Barry Dunnion is an Irish

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er who plays for Four Masters and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team. He plays at wing-back.

Early life

Dunnion is the son of Danny and Marian Dunnion and came from a family of three, including his brother Donal and sister Donna. His sister Donna Boyle (wife of

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) also played for Four Masters but died following an illness at the age of 41 in February 2022. Dunnion is a brother-in-law of

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Club

Dunnion won the

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with his club in 2003.

Inter-county

Dunnion was first called up to the senior team by

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for winter training in 2003. He played in the 2006 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final at

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and scored one point. Nominated for an All Star award in 2006, he later became hampered by injury which caused him to miss Donegal's

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success. A member of the Donegal team that won the

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in 2007, playing from the start to the end in the final against

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, His injury nightmare began during the 2007 Ulster Senior Football Championship. Having played all the way through the league, including the final won by Donegal, as well as the Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final against

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, he tore his groin kicking a ball while running out at Clones for the semi-final against Tyrone. In the following years he underwent four major operations, three on the groin and one on the posterior cruciate he ruptured while playing for his club.

Honours

;Donegal *

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runner-up: 2006 * National Football League Division 1:

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;Club *

: 2003 ;Individual * All Star: 0 **Nominated in 2006

References

External links

Official profile

Barry Dunnion
at gaainfo.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunnion, Barry Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Four Masters Gaelic footballers