Barry Cunningham (born 1965/6) is an Irish former

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er who played for Na Cealla Beaga and the Donegal county team. As of 2009, he was a

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Inter-county

Cunningham won the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal. He was a member of Donegal's

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning panel. He played as a midfielder and came on as a substitute for

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injury victim Brian Murray in the second half of the 1992 All-Ireland Final as Donegal defeated

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by a scoreline of 0–18 to 0–14.

Club

At club level he played for Na Cealla Beaga. He won five

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s—1988, 1991, 1992, 1995 and 1996. In 1991 he reached the final of the

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References

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Barry Cunningham
at GAAinfo.com 1960s births Living people Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Killybegs Gaelic footballers Quantity surveyors Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football) {{Donegal-gaelic-football-bio-stub