Bailie first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Ballygalget club.
[1] Bailie first appeared on the inter-county scene at a time when the Down minor hurling team were competing in the Leinster MHC.
He lined out when Down were beaten by London in the 1988 All-Ireland SHC B final, the same year he was chosen as a replacement All-Star.
[3] His inter-county performances also earned a call-up to the Ulster team in the Railway Cup.
His daughter, Naomi Bailie, was a Sinn Féin councillor who served as the first chairperson of the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council in 2015.