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.Barry began his hurling career at club level with Upperchurch-Drombane.
He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 15-year-old in 2005 and has been an ever-present defender since then.
As a member of the University College Cork team, Barry won back-to-back Fitzgibbon Cup titles.
Barry lined out for Tipperary in four different grades of hurling over a 12-year period.
After making his first appearance for the minor team in May 2007, he ended the year by sharing in the All-Ireland Championship success.
Two years with the under-21 team yielded an All-Ireland Championship title in 2010 while he later collected an All-Ireland Championship medal with the intermediate team in 2012.
Barry made his competitive debut for the senior team aged 23 in 2014.
Over the following six seasons he made a combined total of 51 National League and Championship appearances and won All-Ireland Championship medals at full-back in 2016 and as a non-playing substitute in 2019.
Barry also claimed back-to-back Munster Championships in 2015 and 2016 as well as an All-Star.
He announced his retirement from inter-county hurling on 25 October 2019.