000 National League success. Gillis was part of the panel when Derry reached that year's Ulster Senior Football Championship final, but were defeated by Armagh. He pulled out of the panel for a couple of seasons in the 2000s as he was working in Dublin, but returned again.

He was part of the Derry team that won the 2008 National League where Derry beat Kerry in the final.

Club

Gillis usually plays goalkeeper for Magherafelt.

County

  • National Football League:
  • Winner (2): 2000, 2008
  • Ulster Senior Football Championship:
  • Runner up: 2000
  • Dr. McKenna Cup:
  • Runner up: 2005, 2008, more?
  • Note: The above lists may be incomplete. Please add any other honours you know of. works/owns a car wash that is 2nd to none on the station road of magherafelt.

    References

    Barry Gillis Wikipedia