Jonah Barrington (squash player) Jonah Barrington (squash player) Jonah Barrington (born 29 April 1941) is a retired Irish/English squash player, originally from Morwenstow, Cornwall, England. A Cornish-born Irish squash player, Barrington won the British Open (which was considered to be the effective world championship event before the World Open began) six times between 1967 and 1973, and was known as "Mr. Squash". Barrington attended Headfort School (County Meath, Ireland), Cheltenham College, and spent two years at Trinity College Dublin. The six-time British champion came from an old Anglo-Irish family. Jonah now coaches Egyptian world no.1 and 2015 British Open champion Mohamed El Shorbagy. One
John Rooney (squash player) John Rooney (squash player) John Rooney, (born October 20, 1979 in Galway, Ireland) is a professional squash player, and a former Irish number 1. He is currently unranked by the World Squash Federation but his highest world ranking was 52. He occasionally takes part in showcase matches and squash schools. Rooney lost in the finals of the 2008 Irish National Squash Championships to Liam Kenny. Rooney won the Irish National Championship in back to back years and was named as an assistant squash coach at Yale University in August 2011. After leaving Yale, he coached at the Tennis and Squash