Barry (name) "Barrfind". Furthermore, "Barry" is sometimes an Anglicised form of the Irish "Finnbarr", which also has short forms of "Bairre", "Barra", and "Barre". Similarly, "Barry" is sometimes an Anglicised form of the latter short form "Barra". In other cases, "Barry" is an Anglicised form of the Irish "Berach" ("pointed", "sharp"). Since the twentieth century, the name has become very popular in Australia. A variant form of the given name is "Barrie". Pet forms of the name are "Baz" and "Bazza". As a given name, "Barry" currently is less common than it once was. It rose in popularity during the 1930s and
Peter Thomas McGuigan Peter Thomas McGuigan Peter Thomas McGuigan (December 29, 1942 – December 8, 2017) was a Canadian historian, freelance writer, and "a history buff and a meticulous chronicler of local heritage". Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a son of the late James and Stella McGuigan and a distant relative of James Charles McGuigan, McGuigan graduated from Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s universities, and held a Master’s degree in Atlantic Canada Studies. McGuigan researched and wrote about Irish immigrant communities of the 19th century in Nova Scotia. He wrote a column called "Looking Back" about the evolution of Halifax’s south end for the