James Barry (born 29 June 1990) is an Irish hurler who plays for Tipperary Senior Championship club Upperchurch–Drombane.
He played for the Tipperary senior hurling team for six seasons, during which time he usually lined out in defence as a centre-back and later as a full-back.
As a member of the University College Cork team, Barry won back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup titles.
After making his first appearance for the minor team in May 2007, he ended the year by sharing in the All-Ireland Championship success.
On 8 March 2008, he lined out at centre-back when Thurles CBS suffered a 1-11 to 0-07 defeat by De La Salle College from Waterford in the Harty Cup final.
[2] Barry was again at centre-back when Thurles CBS and De La Salle renewed their rivalry in the All-Ireland final.
[3] The replay a week later saw Barry end up on the losing side following a 2-09 to 2-08 victory for De La Salle College.
[4] On 7 March 2009, Barry captained Thurles CBS to a second successive appearance in the Harty Cup final.
An injury resulted in Barry being named on the bench for the All-Ireland final against Good Counsel College from New Ross on 13 April 2009.
On 3 March 2012, he was at right wing-back when UCC defeated the Cork Institute of Technology by 2-15 to 2-14 to win the Fitzgibbon Cup.
[8] Barry was just 16-years-old when he was selected for the Tipperary minor hurling team prior to the start of the 2007 Munster Championship.
[14] On 1 September 2012, Barry won an All-Ireland medal after lining out at right wing-back when Tipperary defeated Kilkenny by 3-13 to 1-17.
He made his first appearance for the team on 23 March 2014 when he came on as a 39th-minute substitute for Michael Cahill at right wing-back in a 1-19 to 0-19 defeat of Dublin.
[17] He made his Munster Championship debut on 1 June 2014 when he played the full 70 minutes at right wing-back in a 2-18 to 2-16 defeat by Limerick.
[25] On 23 April 2017, Barrett lined out at full-back when Tipperary faced Galway in the National League final.