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
Jack Chase (Irish boxer) Jack Chase (Irish boxer) John Joseph "Jack" Chase (born 1904) was an Irish boxer and a member of the Garda Síochána (Irish Police Force). He joined the Garda in the 1920s soon after Ireland gained its independence from Great Britain. Chase was one of the outstanding Garda boxers of the late 1920s/early 1930s. He won 7 Irish senior championships at middleweight between 1926 and 1932. He was also a beaten finalist in 1925. Jack Chase boxed in the Middleweight division (160 lbs.) at the 1928 Olympics held in Amsterdam. He had a bye through the First Preliminary Round. In the