Barry Cogan (born 27 September 1936) is a retired Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for 4 years and a Senator for less than one year.
[2] When that constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1981 general election, Cogan stood unsuccessfully in the new Cork South-Central constituency.
[3] After his defeat, he was elected to the 15th Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.
[1] He stood again the next four general elections, but was never returned to the Oireachtas.
[2] In 1985, Cogan was one of the key founders in Carrigaline of what became South Coast Community Television, a community group established to provide British TV channels to Carrigaline and subsequently other areas of County Cork.