Derek Barrett

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| name = Derek Barrett

| irish = Deiric Bairéid

| fullname = Derek Barrett

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| inches = 11

| occupation = Process operator

| county = Cork

| province = Munster

| club = Cobh
Imokilly

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| counties = Cork

| icposition = Right wing-back

| icyears = 1996-2003

| icapps(points) = 10 (0-02)

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| icupdate = 21:01, 16 April 2019

| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1977|2|4|df=yes}}

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Derek Barrett (born 4 February 1977) is an Irish hurling coach and former player. He is the coach of Cork Senior Championship division Imokilly.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/a-sense-of-history-repeating-875507.html|title=A sense of history repeating|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=13 October 2018|accessdate=16 April 2019|first=Michael|last=Moynihan}} Barrett had a lengthy career with East Cork club Cobh while he also played for the Cork senior hurling team for eight years, during which time he usually lined out as a right wing-back.

Barrett began his hurling and Gaelic football career at club level with Cobh. He enjoyed his greatest success in 1994 when he was part of the Cork Minor Football Championship-winning team. Barrett's prowess also saw him selected for the Imokilly divisional hurling team with whom he won back-to-back Cork Hurling Championship medals in 1997 and 1998.

At inter-county level, Barrett was part of the successful Cork minor team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1995 before later winning back-to-back All-Ireland Championships with the under-21 team in 1997 and 1998. After one season with the Cork junior team he won an All-Ireland Championship with the intermediate team in 1997. Barrett joined the Cork senior team in 1996. From his debut, he usually lined out in the half-back line and made 10 Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2003. During that time Barrett was part of Cork's All-Ireland Championship-winning team in 1999.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/championship-flashback-allireland-shc-final-september-1999-26466919.html|title=Championship Flashback: All-Ireland SHC final, September 1999|date=4 August 2008|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=20 January 2019|first=|last=}} He also secured three Munster Championship medals and a National Hurling League medal.

Barrett is one of only a handful of players to have won the complete set of Munster Championship medals - minor, under-21, junior, intermediate and senior. At inter-provincial level, he was selected to play in two championship campaigns with Munster, with Railway Cup medals being won on both occasion in 2000 and 2001.