Jimmy Barrett (Greystones, Hermitage, Carrickmines)

Born c.1882 in Dublin and married Mary from Wicklow c. 1907 they seemed to have lost child at a very young age, <4 years old. At the time of the Census in 1911 they lived at 7 Carrickmines Great, Ballybrack, Dublin with Jimmy's mother.

Barrett was professional at Greystones from 1902-1906/1907 before joining Hermitage and finally moving to Carrickmines in 1908, presumably to replace James McKenna who had taken up an appointment in Portmarnock. Barrett was an accomplished golfer as shown by the fact he won an Irish professional tournament which preceded the "News of the World" qualifiers in 1906 by eleven shots; shooting a record 72 and 78 strokes over the County Dublin links near Lucan.

Curiously, in J.P. Rooney's: Blue Book, under "Who's Who in Irish Golf", Barrett had described himself as a member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Golfers, otherwise know as the Society of Anti-Stymieists.

The Carrickmines centenary recalls him as a natural golfer, a good putter and a master shot maker reflected by the fact he kept only five to six clubs in his pencil bag despite there being no limit as there is now. The story recalls how he could hit a wedge near vertical, long before Phil Mickelson and without the assistance of the Sarazen sand wedge to achieve it. He remained at Carrickmines until his death in November 1950 when his son, also named Jimmy, took over.