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
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