Cork's Barry O'Donovan NAME: Barry O'Donovan DATE OF BIRTH: 16-1-79 HEIGHT: 5' 11" WEIGHT: 12st CLUB: Clonakilty COUNTY: Cork NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Won Cork Senior Championship 1996 and reached Munster Final same year; played for Cork Under 16, Minor and Vocational Schools INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Under 16 v Tipperary 1995; Cork Vocational Schools v Kerry Schools Munster Final 1996; Cork Minor v Kerry Minors July 9th 1997 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Tadgh Deasy (Caheragh) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Clonakilty GAA Grounds; Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork HOBBIES: Listening to music, watching soccer and sport in general on tv FAVOURITE POSITION: Left wing forward or full forward FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Maurice Fitzgerald (Kerry), Peter Canavan (Tyrone) INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: All underage trainers in Clonakilty THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Winning Senior County Championship, playing with Cork Minors BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Cork Minors not playing to potential as team against Kerry OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Declan Hayes (Rosscarbery) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Getting rid of all the pulling and dragging, especially off the ball DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Selecting of inter county teams in Cork throughout age grounds is not as good as it could be, too much pressure on young players to play well from mentors and supporters DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: I have a few relatives involved in the running of Clonakilty GAA Club PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: The President at Croke Park as it would mean I'd be collecting an All-Ireland medal for club or county! FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Come on ref, that was our ball' PET HATES: Big tall full backs who love tugging at your jersey FAVOURITE MUSIC: Oasis, Radiohead FAVOURITE FILM: The Shawshank Redemption, Jerry Maguire IDEAL DATE: I have to say my girlfriend Paula as she is helping me fill this out HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? For appearing in Hogan Stand!! Besides that, for having tried my best and had fun doing it Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 3rd July 1998 Vol 8 No 27 Tweet

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