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
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