James Bernard McGarry (born 26 November 1971) is an Irish former hurler who played as a goalkeeper at senior level for the Kilkenny county team.
As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, McGarry won three Railway Cup medals.
In 1994 McGarry added a second Leinster junior title to his collection as Wexford fell again in the provincial decider.
Clare were the opponents on this occasion, however, Kilkenny won 1-20 to 1-6, giving McGarry an All-Ireland junior medal.
McGarry subsequently joined the Kilkenny senior hurling panel in 1997 as sub goalkeeper to Joe Dermody.
That year he won his first senior Leinster title following a comprehensive victory over reigning All-Ireland champions Offaly.
In 2001 McGarry added a third successive Leinster medal to his collection as Kilkenny completely overpowered Wexford in the provincial final once again.
Kilkenny only secured victory with a late Martin Comerford goal and won the day with a 1-14 to 1-11 score line.
For the first time in seven years Kilkenny failed in their bid to become Leinster champions as a last-gasp Wexford goal ended a run of success in the provincial championship.
Kilkenny took the scenic route via the qualifiers system; however, after a scare against Clare they still reached the All-Ireland final.
The sides were level for much of the game; however, in the final twenty minutes Cork scored nine points without reply and secured the victory.
Kilkenny were back in form in 2005 with McGarry adding a second National League medal to his ever-growing collection.
He later collected a sixth Leinster title as ‘the Cats’ had a narrow win over reigning provincial champions Wexford.
The game that everyone had predicted would happen in 2005 was now taking place as Cork squared up to Kilkenny for the third time in four years.
The Leesiders were aiming for a third All-Ireland victory in-a-row; however, revenge was foremost in the minds of Kilkenny as it was Cork who denied their three-in-a-row bid in 2004.
In the All-Ireland semi-final against Wexford Ryan fractured his arm and for a while it looked like McGarry would make an emotional return to senior hurling after his wife’s death in a road traffic accident earlier in the year.
While many expected McGarry to retire from inter-county hurling following this win he returned to the panel in 2008 as Kilkenny launched an all-out attack in an attempt to capture a third All-Ireland title in-a-row.
McGarry won a second Railway Cup title in 2003 when Leinster defeated a Connacht side made up entirely of Galway players.
McGarry and his son were honored at the final and Darragh helped Henry Shefflin hold up the Liam MacCarthy Cup.