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Analyst with @gaa_insights . Level 4 GAA Performance Analyst. 'Establishment Analyst'

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Barry Cleary
4 years
Club streaming commentary is the greatest entertainment in Ireland. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
3 years
Alexa....show me an elite corner back.... #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
How did an organisation trying to promote a championship make a call like this? Galway v Kilkenny 2pm Sunday Cork v Clare 2pm Sunday Beggars belief #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
Something sillier - The Senior Football Champ as the Premier League. #gaa Everyone's last 38 Champ games. Shows how little teams play champ football compared to Prem League teams play games. No surprise who made Champions League spots.
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Barry Cleary
3 years
Tom Brady trying to upstage Paudie Maher. Pathetic.
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Barry Cleary
3 years
From the Wexford Laois programme today. George O Connor's own style face guard from 1985. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
7 years
Incredible photo of Joe and Jack Canning 12 years ago. GAA at it's most magical. #gaa #GalvWat
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Barry Cleary
5 years
Work Rate worth sharing : This clip is all the more remarkable when you realise who Ryan Taylor chased down. @shanekingston8 is as fast as they come. #gaa @ClareSenHurlers
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Barry Cleary
5 years
Gone are the days when you had a man sent off early in an All Ireland final and didnt just implode and cry about a red card...you dug in and won. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
4 years
@TonyNorthEast1 @Smyth_Chris @MrHarryCole But it's a number. Not a list of names. How does it impact a family? And it allows worldwide understanding of the impact and spread of the virus so consistent and correct data helps.
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Barry Cleary
2 years
Something silly - but to highlight how few games teams play in SHC compared to PL teams. How does you county perform over their last 38 SHC games? #gaa (extra time result considered as match result)
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Barry Cleary
2 years
The 2022 Wexford Hurling Champ saw a full circle of parity. The most competitive county championship in the country? #gaa
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Barry Cleary
3 years
They should really bring in a rule to stop this cynical fouling to stop a goal chance. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
My look at some of the numbers behind Brian Cody's 24 year reign. His record against each county. His most capped hurler His most capped club Which player he subbed the most! And many more #gaa
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Barry Cleary
4 years
How Waterford can win 1. Find a way to move ball from their own third to midfield. This is crucial. It sets a base for quality supply to the inside line. Very hard against limerick - as they found out in the MHF. Barron & NM are 2 key link men to escape Limk's high press
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Barry Cleary
4 years
How the @officialgaa SHC & SFC fixtures look for the weeks ahead. It'll be over before we know it. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
My @ExaminerSport review of the trends from this seasons All Ireland SHC using the data from @GAA_Insights Which players are one sided? Who was the best high pressing team? Are short puckouts going out of fashion? #gaa
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Barry Cleary
5 years
John Conran ( @RathnureGAA ) has now, as selector/manager, won - Leinster Minor (2019), Leinster U21 (1996) and Leinster Senior (2004). Each title in a different decade! #wexford #legend #gaa
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Barry Cleary
6 years
Brilliant to have an article in today's @ExaminerSport ...the stats men are making ground.... #gaa
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Barry Cleary
5 years
Right here's my hurling rankings heading into the season... 1. Limerick 2. Tipperary 3. Galway 4. Wexford 5. Cork 6. Kilkenny 7. Clare 8. Waterford 9. Dublin 10. Laois Based on zero scientific expertise. #hurling #gaa
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Barry Cleary
5 years
The All Ireland Hurling Final 2019 - A shooting chart animation. #gaa #rstats @GAA_Insights
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Barry Cleary
4 years
A table of cases per 1,000 people by latest county data available. #COVID2019IRELAND #hontheyellowbellies
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Barry Cleary
3 years
A great service again this year by @OfficialWexGAA TV in showing the Hurling Championship. Serious work done by Finbar, Lar, @PMernagh @desmythen Ed and many others. We are lucky to have this and I hope it continues for future seasons...
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Barry Cleary
4 years
The 2013 & 2014 minor semis were the basis for this year's senior semis. Wonder will 2013 minor be repeated in 2020 senior. #hurling #gaa
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Barry Cleary
5 years
I'm waiting for the year a child is brought on who is good at Gaelic Football stats.........and then they bring out..... @dontfoul and the child is in shock. #GAAPAgoals . #LateLatetoyshow
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Barry Cleary
3 years
One of my favourite GAA-isms is when you see a talented young hurler/footballer and someone says.... " You think he's good....wait till you see his little brother...." Joe Canning was the epitome of that. The little brother who was a whole different level. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
5 years
My guess at the All Ireland Final possible line ups and tactics. Tipp face a huge battle in defending Murphy Puckouts on the D - a huge aerial task and Kilkenny are masters on the breaks. Kilkenny will focus on dominating Hogan's puckouts. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
6 years
The winner of the 2018 @OfficialWexGAA SHC Golden Hurl 🏆 for Top Scorer from Play is @NaomhEannaGAA star man @C_MacD95 ! Conor Mac scored a phenomenal total of 9-19 from 8 games (nearly 6 pts a game from play). @podgedoran and @cathald112 make up the top 3. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
3 years
We nearly completed a full circle on the @OfficialWexGAA Hurling Championship 2021. So close (12 of the 13 teams mapped - shoving in 1 draw)... the most competitive championship in Ireland? #gaa
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Barry Cleary
7 years
Wexford v Waterford. If they play as selected in their last games this could be messy. Something has to give...
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Barry Cleary
2 years
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Barry Cleary
6 years
A great piece of Wexford #GAA history printed in this week's @Wexford_People .... hurling supporters calling for Liam Griffin's head in September 95!
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Barry Cleary
2 years
This week in @ExaminerSport I look at some key stats from the Provincial Championships. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
Visualising the regeneration of Kilkenny under Brian Cody. (Red = AI win) #gaa
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Barry Cleary
4 years
Have to say the find of the @OfficialWexGAA and @Wexford2day streaming of the Senior Hurling Championship has been @PMernagh as commentator. Has done a superb job on what is an extremely hard role. @JJDoyle1 as a co-commentator has been excellent too, great insight.
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Barry Cleary
6 years
What has happened to our courts? This is absolutely shocking. Young girl tram surfing...falls off..injures herself and gets 550k. What kind of laws do we have?
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Barry Cleary
4 years
Just a few things wrong with this caption...... #dontbuythesun
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Barry Cleary
5 years
A decade that started with @OfficialWexGAA hurling in a grim place & ended with so much to look forward to. Thanks to Liam Dunne, Davy, @JJDoyle1 and many, many others who have rebuilt Wexford. Let's hope we keep pushing on and we drive @hurling365 on. This could be our decade...
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Barry Cleary
2 years
@LiamPix @SmallerFishGAA How dare you Liam, this is steeped in deep scientific understanding, was reviewed by over 30 lecturers in physics and quantum mechanics. It is more bulletproof than kevlar. I expect a full public apology or my legal team will be in touch.
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Barry Cleary
5 years
Davy now has league (mostly) and champ wins against... Clare...H Cork....H&A Dublin.....H Galway..... H&A Kilkenny....H&A Limerick.....H Tipp....H Waterford....A In less than 3 seasons with @OfficialWexGAA . This is something we couldn't crack before he arrived. #respect #gaa
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Barry Cleary
3 years
The past 10 years of @OfficialWexGAA SHC started with Oulart dominance but ended in their relegation. Oulart won 10 more senior games than any other team in that spell. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
4 years
From Munster Final..Gearoid Hegarty Sideline = Will O Donoghue ball. #gaa super link up play.
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Barry Cleary
2 years
Where it stands in Munster.... Clare v Limerick Munster Final Cork beat Tipp and they come 3rd regardless of other results Waterford need to beat Clare and hope Tipp draw or beat Cork. It's out of waterfords hands now.
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Barry Cleary
6 years
Assists - The top assists per game numbers for 2018 SHC. TJ showing how incredible his form was. @PaudieFoley had a breakout season at wing back. Nicky Quaid was the only keeper in the top 20 - down to the work of @odonnellsod & @kinnerker ?
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Barry Cleary
4 years
Video: How Waterford can win on Sunday #gaa
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Barry Cleary
6 years
John McGrath -Shooting Heat Map - 2017 Inside line .... 2018 Half Forward Line - Actual Pts v Expected Points - RIDICULOUS. He has a game cheat code. There is no more deadly hurler than @mcgrathjohn10 . #gaa
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Barry Cleary
4 years
Unbelievable service this weekend by @OfficialWexGAA and @Wexford2day . Watched 3 senior games from comfort of my house. Easy to use and only a fiver. County Board should keep this going
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Barry Cleary
3 years
Great, FREE tool for any GAA club wanting to do analysis of games. An online tagging site for any game uploaded to youtube. Completely customisable set of buttons for action/players names. Full location tagging of events with the xy co-ordinates (great for visuals). #gaa
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FC Python
3 years
Our two most requested pitch types make their way onto the event tagger: GAA & futsal. Check them both out here:
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Barry Cleary
3 years
A long time coming....but a blog post. Assessing how U20 performances can be calculated roughly to impact Senior Hurling team strength. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
6 months
Insight into Lee Keegan's view on video analysis. Funny how commonly it's seen as a session to point out "what did you do wrong". Not the best way to teach someone. #GAA #PA
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Barry Cleary
7 years
The 2018 @officialgaa inter-county season per the master fixture list. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
How each Wexford Senior Club has performed over the past 20 seasons. - Oulart-The Ballagh have won 13 of the 14 (93%) semi-finals they played in. - Glynn-Barntown have won 1 of the 9 semis they have faced - despite winning 75% of their quarter finals. #gaa @OfficialWexGAA
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Barry Cleary
3 years
Thank god for @SportTG4 @GAA_BEO ...showing us a classic game today.
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Barry Cleary
5 years
Are we coaching these scenarios as often as they appear in matches? Taken from a research paper on Hurling by @ClearColm covering every game in the 2015 All Ireland SHC. #gaa Great work going on in @itcarlow @MScSportsPA @deniseanalysis @JohnnyBrad1ey
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Barry Cleary
5 years
Possible line-ups for Sundays @munstergaa #hurling final. An element of shadow boxing from the last day. Both full back lines will be dealing with alot of space - the middle 16 won't have room to swing a cat let alone a hurl(ey) #gaa
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Barry Cleary
8 months
Wexford Hurling Advent Calendar #21 Wearing 21 he came on and led us to the 1997 Bob O Keeffe #GAA
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Barry Cleary
4 years
People now need to recognise how well Wexford people handled DJ Careys 100 steps in 1991. Didn't see us storm the Dail when it was probably the most reasonable thing to do. #ModelCounty #CountTheSteps
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Barry Cleary
8 months
Wexford Hurling Advent Calendar #7 Could only be one man #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
Johnny Murphy. Paid by the free. Thank god he didn't do last weeks munster final.
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Barry Cleary
3 years
This motion passed in Congress. I'm baffled. What is the issue here? Who comes up with this sh**e?? #gaa #Congress
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Barry Cleary
6 years
Munster Hurling Player Tables : Which Hurler is taking the most shots and making the most assists per 70 minutes? (min 140 mins played) John Conlon & Daniel Kearney are the two key men in the Munster Final. @MunsterGAA #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
A Munster Scenario that is highly likely based on bookies odds.... If Limerick beat Tipp this weekend AND Waterford aren't beaten by Cork the following weekend... Then Tipp v Cork is a dead rubber with both teams eliminated. A very strange occasion for Munster Hurling. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
Just a list of hurlers we have yet to see in the league this year.... T Kelly L Chin TJ Reid C Lynch A Mullen E Cody K Foley D Hutchison P Duggan A McCarthy P Mahoney P Hogan #gaa #earlydays
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Barry Cleary
6 years
All GAA men should read this article by @sixtwofourtwo . It includes surely the most detailed published work on the 2018 SHC to shine a light on performance. #gaa 👏👏👏
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brian mcdonnell
6 years
Just completed a statistical analysis of all thirty-three games in the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - check out how your county ranked across a number of key statistical categories - #hurling #analytics
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Barry Cleary
1 year
Great photo by Noel Reddy from Sunday's game. #gaa @OfficialWexGAA
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Barry Cleary
8 months
Wexford Hurling Advent Calendar #24 Sure while Santa is flying through Oz this morning he couldn't just pick up the big Crossabeg man and fly him home....
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Barry Cleary
5 years
I don't think I've ever seen a team get as much out of itself as this @Borris_GAA team. Unbelievable work ethic. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
6 years
The TV Schedule for the Hurling Provincials..... #gaa @Offaly_GAA ignored by the cameras. #hurling
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Barry Cleary
5 years
The real cost of Ballyhale's success to Kilkenny so far in the league.... Free Taking Conversion Rate 2019 NHL.........63% 2018 NHL.........85% TJ is irreplaceable 🎯 #hurling #gaa @EndaEndamac95
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Barry Cleary
2 years
What a day for Leinster Hurling!! #gaa
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Barry Cleary
5 years
What a load of bollocks. Fixing two wexford games with a likely 3 hour gap in between. How can this not be catered for??
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Croke Park
5 years
A special message for @KilkennyCLG and @OfficialWexGAA supporters coming to @CrokePark early on Sunday - please remember, if you leave the stadium, there is no re-entry permitted. #GAA #CrokePark
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Barry Cleary
2 years
Keep it simple Make more tackles than the opposition Win the game
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Barry Cleary
1 year
Looking at how many knockout games each club has won over the past 20 seasons of Wexford SHC #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
PLEASE HELP: 1948 All Ireland winning medal of Daithi de Paor from Waterford was stolen yesterday from a property in Wexford. As you can understand this family heirloom is a devastating loss to the entire family. Please contact Gardai if you hear anything about this. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
2 years
Davy Fitz's championship record (corrected 😳) He'll hope to improve his success rate in MSHC - he's won 5 of the 13 games he's managed in the province. He's currently on a streak of 1 win in 10 games against Munster teams since his 13 Al Final win #gaa
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Barry Cleary
4 years
The GAA is now about everyone watching the few play rather than the many playing. Makes you wonder.... #gaa
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Barry Cleary
8 months
Wexford Hurling Advent Calendar #5
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Barry Cleary
8 months
Wexford Hurling Advent Calendar #16 The man behind the man
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Barry Cleary
3 years
Where the Hurling Qualifier Draw leaves us.. #gaa No idea how this is going to play out. #greatplacetobe
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Barry Cleary
4 years
To score a goal in both halves: Limerick: @paddypower odds (13/10) ~ 43% 6 times in last 22 SHC games ~ 23% Waterford: @paddypower odds (6/4) ~ 40% 3 times in last 19 SHC games ~ 16% How often per @gaa_insights DB: ~ 19% Fair odds should be- 9/4 to 3/1 #awfulodds #gaa
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Barry Cleary
8 months
Wexford Hurling Advent Calendar #14 The first Wexford star I was aware of as a kid. #GAA
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Barry Cleary
7 years
Working on an Expected Pts system in Hurling - Here are my early results for Senior Club Hurling. A basis to judge your teams shooting. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
6 years
Team selection details for the #AllianzLeagues Hurling Div 1. A clear split in selection policy amongst teams. The league is either a testing ground for new faces or a 1st team SHC preparation. #gaa #hurling
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Barry Cleary
7 years
Some setting. Oulart v Martins @OfficialWexGAA SHC
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Barry Cleary
7 years
Allianz NFL Home Records - 2011 to 2017 - Cusack Park is a tough venue. Mayo & Armagh not so much. #gaa
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Barry Cleary
8 months
Wexford Hurling advent calendar #1 (I may struggle badly once we pass the 15th 🤦
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Barry Cleary
6 years
The county totals show @TipperaryGAA have dominated the Fitzgibbon Cup over the past 5 years with nearly 4k more minutes than the nearest county. #gaa @HigherEdGAA
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Barry Cleary
6 years
The Golden Hurl makes it's national paper debut thanks to @chrisocfl . I'll have to get a solid gold hurl trophy made up soon. @C_MacD95 @CathalD112 @RoryOConnor98 and Nicky Kirwan get their due recognition. #gaa @OfficialWexGAA
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Barry Cleary
1 year
@OurGameHQ What harm? Coaches shouting from dugouts and water bottle positions are coaching with ear pieces every game, is no different.
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Barry Cleary
4 years
The @OfficialWexGAA SHC has become incredibly tight, with 60% of games in the past 2 seasons ending in 1-score games or draws. #gaa This weekend should see the same.
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Barry Cleary
5 years
Brilliant to see George O Connor's son Barry get a professional contract. Everyone in Wexford will be rooting for him.
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Fintan O'Toole
5 years
Sydney Swans confirm that Wexford's Barry O'Connor will join them as an International Category B rookie for the start of the 2020 pre-season. He was centre-forward for Wexford in Leinster SFC last month and is a cousin of Wexford hurlers Rory and Jack,
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Barry Cleary
3 years
Delaney doing the Gearoid Hegarty role. About 20 fouls and no hint of a card #ENGDEN
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Barry Cleary
3 years
Any particular reason for the @officialgaa leaving the hurling qualifier draw until next week - apart from wanting media coverage on hurling next Monday? It's an analyst's nightmare when you get a one week blitz to prepare for an opposition. #gaa #prayfortheanalysts
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Barry Cleary
8 months
Wexford Hurling Advent Calendar #23 One of the great goals scored in Wexford Park to dethrone Clare in 2014.
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Barry Cleary
8 months
Wexford Hurling Advent Calendar #12
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Barry Cleary
2 years
This is how I operate as a Performance Analyst with teams. #Trumpknows #MakeAnalysisGreatAgain #GAA
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Jules Suzdaltsev
2 years
this is just so goddamn funny I can’t
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Barry Cleary
3 years
Percentage of Score coming from play Wexford SHC 2021 #wexford #gaa
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Barry Cleary
5 years
Limerick scored 48.9% of the points scored on Saturday. Wexford scored 48.3% of the points scored on Sunday. The winning & losing margin at the top level is so so small...yet the praise/criticism gap is so large. #gaa
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