Keane Neill Barry[2] (born 25 June 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the 2019 BDO World Youth Masters Champion and the 2020 BDO World Youth Champion. Barry also reached the semi-finals at the 2022 UK Open.

Keane Barry
Barry in 2023
Personal information
Full nameKeane Neill Barry
Nickname"Dynamite"
Born (2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 22)
Duleek, County Meath, Ireland
Home townDuleek, Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
Darts24g Target
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"TNT" by AC/DC
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2016–2020
PDC2020–
(Tour Card: 2021–)
Current world ranking52 Decrease 5 (24 November 2024)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2022, 2024, 2025
UK OpenSemi Final: 2022
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2021, 2023
PC FinalsLast 16: 2022
World Series FinalsLast 32: 2024
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2020
Northern Ireland Matchplay 2019
Tom Kirby Memorial 2019

Youth events

JDC World Ch'ship 2019
BDO World Youth Ch'ship 2020
BDO World Youth Masters 2019
Finder Darts Masters 2018
JDC International Open 2019
PDC Development Tour 2020 (x2), 2022 (x3), 2024 (x3)

Career

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Barry won the 2019 World Boys Masters, defeating Charlie Manby of England, having previously been runner-up in 2017 and 2018. He is the only player ever to qualify for 3 World Boys Masters finals. In 2019, Barry won the Junior Darts Corporation International Open, beating Nathan Girvan[3] and won the final of the Tom Kirby Irish Matchplay, beating Liam Gallagher. He qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.[4] He defeated Adam Gawlas in the 2019 JDC World Championship final.[5] He beat Leighton Bennett 3–0 in the 2020 BDO World Youth Championships final.[6]

Barry made the semi-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he lost 6–2 to Luke Humphries.[7]

He beat Adam Gawlas to become the 2020 Junior Darts Corporation World Champion.

In January 2020, Barry went to PDC UK Q-School. On the fourth day, he reached the final where he played two-time BDO World Champion Scott Waites for a tour card, which Keane lost 0–5. He spent 2020 competing in Development Tour and Challenge Tour events with three victories in four finals across the 20 events. He finished second on the 2020 Development Tour Order of Merit to secure a two-year PDC tour card for 2021/2022.[8]

In the 2022 UK Open Barry beat defending champion James Wade 10–4 in the quarter-finals. Barry lost in the semi-final 6–11 to Michael Smith.

World Championship results

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Major televised events
PDC World Championship 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R
UK Open 1R 3R SF 4R 6R
European Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 1R DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts Did not qualify RR
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 3R DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts Did not qualify RR RR
World Series of Darts Finals Did not qualify 1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 118 72 45 41

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2021 HDT
3R
GDT
1R
2022 IDO
2R
GDC
DNQ
GDG
3R
ADO
DNQ
EDO
1R
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDO
1R
BDO
2R
GDT
1R
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
QF
ADO
DNQ
DDC
QF
BDO
2R
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
EDM
2R
GDO
DNQ
HDT
2R
GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
2R
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
FDT
DNQ
HDT
2R
SDT
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded
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References

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  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Keane Barry Player Profile". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ Allen, Dave. "Netherlands & Barry share JDC wins". pdc.tv. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. ^ Allen, Dave. "2019 BoyleSports World Grand Prix Final". pdc.tv. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Barry wins JDC World Youth Championship defeating Gawlas in final - Darts News". Archived from the original on 12 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Barry defeats Bennett to claim 2020 BDO World Youth Championship title - Darts News". Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  7. ^ "2019 Unicorn World Youth Championship Last 96".
  8. ^ "Barry & Berry win Tour Cards as Development Tour concludes".