Barry (name) Barry (name) Barry is both a given name and a surname. The given name is an Anglicised form of several Irish personal names, while the surname has numerous etymological origins, and is derived from both place names and personal names. The given name "Barry" is derived from Gaelic, possibly being an Anglicised form of the personal name Báire, which is a short form of the related Irish names "Bairrfhionn" or "Barrfind" ("fair-headed", "fair-haired"). and "Finbar", or "Fionnbharr" ("fair-topped", "fair-haired"). For example, "Barry" is sometimes derived from the Irish "Bairre", "Barra", and "Barre", which are in turn forms of the name
Dermot Morgan gap in the schedules when "The Late Late Show" moved to a Friday slot. "Kenny Live" axed its comedy slot in response to negative public responses to the show's format. Morgan released a comedy single, "Thank You Very Very Much, Mr Eastwood", in December 1985. It was a take on the fawning praise that internationally successful Irish boxer Barry McGuigan gave his manager, Barney Eastwood, at the end of successive bouts. The single 'featured' lines by McGuigan, Ronald Reagan, Bob Geldof and Pope John Paul II, and was the Christmas number one in the Irish singles chart in 1985. Morgan's