John Barron (hurler)

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John Barron
Personal information
Irish name	Seán de Barún
Sport	Hurling
Position	Corner-back, Full-forward
Born	1934 Waterford, Ireland
Died	28 April 2008 (aged 74) Waterford, Ireland
Occupation	Clerical officer
Club(s)
Years	Club
	De La Salle
Club titles
	Football	Hurling
Waterford titles	1	0
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
1954–1964	Waterford
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	3
All-Irelands	1
NHL	1

John Barron (1934–2008) was an Irish sportsman. He played hurling with his local club De La Salle and with the Waterford senior inter-county team from 1954 until 1964.

Playing career

Club

Barron played his club hurling with his local De La Salle club. He never won a senior county title.

Inter-county

Barron first came to prominence on the inter-county scene in the late 1950s as a member of the Waterford senior hurling team. At this time, however, Tipperary and Cork were the kingpins of Munster hurling, with all the other counties only providing a supporting role. All this changed in 1957 when Barron won his first Munster title following a victory over reigning champions Cork. Waterford later played Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final, however, victory went to the men from Leinster on that occasion. Waterford were leading by six points with fifteen minutes left, however, the game ended 4–10 to 3–12. Two years later in 1959 Barron won a second provincial title. Once again Waterford lined out in the championship decider and once again Kilkenny provided the opposition. The game ended in a draw, however, when the two sides met for the replay the men from Waterford made no mistake in defeating their near rivals and Barron collected an All-Ireland medal. In 1963 he added a National Hurling League medal to his collection before winning a third Munster title. For the third successive time Kilkenny were Waterford's opponents in the All-Ireland final, however, the men from the Déise came back from an 11-point deficit but were still beaten by 'the Cats'. Barron retired from inter-county hurling in 1964.

Inter-provincial

Barron also lined out with Munster in the inter-provincial hurling competition. He captured four successive Railway Cup medals in 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961.

Post-playing career

John Barron died on 28 April 2008 aged 74.

Teams

v t e Waterford – 1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up
1 D. Roche 2 T. Cunningham 3 A. Flynn 4 J. Barron 5 M. O'Connor 6 M. Óg Morrissey 7 S. Power 8 J. O'Connor 9 P. Grimes (c) 10 M. Flannelly 11 T. Cheasty 12 L. Guinan 13 F. Walsh 14 J. Kiely 15 D. Whelan Subs 16 M. Lacey 17 B. Dunphy 18 D. Enright 19 J. Harney 20 N. Power

Waterford – 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions (2nd title)

Subs used: 19 M. O'Connor for M. Lacey; 17 D. Whelan for T. Cunningham

Subs not used: 16 C. Ware; 18 F. O'Brien; 20 J. Coady; 21 P. Casey

Trainer: J. Keane
Trainer: J. Ware; M. O'Connor

Waterford – 1963 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship runners-up

Subs used: 19 P. Flynn for N. Power; 16 J. Meaney for J. Condon; 23 M. Walsh for J. Byrne

Subs not used: 17 C. Ware; 18 S. Walsh; 20 J. McGrath; 21 J. Kirwan; 22 T. Mansfield

Trainer: J. Ware

References

John Barron's obituary on Hoganstand.com
Munster final winning teams
Waterford GAA honours Archived 13 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine