- Barry Owens
Barry Owens is an Irish
Gaelic football er with the Teemore club and the Fermanagh county team.Playing career
Owens has been described as "among the best full-backs in Ireland".cite news |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2004/07/19/story460190191.asp |title=Fermanagh tear ragged, rudderless Cork to shreds |author=Mark Gallagher |date=
19 July 2004 |work=Irish Examiner |accessdate=2008-03-26] He was an important part of Fermanagh's runs to the 2003 All-Ireland quarter-final and 2004 All-Ireland semi-final. He is a double All-Star winner, having been honoured in 2004 [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/4046955.stm |title=Tinney adds to Fermanagh success |date=26 November 2004 |work=BBC Sport Northern Ireland |accessdate=2008-03-26] and 2006. [cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/1122/allstars.html |title=Champions Kerry top All Star list |date=22 November 2006 |work=RTÉ Sport |accessdate=2008-03-26] Only two other Fermanagh footballers have received an All-Star award. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/4046803.stm |title=Fermanagh duo delighted by awards |date=26 November 2004 |work=BBC Sport Northern Ireland |accessdate=2008-03-26]In January 2008, it was announced that Owens would undergo heart surgery, but he was expected to return to football within a few months. [cite news |url=http://www.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Other-sports/2008/01/16/GAA-Owens-to-undergo-surgery-/ |title=GAA:Owens to undergo surgery |author=Oli Skehan |date=
16 January 2008 |work= |accessdate=2008-03-26]On 21 June 2008, Fermanagh played Derry at Healy Park in the
Ulster Senior Football Championship semi-final; it was then that Barry Owens made his comeback. Within minutes of coming onto the pitch as a substitute, he scored a vital goal to give Fermanagh a place in the Ulster final. [cite news |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2008/0621/fermanagh_derry.html |title=Fermanagh 1-11 Derry 1-09 |date=22 June 2008 |work=RTÉ Sport |accessdate=2008-06-24] [cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/sport/gaelic-football/owens-goal-puts-fermanagh-into-ulster-sfc-final-1418592.html|title=Owens goal puts Fermanagh into Ulster SFC Final |date=22 June 2008 |work=Irish Independent |accessdate=2008-06-24]References
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