Road named in Barry’s honour

CORK city council will officially name the Mick Barry Road at the Black Ash on the south side of the city today in honour of the acknowledged greatest bowler of all time.

The Mick Barry Road links the Kinsale Road and the South Link Road in an area synonymous with bowling till urban development displaced it. Barry, who will be 92 in January, is a native of Waterfall on the western outskirts of Cork.

His achievements measure favourably against other sports stars of the 20th century. He was 45 when he played in his first North-South All-Ireland in 1964, yet he contested ten All-Ireland finals between then and 1975, winning eight.