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Wed 07 Jul 2008Serial defender who spent his formative years behind Barrs
SPORTING PASSIONS DENIS IRWINMark Roddanhears from the former Ireland and Manchester United stalwart about growing up steeped in the Cork hurling tradition
I LIVED about 50 yards from the St Finbarr's club so we used to go up there and puck around from a very early age. I played hurling at Togher primary school, and with Cork being so successful, I used to go up and watch the Barrs playing - Con Roche and Charlie McCarthy. Then it was Jimmy Barry Murphy - there were so many Barrs players who used to play with the Cork hurling team.
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